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Cartouche
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Title: Cartouche

Release Date: 7 Mar 1962

Runtime: 1h 54m

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Action

Director: Filmsonor, Les Films Ariane, Mondex Films

Production Companies: Filmsonor, Les Films Ariane, Mondex Films

Overview: In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.4 (174 votes)

Cast

  • Louis-Dominique Bourguignon alias Cartouche: Jean-Paul Belmondo
  • Vénus: Claudia Cardinale
  • La Douceur: Jess Hahn
  • Malichot: Marcel Dalio
  • La Taupe: Jean Rochefort
  • Gaston de Ferrussac: Philippe Lemaire
  • Le sergent recruteur: Noël Roquevert
  • Isabelle de Ferrussac: Odile Versois
  • Le colonel: Jacques Charon
  • Le maréchal: Lucien Raimbourg
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