The Burglars
“Catch the burglars!”
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio
Columbia Films S.A.
Language
fr
Status
Released
How The Burglars performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$33.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Azad
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Azad
Abel Zacharia
Omar Sharif
Abel Zacharia
Lena
Dyan Cannon
Lena
Ralph
Robert Hossein
Ralph
Hélène
Nicole Calfan
Hélène
Isabelle Tasco
Myriam Feune de Colombi
Isabelle Tasco
Guardian of Villa Tasco
Raoul Delfosse
Guardian of Villa Tasco
Mr. Tasco
José Luis de Vilallonga
Mr. Tasco
Renzi
Renato Salvatori
Renzi
Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Marc Arian
Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Locker Room Girl (uncredited)
Alice Arno
Locker Room Girl (uncredited)
Malloch (uncredited)
Steve Eckardt
Malloch (uncredited)
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