Symphony for a Massacre

Nan
1h 55m
1963
6.8 /10 (34)

Overview

A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.

Country : France, Italy
Languages : Français
Released Date: 1963-04-23

Top Billed Cast

Michel Auclair

Clavet

Claude Dauphin

Valoti

Charles Vanel

Paoli

Jean Rochefort

Jabeke

Michèle Mercier

Madeleine Clavet

José Giovanni

Moreau

Daniela Rocca

Hélène Valoti

Marcello Pagliero

Cerutti (uncredited)

Claude Cerval

(uncredited)

Jean Degrave

Games room employee (uncredited)

Maurice Garrel

(uncredited)

Billy Kearns

American customer (uncredited)

Pierre Mirat

(uncredited)

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