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
Jan Teulings
as Dutchman (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
Jean Seberg
as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Charles Denner
as Counterfeiter (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Mie Hama
as Yoshie (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Alain des Arcys (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Jean-Luc Godard
as Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Marcel Gassouk
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
László Szabó
as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Henri Attal
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Francis Blanche
as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Catherine Deneuve
as Swindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Michel Charrel
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Yatsuko Tan'ami
as Kinu (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Giuseppe Mannajuolo
as (segment "La Feuille de route")
Sacha Briquet
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Gabriella Giorgelli
as Maria Rosa (segment "La Feuille de route")
Jean-Louis Maury
as Mr. Carmaillon (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Dominique Zardi
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Crew
Ugo Gregoretti
Director, Writer
Serge Gainsbourg
Main Title Theme Composer, Theme Song Performance, Original Music Composer
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Roman Polanski
Director, Writer
Paul Gégauff
Writer
Piero Umiliani
Original Music Composer
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography
Hiromichi Horikawa
Director
Raoul Coutard
Director of Photography
Ryuzo Kikushima
Writer
Claude Chabrol
Director, Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Director, Writer
Gérard Brach
Writer
Hervé de Luze
Editor
Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer