The Vultures

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?

• Henri VerneuilDirector
• Michel AudiardWriter
• Pierre SiniacWriter
• Henri VerneuilWriter
• Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer

• Jean-Paul BelmondoSergeant Pierre Augagneur
• Michel ConstantinAdjutant Edouard Mahuzard
• Jacques VilleretBrigadier Béral
• Michel CretonLegionnaire Boissier
• Marie LaforêtHélène Laroche-Fréon
• François PerrotFrançois Laroche-Fréon, director of the bank
• Gérard BuhrSupply camp officer
• Matthias HabichKarl Brenner
• Maurice AuzelSoldier Borzik
• Pierre SemmlerCaptain Ulrich Dieterle
• Caroline SilholMrs. Chanterelle
• Michel BeauneFrench general (uncredited)