Overview

April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?

Genres

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Sergeant Pierre Augagneur

Michel Constantin

Adjutant Edouard Mahuzard

Jacques Villeret

Brigadier Béral

Michel Creton

Legionnaire Boissier

Marie Laforêt

Hélène Laroche-Fréon

François Perrot

François Laroche-Fréon, director of the bank

Gérard Buhr

Supply camp officer

Matthias Habich

Karl Brenner

Maurice Auzel

Soldier Borzik

Pierre Semmler

Captain Ulrich Dieterle

Caroline Silhol

Mrs. Chanterelle

Michel Beaune

French general (uncredited)