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La Métamorphose des cloportes

La Métamorphose des cloportes

Release: 1965-09-08 ·Runtime: 95m ·★ 6.2
Comédie Crime

Edmond, Arthur et Rouquemoute sont sur un « coup ». Pour monter leur casse, ils ont besoin d’argent. Edmond convainc son ami Alphonse d’avancer les fonds. Mais l’affaire échoue et Alphonse est le seul à se retrouver en prison. Pendant cinq ans, il rumine sa vengeance. Lorsqu’il recouvre la liberté, les « cloportes » se sont métamorphosés en honorables bourgeois. Alphonse va sortir les gros calibres : rien de tel pour rafraîchir la mémoire des vieux amis…

Production Countries

France Italy

Production Companies

Les Films du Siècle
Produzioni Artistiche Internazionali

Cast

Lino Ventura Lino Ventura as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin' Georges Blaness Georges Blaness as Omar François Valorbe François Valorbe as Employee of the employment agency Georges Chamarat Georges Chamarat as Edmond Clancul Marius Gaidon Marius Gaidon as Extra (uncredited) Laure Paillette Laure Paillette as Woman at the window (uncredited) François Dalou François Dalou as Police inspector Michel Duplaix Michel Duplaix as Head waiter Jean Carmet Jean Carmet as Effeminate art critic (uncredited) André Rouyer André Rouyer as Cabaret customer (uncredited) Pierre Brasseur Pierre Brasseur as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver Michel Garland Michel Garland as Gallery visitor Marcel Bernier Marcel Bernier as Friend of Alphonse (uncredited) Maurice Biraud Maurice Biraud as Arthur aka 'Le Mou' Michel Dacquin Michel Dacquin as Nightclub bartender Renée Passeur Renée Passeur as Friend of Léone Guy Henry Guy Henry as (uncredited) Annie Fratellini Annie Fratellini as Léone Rouqemoute, prostitute Patricia Scott Patricia Scott as Elisabeth Daniel Ceccaldi Daniel Ceccaldi as Police inspector Lescure Marc Arian Marc Arian as Demuldère's servant (uncredited) Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour as Edmond Clancul aka 'Le Naïf' Irina Demick Irina Demick as Catherine Verdier, manager of an art gallery Georges Géret Georges Géret as Joseph Rouquemoute aka 'Le Rouquin' André Thorent André Thorent as Gangster client of the cabaret Françoise Rosay Françoise Rosay as Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia Dorothée Blanck Dorothée Blanck as Girl at the hotel particulier Jacques Marchand Jacques Marchand as Gallery visitor Marcel Charvey Marcel Charvey as Gallery visitor Marie-Hélène Dasté Marie-Hélène Dasté as Madame Clancul Donald O'Brien Donald O'Brien as Gallery visitor Agnès Duval Agnès Duval as (uncredited) Paul Pavel Paul Pavel as Cabaret customer (uncredited) Émile Riandreys Émile Riandreys as Employee of the employment agency (uncredited) Dominique Zardi Dominique Zardi as Prisoner (uncredited)