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Le Casse
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| Directed by | Henri Verneuil |
| Written by | David Goodis |
| Starring | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Robert Hossein |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Release date(s) | 1971 |
| Running time | 120 min. |
| Language | French |
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Le Casse is a movie directed by French director Henri Verneuil, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif and Robert Hossein. It is based on David Goodis's The Burglar and revolve around a team of four burglars chased by a corrupt cop in Athens.
Azad (Jean-Paul Belmondo), Ralf (Robert Hossein) and 2 others accomplices rob a suitcase of emeralds to a rich greek citizen, M.Tasco. When Abel Zacharia (Omar Sharif), the athenian police chief, surprises Azad's car in front of Tasco's house the night of the robbing, he decides to let Azad and his team go, hoping he could retrives the diamonds for him. Follows a chase between Azad and the corrupt cop through athens street which culminate to the final scene which will be later borrowed by Witness in 1982.
The movie is known for his spectacular car chase and Belmondo's spectacular fall from a construction truck.
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