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Louis Bourdin, a modest ticket puncher on the Paris metro, is so enamoured of crime fiction that he decides to write his own novel, expecting that one day he will be as famous as Auguste Le Breton. After months of painstaking research, he... See more »

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Louis Bourdin alias Louis Le Normand
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Paul Filippi
Françoise Deldick ...
Angélique
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Felix Pignol
Henri Piégay ...
Luc
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Un gangster (as Aimé de March)
Menahem Shuval ...
Le géant (as Menakhem Shuval)
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Le chef de train de la rame à finance
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Le facteur
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Un garde mobile
Jacques Plée ...
L'aiguilleur (as Jacques Plee)
Pierre Richard ...
Un complice de Filipi
Françoise Lebail ...
La serveuse
Jacqueline Johel
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La marchande de journaux
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Un agent de sécurité
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Souvestre
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yves Arcanel ...
Un complice de Filippi (uncredited)
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Un machiniste (uncredited)
M. Choura ...
(uncredited)
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Brigitte (uncredited)
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L'homme qui attend sur le quai (uncredited)
Gérard Hoffman ...
Le patron du bistrot (uncredited)
Alex Joffé ...
Un voyageur quai de la Rapée (uncredited)
Albert Michel ...
Un chef de station (uncredited)
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La standardiste (uncredited)
Paul Pavel ...
Un machiniste (uncredited)
Gilbert Servien ...
Un voyageur quai de la Rapée (uncredited)
Paul Temps ...
Maître Loriot (uncredited)
François Valorbe ...
Le directeur de la R.A.T.P. (uncredited)
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Un truand qui propose un coup à Filippi (uncredited)

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Alex Joffé

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Renée Asseo ... (story)
 
Luc Charpentier ... (story)
 
Geno Gil ... (story)
 
Alex Joffé ... (screenplay)
 
Alex Joffé ... (story)
 
Pierre Lévy-Corti ... (dialogue)

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Edmond Ténoudji ... producer (uncredited)

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Jean Marion

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Louis Page

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Eric Pluet

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Jacques Paris

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Mireille de Tissot ... production manager

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Fabien Collin ... assistant director

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Jacques Maumont ... sound

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Gilbert Chain ... camera operator

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Élisabeth Rappeneau ... script supervisor

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Plot Summary

Louis Bourdin, a modest ticket puncher on the Paris metro, is so enamoured of crime fiction that he decides to write his own novel, expecting that one day he will be as famous as Auguste Le Breton. After months of painstaking research, he pens a work of fiction that describes in meticulous detail a train robbery on his stretch of the metro. Unfortunately, Louis has no success getting the book published, as no one seems to believe the robbery is possible. To prove them wrong, Louis decides to enact the robbery himself, with the help of some professional crooks. As luck would have it, Paul Filippi, the aristocrat of crime, has just been released from prison and is preparing his next criminal exploit. To his mind, Louis has conceived the perfect robbery...

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Also Known As
  • The Big Swag (World-wide, English title)
  • Robo en el metro (Spain)
  • A nagy buli (Hungary)
  • Большая касса (Russia)
  • Met de kas op de loop (Belgium, Flemish title)
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