The Burglars
“Catch the burglars!”
Synopsis
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.
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Principal cast & crew: 17
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Edited by Pierre GilletteShot by Claude RenoirScored by Ennio Morricone
Box Office
1971 · Box office
Grossed $33.0M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$33.0M
Also known as
- Der Coupde
- The Burglarsen
- El furor de la codiciaes
- Gli scassinatoriit
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Cast & Crew
17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Omar Sharif
as Commissaire Abel Zacharia
Jean Paul Belmondo
as Azad
Dyan Cannon
as Lena Gripp
Robert Hossein
as Ralph
Nicole Calfan
as Hélène
Myriam Feune De Colombi
as Isabelle Tasco
Jose Luis De Vilallonga
as Tasco
Renato Salvatori
as Renzi
Marc Arian
as Le propriétaire du restaurant
Alice Arno
as La fille du vestiaire de la boîte de nuit
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