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The Vultures

60 %|Mar 28, 1984|War, Comedy

April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?

Featured Crew

Henri Verneuil
Director
Michel Audiard
Writer
Pierre Gillette
Editor
Pierre Siniac
Writer
Georges Delerue
Music
Henri Verneuil
Writer
Edmond Séchan
Director of Photography

Cast

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Jean-Paul Belmondo
Sergent Pierre Augagneur
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Michel Constantin
Adjudant Edouard Mahuzard
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Jacques Villeret
Brigadier Béral
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Michel Creton
Légionnaire Boissier
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Marie Laforêt
Hélène Laroche-Fréon
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François Perrot
François Laroche-Fréon
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Michel Beaune
Général français
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Gérard Buhr
L'officier du camp de ravitaillement
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Matthias Habich
Karl Brenner
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Maurice Auzel
Le soldat Borzik
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Pierre Semmler
Capitaine Ulrich Dieterle
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Caroline Silhol
Mme Chanterelle
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Michel Berreur
Un légionnaire
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Hans Verner
Le colonel allemand
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Henri Verneuil
La voix de l'annonceur radio