Film Synopsis
A daring hold-up with a laser ray is orchestrated in a Paris bank by associates of the gangster boss Marco Lemoigne. An American insurance company calls in Clint de la Roche, the famous 'Viscount', to investigate. Clint soon manages to make contact with a retired Sicilian boss, Rico Maroni, who offers to identify the bank robbers. It seems that Maroni was one of the robbers' victims. Tipped off by the narcotics bureau, the French police discover that Marini deposited a large stash of illegal drugs in the bank vaults and that this is the prize that Marco's men made off with...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Maurice Cloche
- Script: Clarke Reynolds, Jean Bruce (novel), Georges Farrel (dialogue), Luis Marquina
- Cinematographer: Henri Raichi
- Music: Georges Garvarentz
- Cast: Kerwin Mathews (Clint de la Roche), Sylvia Sorrente (Lili Dumont), Jean Yanne (Billette), 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), Christian Kerville (Paul), José Martín (Manuel), Yvette Lebon (Claudia), Folco Lulli (Rico Barone), Edmond O'Brien (Ricco Barone), Emilio Rodríguez (Bank Director), Claude Le Lorrain, Olga Bergamonti, Patricia Del Frate
- Country: France / Italy / Spain
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 93 min
- Aka: The Viscount
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