"A truck driver ventures into the Moroccan desert to retrieve a stolen truck, facing danger, bad luck, and uneasy alliances. Chaos builds to a climactic showdown."
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Rocco
Lino Ventura
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Bernard Blier
as Mitch-Mitch
Andréa Parisy
as Pepa
Gert Fröbe
as Castigliano, aka 'La betterave'
Reginald Kernan
as John Steiner aka Peter Frocht
Pierre Mirat
as Halibi, aka 'Le sourdingue'
Doudou Babet
as Khenouche, waiter at Halibi
Jackie Blanchot
as Guest at Halibi
Anne-Marie Coffinet
as Angèle Bameste
Pierre Collet
as Worker at Castigliano
Louis Bugette
as Orlando, bar owner
Christian Brocard
as Plouc's Mechanic
Paul Bonifas
as Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
Henri Lambert
as Robert, client at Orlando (uncredited)
Marcel Bernier
as Marcel, mechanic at Castigliano (uncredited)
Georges Aminel
as Castigliano, aka 'La betterave' (voice) (uncredited)
Henri Verneuil
Director
Michel Audiard
Writer
Claude Veillot
Novel
Marcel Jullian
Robert Sussfeld
Producer
Claude Durand
Editor
Irénée Leriche
Marcel Grignon
Director of Photography
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Robert Clavel
Production Design
Marc Desages
Alain Poiré
Executive Producer