The Vultures (1984)
March 28, 1984
War, Comedy
1h 35m


April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Henri Verneuil
- Sergeant Pierre Augagneur Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Adjutant Edouard Mahuzard Michel Constantin
- Brigadier Béral Jacques Villeret
- Legionnaire Boissier Michel Creton
- Hélène Laroche-Fréon Marie Laforêt
- François Laroche-Fréon, director of the bank François Perrot
- Supply camp officer Gérard Buhr
- Karl Brenner Matthias Habich