Symphony for a Massacre

Genres

CrimeDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

23 April 1963

Country

France

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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