The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.
Directors: Ugo Gregoretti, Roman Polanski, Claude Chabrol, Hiromichi Horikawa, Jean-Luc Godard.
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Mie Hama as Yoshie (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko") |
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Ken Mitsuda as Composer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko") |
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Yatsuko Tan'ami as Kinu (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko") |
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Nicole Karen as Swindler (segment "La Rivière de diamants") |
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Jan Teulings as Dutchman (segment "La Rivière de diamants") |
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Arnold Gelderman as Jeweller (segment "La Rivière de diamants") |
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Gabriella Giorgelli as Maria Rosa (segment "La Feuille de route") |
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Giuseppe Mannajuolo as (segment "La Feuille de route") |
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Guido Giuseppone as Giuseppone (segment "La Feuille de route") |
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Jean-Pierre Cassel as Alain des Arcys (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") |
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Francis Blanche as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") |
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Catherine Deneuve as Swindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") |
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Sacha Briquet as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") |
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Jean-Louis Maury as Mr. Carmaillon (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") |
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Philomène Toulouse as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") |
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Jean Seberg as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc") |
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Charles Denner as Counterfeiter (segment "Le Grand escroc") |
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László Szabó as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc") |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited) |
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Pierre Arland as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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Henri Attal as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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Michel Charrel as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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Gilbert Denoyan as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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Marcel Gassouk as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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Christian Lentretien as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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André Letourneur as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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André Stanislas as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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Dominique Zardi as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited) |
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Jean-Luc Godard as Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ugo Gregoretti | Director |
| Directing | Roman Polanski | Director |
| Directing | Claude Chabrol | Director |
| Directing | Hiromichi Horikawa | Director |
| Directing | Jean-Luc Godard | Director |
| Camera | Raoul Coutard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Maurizio Lucidi | Editor |
| Production | Philippe Senné | Production Manager |
| Editing | Agnès Guillemot | Editor |
| Production | Philippe Dussart | Production Manager |
| Crew | Pierre Roustang | Presenter |
| Sound | Serge Gainsbourg | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Jean-Luc Godard | Writer |
| Sound | Serge Gainsbourg | Main Title Theme Composer |
| Writing | Ryuzo Kikushima | Writer |
| Writing | Claude Chabrol | Writer |
| Writing | Paul Gégauff | Writer |
| Editing | Rita van Royen | Editor |
| Writing | Ugo Gregoretti | Writer |
| Writing | Roman Polanski | Writer |
| Writing | Gérard Brach | Writer |
| Editing | Hervé de Luze | Editor |
| Editing | Jacques Gaillard | Editor |
| Production | Pierre Roustang | Producer |
| Sound | Serge Gainsbourg | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Michel Legrand | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Pierre Jansen | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Piero Umiliani | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Keitaro Miho | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Krzysztof Komeda | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jean Rabier | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jerzy Lipman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tonino Delli Colli | Director of Photography |