Cloportes
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pierre Granier-deferre
Lino Ventura
Charles Aznavour
Irina Demick
Maurice Biraud
Georges Géret
Film Details
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Synopsis
Three French thieves--Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute--make plans to rob a money-lending establishment situated next door to a funeral parlor. Needing money for a blowtorch, they bring in Alphonse, a former boxer now dealing in stolen art, by exaggerating the potential gain. He raises the necessary cash by selling a Braque to a sly fence named Tonton. The robbery, however, is a dismal failure and Alphonse is captured as his cronies make off in the getaway car. Rather than be branded a stool pigeon, Alphonse serves a 5-year prison term only to discover that the three thieves have looted his apartment of everything of any value. When he is released, he sets a plan of revenge into action and eliminates his double-crossing pals. Before Rouquemoute dies, he confesses that Tonton was behind the robbery of Alphonse's apartment. Already in love with Tonton's girl friend Catherine, Alphonse now makes plans to take over both Tonton's art gallery and girl. But Catherine proves to be the best of the cloportes : she shoots Tonton, makes Alphonse appear to be guilty, sees him taken to jail, and then settles down to enjoy the fruits of her work.
Director
Pierre Granier-deferre
Cast
Lino Ventura
Charles Aznavour
Irina Demick
Maurice Biraud
Georges Géret
Pierre Brasseur
Françoise Rosay
Annie Fratellini
Georges Blaness
François Mirante
François Dalou
Patricia Scott
Marie-hélène Dasté
Daniel Ceccaldi
Georges Chamarat
Norman Bart
Dorothée Blank
J. P. Caussade
Marcel Charvey
Michel Dacquin
Carlos Da Silva
Michel Duplaix
Michel Garland
Donald O'brien
Renée Passeur
André Thorent
François Valorbe
Crew
Michel Audiard
Patrice De Balliencourt
Jean Bareille
Paulette Boréal
Georges Bouban
Philippe Brun
Yves Dacquay
Dimitry Fedotoff
Jean Fouchet
Georges Glon
Nicolas Hayer
Bertrand Javal
Mireille Joly
Paul Joly
Jean Labussière
Jean-michel Lacor
Arlette Massay
Charles Merangel
Hélène Muller
John O'gorman
Jean-pierre Petrolacci
Jean Ravel
Yves Rodallec
Jacques Saulnier
Hélène Sébillotte
Albert Simonin
Jimmy Smith
Gérard Viard
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Trivia
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Released in France in 1965 as La métamorphose des cloportes; Italian release title: Sotto il tallone.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States April 18, 1966
Released in United States Winter December 31, 1965
CinemaScope
Released in United States April 18, 1966
Released in United States Winter December 31, 1965
