The read
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
136 audience votes
Key crew
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Henri VerneuilDirector
- Vahé KatchaWriter
- Henri VerneuilWriter
Cast
- Jean-Paul BelmondoAzad
- Omar SharifAbel Zacharia
- Dyan CannonLena
- Robert HosseinRalph
- Nicole CalfanHélène
- Myriam Feune de ColombiIsabelle Tasco
- Raoul DelfosseGuardian of Villa Tasco
- José Luis de VilallongaMr. Tasco
- Renato SalvatoriRenzi
- Marc ArianRestaurant Owner (uncredited)
- Alice ArnoLocker Room Girl (uncredited)
- Steve EckardtMalloch (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
burglarathens, greecegang of thievesdockyardheistpolice corruptionthefthome invasioncat and mousefrench noirsafecrackerjewelry heist