

Symphony for a Massacre
1963-04-23 · 115 min · ★ 6.7
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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- Directors
- Jacques Deray
- Production companies
- Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Dear Film, Ultra Film
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Michel AuclairClavet
Claude DauphinValoti
Charles VanelPaoli
Jean RochefortJabeke
Michèle MercierMadeleine Clavet
José GiovanniMoreau
Daniela RoccaHélène Valoti
Marcello PaglieroCerutti (uncredited)
Claude Cerval(uncredited)
Jean DegraveGames room employee (uncredited)
Maurice Garrel(uncredited)
Billy KearnsAmerican customer (uncredited)
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