The Viscount

The Viscount

1967 · 98 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

Inspector for a major insurance company, Clint de La Roche, known as "le vicomte", is enjoying a pleasant vacation on the Spanish coast with a few pretty girls and his assistant, Billette, when he is urgently called back to Paris to investigate a bank robbery. The bank manager has had the key to the security system stolen by a certain Tania. But Tania is killed in a car bomb attack. However, Clint soon discovers that behind this case lies a rivalry between the gangs of Rico Barone and Marco Demoygne, who are fighting for control of the drug market.

Directed by Maurice Cloche · Written by Luis Marquina

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Kerwin Mathews Clint de la Roche, the Viscount
Edmond O'Brien Ricco Barone
Sylvia Sorrente Lili Dumont
Jean Yanne Billete
Fernando Rey Marco Demoygne
Franco Fabrizi Ramon
Maria Latour Tania
Alain Saury Vincento
Armand Mestral Claude Peroux
Luis Dávila Steve Heller
Álvaro de Luna Jean
Pierre Massimi Louis

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