Le Cerveau (The Brain) (1969)
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The Brain (Le Cerveau) is a tongue-in-cheek caper film with more twists and turns than a rural Oregon highway. David Niven plays The Brain, so named because it was he who mapped out the British Great Train Robbery (it says here). Now The Brain plans to lift a fortune in NATO money, which is being… More The Brain (Le Cerveau) is a tongue-in-cheek caper film with more twists and turns than a rural Oregon highway. David Niven plays The Brain, so named because it was he who mapped out the British Great Train Robbery (it says here). Now The Brain plans to lift a fortune in NATO money, which is being shipped by train from France to Belgium. Complicating matters are a pair of free-lance thugs (Jean-Paul Belmondo and Bourvil), who hope to steal The Brain's plans and claim the money for themselves. A plot device derived from The Lavender Hill Mob involves a 50-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty. An amusing closing-credits bit caps this exhilarating exercise. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gérard Oury
- Written By
- Marcel Jullian, Gérard Oury
- Genres
- Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
G,
- In Theaters
- Nov 13, 1969 Wide
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Cast
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Bourvil
as Anatole
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David Niven
as Col. Carol Matthews
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Arthur
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Eli Wallach
as Scannapieco
- Henri Attal
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Jacques Balutin
as L'inspecteur Pochet
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Yves Barsacq
as Le gerant
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Jacques Ciron
as L'inspecteur Duboeuf
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Robert Dalban
as Belgian with a Cold
- Mario David
- Raoul Delfosse
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Tom Duggan
as Le superintendant Cummings
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Raymond Gerome
as Le Commanissaire
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Fernand Guiot
as L'inspecteur Mazurel
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Jean Le Poulain
as Man from Fifth Floor
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Silvia Monti
as Sofia
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Fernand Valois
as Bruno
- Dominique Zardi
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Henri Génès
as Le gardien-chef
- Roger Lumont
- Paul Mercey
- Patrick Préjean
- John Rico
- Arch Taylor
- Max Montavon
- Sophie Grimaldi
