"An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them."
Jean Gabin
as Vittorio Manalese
Alain Delon
as Roger Startet
Lino Ventura
as Commissaire Le Goff
Irina Demick
as Jeanne Manalese, épouse d'Aldo
Amedeo Nazzari
as Tony Nicosia
Yves Lefebvre
as Aldo Manalese, fils aîné de Vittorio
Philippe Baronnet
as Luigi, gendre de Vittorio, mari de Teresa
Marc Porel
as Sergio Manalese, fils cadet de Vittorio
Karen Blanguernon
as Teresa, fille de Vittorio
Elisa Cegani
as Maria Manalese, l'épouse de Vittorio
Jacques Duby
as Raymond Robel, faussaire toxicomane
Edward Meeks
as Le commandant de bord
Raoul Delfosse
as Léoni
Sally Nesbitt
as Mme Evans
André Pousse
as G. Malik, photographe d'art et faussaire de papiers à ses heures
Steve Eckardt
as L'inspecteur Wilson
André Thorent
as L'inspecteur Bordier
Leopoldo Trieste
as Turi, le comptable de Vittorio, expert en philatélie
Danielle Volle
as Monique Sartet, sœur de Roger
Roger Lumont
as M. Albert, gérant de l'hôtel
Sabine Sun
as Simone, une prostituée
Christian de Tillière
as Jean-Marie Balard
Sydney Chaplin
as Jack
Yves Brainville
as Le juge d'instruction
Gérard Buhr
as Un Inspecteur
René Marchal
as Un passager à Orly
Marc Arian
as Un passager de l'avion (uncredited)
Bernard Musson
as Gardien du fourgon cellulaire (uncredited)
Alice Arno
as Un « Modèle » chez Malik (uncredited)
Maurice Auzel
as Un policier dans l'avion (uncredited)
Michel Charrel
as Un gardien de prison (uncredited)
César Chauveau
as Roberto (uncredited)
Jean Juillard
as Un inspecteur de Le Goff (uncredited)
Yvan Chiffre
Philippe Vallauris
Jacques Marbeuf
as Un passager à Orly (uncredited)
Dominique Delpierre
as Une hôtesse de l'air (uncredited)
Raymond Pierson
Jack Knight
as Un policier New Yorkais (non crédité)
Rudy Lenoir
as Le gendarme chez le juge d'instruction (uncredited)
Jacques Léonard
as Le truand aux billets d'avion (uncredited)
Roland Malet
as Un passant au « drugstore » (uncredited)
Claude Salez
as Un gardien de l'avion (uncredited)
Catherine Sola
as La vendeuse au magasin de jouet à Rome (uncredited)
Arch Taylor
as Un aiguilleur du ciel à l'aéroport LaGuardia à New York (uncredited)
Lionel Vitrant
as Le passager dans l'avion qui accoste Jeanne (uncredited)
Catherine Watteau
as L'hôtesse à l'aéroport (uncredited)
Bernard Woringer
Jean-Pierre Zola
as M. Wallach, le diamantaire (uncredited)
Martine Capdevielle
as (uncredited)
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Henri Verneuil
Director
José Giovanni
Screenplay
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Charles-Henri Montel
Camera Operator
Jean-Paul Cornu
Assistant Camera
Vartan Karakeusian
Assistant Sound Engineer
Producer
Gérard Viard
Assistant Production Design
Marcel Corvaisier
Michel Deruelle
Makeup Artist
Jean-Jacques Caziot
François Lauliac
Gérard Crosnier
Unit Manager
Jacques Juranville
Production Manager
Dialogue
Yvonne Gasperina
Fernande Hugi
Charles Merangel
Set Decoration
René Albouze
Property Master
Annie Vital
Assistant Editor
Bruno Nicolai
Conductor
Bernard Stora
Assistant Director
Georges Bouban
Evelyne Janic
Casting
Simone Knapp
Hairstylist
Florence Eymon
Victor Rodrigue
Still Photographer
Marc Grunebaum
Georges Glon
Pierre Gillette
Editor
Auguste Le Breton
Novel
Pierre Pelegri
Jacques Saulnier
Production Design
Hélène Nourry
Costume Design
Jean Rieul
Sound Engineer
Jacques-Eric Strauss
Executive Producer
Évelyne Jay
Stunts
Francis Peltier
Vincent Rossell
René Limat
Electrician