An American talks a retired French crook into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
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Jean Gabin
Denis Ferrand
Robert Stack
Jim Beckley
Margaret Lee
Betty
Jean Topart
Monsieur Henri
Walter Giller
Maurice Labrousse
Lucienne Bogaert
Mr. Henri's mother
Albert Michel
Gaston
Henri Coutet
Security guard
Bernard Musson
Mr. Charles Goulette
Pierre Koulak
Ange Peresi
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