Objective: 500 Million

Objective: 500 Million

1966 · 90 min · ★ 5.9 · Action

Reichau, a former army captain, is back in France after serving three years in prison for belonging to the OAS (Secret Armed Organization), a dissident paramilitary group during the Algerian War. Marked by his past, he does not believe in the values of his country any more. At a loss to know what to do with his life, he agrees one day to take part in a heist set up by Pierre, a pilot, the very man who gave him away in Oran. The operation, in which Yo, a gorgeous woman, participates, consists in stealing a bag containing 55 million francs during a Paris-Bordeaux flight...

Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer · Written by Pierre Schoendoerffer

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Bruno Cremer Captain Jean Reichau
Marisa Mell Yo
Jean-Claude Rolland Pierre
Étienne Bierry Douarrd
Pierre Fromont Commander
Jean-François Chauvel Former soldier of the uni
D. Zimbaca
Hong Mai Thomas Douard’s partner
Maurice Auzel Jeannot, boxer (uncredited)
Robert Blome Boss of the Bordeaux bistro (uncredited)
Henri Guégan Customer at the Halles bistro (uncredited)

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