Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964) - film review
Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Hiromichi Horikawa, Roman Polanski
Comedy / Crime

Summary
Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde is a French crime film first released in 1964,
directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Hiromichi Horikawa and Roman Polanski.
The film stars Mie Hama, Jan Teulings, Gabriella Giorgelli, Guido Guiseppone and Beppe Mannaiuolo.
It has also been released under the title: The Beautiful Swindlers.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Hiromichi Horikawa, Roman Polanski
- Script: Gérard Brach, Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff, Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Roman Polanski
- Photo: Raoul Coutard, Tonino Delli Colli, Jerzy Lipman, Asakazu Nakai, Jean Rabier
- Music: Serge Gainsbourg, Pierre Jansen, Krzysztof Komeda, Michel Legrand, Keitaro Miho, Piero Umiliani
- Cast: Mie Hama (Geisha (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")), Jan Teulings (Dutch man), Gabriella Giorgelli ((segment "La Feuille de Route")), Guido Guiseppone ((segment "La Feuille de Route")), Beppe Mannaiuolo ((segment "La Feuille de Route")), Jean-Pierre Cassel (Alain des Arcys .... (segment "L’homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel")), Francis Blanche (L’Allemand), Catherine Deneuve (Swindler (segment "L’homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel")), Sacha Briquet ((segment "L’homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel")), Charles Denner (Counterfeiter (segment "Le Grand Escroq")), Arnold Gelderman (Jeweller (segment "La Rivière de Diamants")), Jean-Luc Godard (Man in fez (and narrator) (segment "Le Grand Escroq")), Nicole Karen (Swindler (segment "La Rivière de Diamants")), Christian Lentretien ((segment "L’homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel")), Jean-Louis Maury ((segment "L’homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel")), Jean Seberg (Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand Escroq")), László Szabó (Police inspector (segment "Le Grand Escroq"))
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 111 min
- Aka: The Beautiful Swindlers; The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers; World’s Greatest Swindles
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