Wise Guys
Cast & Crew
Robert Enrico
Bourvil
Lino Ventura
Marie Dubois
Jean-claude Rolland
Jess Hahn
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Synopsis
Fortune hunter Hector Valentin returns to the Vosges Mountains from Canada to take possession of an antiquated, water-powered sawmill left him by his father. Two of his employees, ex-convicts Laurent and Mick, suggest that Hector, who is having difficulty finding a work crew, employ other paroled prisoners and thus survive the powerful competition of his corrupt rival, Therraz. Laurent's true purpose in suggesting the plan is to facilitate the murder of Rechtman, the convict responsible for sending him to jail; but Rechtman is not among the first 10 men sent from the jail. Meanwhile, Laurent has fallen in love with a villager, Jackie, and Mick has been reunited with his beautiful wife, Christiane, who asks him to return with her to Paris. Mick realizes the sincerity of the convicts' desire to succeed, however; and he stays on to help them combat Therraz. The rival crews brawl at a fair, and Mick is killed. Laurent, disillusioned, leaves the camp, unaware that prison officials have decided to revoke the men's conditional freedom. As the truckful of prisoners passes him on the road, Laurent realizes that Hector is now all alone and rushes back, arriving just in time to save the life of his despondent ex-employer, who has set fire to the mill. Though the mill is destroyed, the two men set out together for Italy and a fresh start in life.
Director
Robert Enrico
Cast
Bourvil
Lino Ventura
Marie Dubois
Jean-claude Rolland
Jess Hahn
Nick Stephanini
Paul Crauchet
Roger Jacquet
Henia Suchar
Reine Courtois
Pierre Frag
Marc Eyraud
Jean Constantin
Crew
Michel Ardan
Michel Ardan
Robert Biart
Jean Boffety
Pierre Cosson
Nicole Courtois
Daniel Couteau
Louis Dor
Robert Enrico
José Giovanni
Antoine Jacquet
Michel Lewin
Annie Marolt
Jacqueline Meppiel
Jean-philippe Merand
Marcel Ravel
Victor Revelly
François De Roubaix
Jean Saussac
Elise Servet
Lionel De Souza
Vog
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Paris opening: October 1965 as Les grandes gueules; running time: 130 min. Also reviewed as The Wise Guys.
