The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde
Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.
- Date of release
- 1964-08-14
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Director
- Roman Polanski, Ugo Gregoretti, Hiromichi Horikawa, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard
Casting
- Mie Hama — Yoshie (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
- Ken Mitsuda — Composer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
- Yatsuko Tan'ami — Kinu (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
- Nicole Karen — Swindler (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
- Jan Teulings — Dutchman (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
- Arnold Gelderman — Jeweller (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
- Gabriella Giorgelli — Maria Rosa (segment "La Feuille de route")
- Giuseppe Mannajuolo — (segment "La Feuille de route")
- Guido Giuseppone — Giuseppone (segment "La Feuille de route")
- Jean-Pierre Cassel — Alain des Arcys (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
- Francis Blanche — Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
- Catherine Deneuve — Swindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Interesting facts
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers is a 1964 crime comedy anthology film composed of five segments, each of which was created with a different set of writers, directors, and actors.
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