The Vultures

The Vultures

95 mins | Comedy, War | March 28, 1984

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?

The Vultures

95 mins | Comedy, War | March 28, 1984

The Vultures
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?
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Soprofilms, Cerito Films, V Films, Carthago Films S.a.r.l.
Original title Les Morfalous
Directors Henri Verneuil
Writers Pierre Siniac, Henri Verneuil, Michel Audiard

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

as Sgt. Pierre Augagneur

Michel Constantin

as Adjudant Édouard Mahuzard

Jacques Villeret

as Béral

Michel Creton

as Boissier

Marie Laforêt

as Helene la roche Freon

François Perrot

as François la roche Freon

Michel Beaune

as Général Français

Gérard Buhr

as L'officier du camp de ravitaillement

Matthias Habich

as Karl

Maurice Auzel

as Borzik

Pierre Semmler

as Capt. Ulrich Dieterle

Caroline Silhol

as Mme Chanterelle