The Brain

The Brain

115 mins | Crime, Comedy | March 7, 1969

Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.

The Brain

115 mins | Crime, Comedy | March 7, 1969

The Brain
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Paramount, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Gaumont International
Original title Le Cerveau
Directors Gérard Oury
Writers Marcel Jullian, Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

as Arthur Lespinasse

Bourvil

as Anatole

David Niven

as Col. Carol Matthews, aka "Le Cerveau"

Eli Wallach

as Frankie Scannapieco

Silvia Monti

as Sofia Scannapieco

Raymond Gérôme

as Commissioner

Jacques Balutin

as Inspector Pochet

Yves Barsacq

as Prison Guard

Jacques Ciron

as Inspector Duboeuf

Robert Dalban

as Belgian with a Cold

Mario David

as Jean-François, antique dealer

Henri Attal

as Man of the gang

Raoul Delfosse

as Belgian military policeman

Tommy Duggan

as Superintendant Cummings

Henri Génès

as Head warden of Poissy prison

Sophie Grimaldi

as Blonde of the train

Fernand Guiot

as Inspector Mazurel

Roger Lumont

as Boss of the shop

Paul Mercey

as André, gentleman of the 5th

Max Montavon

as Effeminate antique dealer

Patrick Préjean

as Belgian sergeant

John Rico

as Mafioso

Arch Taylor

as Mafioso

Dominique Zardi

as Prison Guard

Roland Monk

as Belgian soldier

Micha Bayard

as Lady of the 5th (uncredited)

Gérard Hernandez

as Agent in Le Havre (uncredited)

Pierre Tornade

as Belgian soldier at the Gare de l'Est (uncredited)

César Torres

as (uncredited)

Yvon Dihé

as (uncredited)