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The Vultures
1984 6.0 (140 votes) 1h 35m
Genres
War Comedy
Production Companies
V Films
Carthago Films
Soprofilms
Cerito Films

The Vultures (Les Morfalous)

Overview

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?

Key Crew

Director: Henri Verneuil

Writer: Michel Audiard, Henri Verneuil, Pierre Siniac

Director of Photography: Edmond Séchan

Top Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo

Sergent Pierre Augagneur

Michel Constantin
Michel Constantin

Adjudant Edouard Mahuzard

Jacques Villeret
Jacques Villeret

Brigadier Béral

Michel Creton
Michel Creton

Légionnaire Boissier

Marie Laforêt
Marie Laforêt

Hélène Laroche-Fréon

François Perrot
François Perrot

François Laroche-Fréon

Michel Beaune
Michel Beaune

Général français

Gérard Buhr
Gérard Buhr

L'officier du camp de ravitaillement

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