The Brain
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gérard Oury
David Niven
Jean-paul Belmondo
Bourvil
Eli Wallach
Silvia Monti
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The Brain, wanted by the police for the Glasgow-London train robbery, leaves his villa in Sicily, hires Mafia chief Scannapieco, and heads for Paris, where he is assigned as security guard for a train carrying $12 million to NATO headquarters in Brussels. Intending to repeat his earlier successful robbery, The Brain encounters competition from Arthur, an escaped convict, and his friend Anatole. The two men get away with the money but throw the bags over a bridge and into the arms of The Brain. Scannapieco then doublecrosses his partner because The Brain has been having an affair with the Mafia chief's sister, Sofia. At the dock at Le Havre, Scannapieco is arrested by the police, who believe him to be The Brain; meanwhile, Arthur discovers that Scannapieco had hidden the money inside a replica of the Statue of Liberty being shipped from France to New York. When the bottom of the statue is opened, however, the $12 million is scattered by the wind. Anatole, Arthur, and The Brain arrive in New York Harbor aboard the ship as The Brain plans to lead an assault on a $50 million gold shipment destined for Fort Knox.
Director
Gérard Oury
Cast
David Niven
Jean-paul Belmondo
Bourvil
Eli Wallach
Silvia Monti
Fernand Valois
Raymond Gérôme
Jacques Balutin
Jacques Ciron
Fernand Guiot
Jean Le Poulain
Robert Dalban
Raoul Delfosse
Pierre Tornade
Paul Mercey
Henri Genès
Yves Barsacq
Dominique Zardi
Tom Dugan
Guy Delorme
Michel Garland
Patrick Préjean
Crew
Jean André
Alex Archambault
Tanine Autre
Claude Clément
Georges Delerue
Gérard Guérin
Louis Hochet
Wladimir Ivanov
Paul Joly
Marcel Jullian
Albert Jurgenson
Larry Kulck
Marc Monnet
Gérard Oury
Alain Poiré
Jean Rieul
Eddie Snyder
Armand Thirard
Danièle Thompson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
The film has been shot in two languages (French and English) with the same cast.
Notes
Opened in Paris in March 1969 as Le Cerveau and in Italy in 1969 as Il Cervello. Original running time: 115 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 1969
Released in United States on Video September 9, 1992
Franscope
Released in United States Fall October 1969
Released in United States on Video September 9, 1992
