The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde
Release: 1964-08-14
·Runtime: 108m
·★ 5.3
Crime
Comedy
Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Production Companies
Primex Films
Ulysse Productions
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Vides Cinematografica
TOHO
Cesar Film Productie
Cast
Giuseppe Mannajuolo
as (segment "La Feuille de route")
Jean-Louis Maury
as Mr. Carmaillon (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Charles Denner
as Counterfeiter (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Francis Blanche
as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Michel Charrel
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Jean Seberg
as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Jan Teulings
as Dutchman (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Alain des Arcys (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Catherine Deneuve
as Swindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
László Szabó
as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Marcel Gassouk
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Henri Attal
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard
as Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)
Sacha Briquet
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Mie Hama
as Yoshie (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Yatsuko Tan'ami
as Kinu (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Gabriella Giorgelli
as Maria Rosa (segment "La Feuille de route")
Crew
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Ugo Gregoretti
Director, Writer
Piero Umiliani
Original Music Composer
Roman Polanski
Director, Writer
Hiromichi Horikawa
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Director, Writer
Raoul Coutard
Director of Photography
Ryuzo Kikushima
Writer
Paul Gégauff
Writer
Hervé de Luze
Editor
Claude Chabrol
Director, Writer
Serge Gainsbourg
Theme Song Performance, Main Title Theme Composer, Original Music Composer
Gérard Brach
Writer
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography