The Burglars
A Feature film of
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Production year1971
French release27/10/1971
Runtime2 h 5 min
Synopsis
Azad (Jean-Paul Belmondo), Ralf (Robert Hossein) and 2 other accomplices rob a suitcase of emeralds from a rich Greek citizen, M.Tasco. When Abel Zacharia (Omar Sharif), the Athenian police chief, surprises Azad's car in front of Tasco's house on the night of the robbery, he decides to let Azad and his team go, hoping he could retrieve the emeralds for himself. Follows a chase between Azad and the corrupt cop through Athens' streets which culminates to the final scene which will be later borrowed by Witness in 1982.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (16)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Columbia France
- Foreign production company : Vides Cinematografica
- French distribution : Columbia France
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Henri Verneuil
- Screenwriters : Henri Verneuil, Vahé Katcha
- Dialogue Writer : Henri Verneuil
- Director of Photography : Claude Renoir
- Music Composer : Ennio Morricone
- Assistant directors : Marc Grunebaum, Bernard Stora
- Editor : Pierre Gillette
- Sound recordists : Jean Rieul, Jacques Carrère
- Foreign Producer : Franco Cristaldi
- Author of original work : David Goodis
- Production Manager : Jacques Juranville
- Production Designer : Jacques Saulnier
- Stunt performers : Claude Carliez, Rémy Julienne
- Music Director : Bruno Nicolai
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller, Thriller
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy (80.0%), France (20.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
