April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Sergeant Pierre Augagneur
Michel Constantin
Adjutant Edouard Mahuzard
Jacques Villeret
Brigadier Béral
Michel Creton
Legionnaire Boissier
Marie Laforêt
Hélène Laroche-Fréon
François Perrot
François Laroche-Fréon, director of the bank
Gérard Buhr
Supply camp officer
Matthias Habich
Karl Brenner
Maurice Auzel
Soldier Borzik
Pierre Semmler
Captain Ulrich Dieterle
Caroline Silhol
Mrs. Chanterelle
Michel Beaune
French general (uncredited)
Michel Berreur
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Daniel Breton
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Claude Carliez
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Hans Verner
German Colonel (uncredited)
Henri Verneuil
Radio announcer's voice (uncredited)
