The Burglars

The Burglars (1971)

Le Casse

Catch the burglars!

In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.

Date of release
1971-10-27
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (138)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director
Henri Verneuil

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Greece

The Burglars is a 1971 crime film directed by director Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Omar Sharif. It is based on the 1953 novel by David Goodis and revolves around a team of four burglars chased by a corrupt policeman in Athens.

Production

Following The Sicilian Clan (1969), which was the third-highest grossing film in France that year, director Henri Verneuil planned another crime film. He based The Burglars on David Goodis' 1953 novel The Burglar.

Columbia Film partnered with Franco Cristaldi's company Vides to have the film 80% funded by the two Paris-based production companies: Columbia Films and Les Productions Henri Venreuil and 20% funded by the Rome-based Vides Cinematografica. The film was originally going to be filmed in Hamburg, with Verneuil opting to film in Greece instead. After a 1967 coup, Greece become a military dictatorship.

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