The Vultures
Les Morfalous
Release: 1984-03-28
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.0
War
Comedy
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?
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
V Films
Carthago Films
Soprofilms
Cerito Films
Cast
Michel Constantin
as Adjutant Edouard Mahuzard
Jacques Villeret
as Brigadier Béral
Marie Laforêt
as Hélène Laroche-Fréon
Maurice Auzel
as Soldier Borzik
Pierre Semmler
as Captain Ulrich Dieterle
Michel Berreur
as Legionnaire (uncredited)
Claude Carliez
as Legionnaire (uncredited)
Hans Verner
as German Colonel (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Sergeant Pierre Augagneur
Michel Creton
as Legionnaire Boissier
Gérard Buhr
as Supply camp officer
Caroline Silhol
as Mrs. Chanterelle
Daniel Breton
as Legionnaire (uncredited)
Henri Verneuil
as Radio announcer's voice (uncredited)
Matthias Habich
as Karl Brenner
François Perrot
as François Laroche-Fréon, director of the bank
Michel Beaune
as French general (uncredited)
