Le casse (1971)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Writers:

Henri Verneuil (scenario) and
Vahé Katcha (scenario) ...

Release Date:

14 June 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Action

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Burglar | Wheat | Athens Greece | Jewel Heist

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Azad
Omar Sharif	...	Abel Zacharia
Robert Hossein	...	Ralph
Renato Salvatori	...	Renzi
Dyan Cannon	...	Lena
Nicole Calfan	...	Helene
José Luis de Villalonga	...	M.Tasco
Robert Duranton	...	Johnny
Myriam Colombi	...	Madame Tasco
Marc Arian	...	Restauranteur
Steve Eckardt	...	Malloch (as Steve Eckhardt)
Daniel Vérité	...	Playboy

Also Known As:

Gli scassinatori (Italy)
The Burglars (USA)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1972) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Company:

Columbia Films

Trivia:

Set the record for the highest grossing opening week in France.

Movie Connections:

Remake of The Burglar (1957)

thanks for the memories

I remember the filming of this movie in 1971. Not many foreign movies were filmed in Athens, so this one attracted quite a bit of attention. I particularly remember the chase scene with the yellow trolley bus outside the Athens Hilton. The scene only takes a few seconds in the movie, but it took about a week to film, with the trolley bus immobilized in front of a busy traffic intersection, causing massive traffic jams! Re. the wild car chase: for someone living in Athens, the scene sequences are illogical, jumping instantaneously from one neighborhood of the Athens-Piraeus metro area to another, located even as much as 15 km away! But the net effect on film is great, perhaps even as great as the 'Bullitt' car chase.