The Vultures
28/03/1984
2h



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?
Cast


Jean-Paul Belmondo
Sergeant Pierre Augagneur


Michel Constantin
Adjutant Edouard Mahuzard


Jacques Villeret
Brigadier Béral


Michel Creton
Legionnaire Boissier


Marie Laforêt
Hélène Laroche-Fréon


François Perrot
François Laroche-Fréon, director of the bank


Gérard Buhr
Supply camp officer


Matthias Habich
Karl Brenner


Maurice Auzel
Soldier Borzik


Pierre Semmler
Captain Ulrich Dieterle


Caroline Silhol
Mrs. Chanterelle


Michel Beaune
French general (uncredited)


Michel Berreur
Legionnaire (uncredited)


Daniel Breton
Legionnaire (uncredited)


Claude Carliez
Legionnaire (uncredited)


Hans Verner
German Colonel (uncredited)


Henri Verneuil
Radio announcer's voice (uncredited)
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