
The Outside Man(1972)
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.


A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.

Michel Auclair
Clavet

Claude Dauphin
Valoti

Charles Vanel
Paoli

Jean Rochefort
Jabeke

Michèle Mercier
Madeleine Clavet

José Giovanni
Moreau

Daniela Rocca
Hélène Valoti
Marcello Pagliero
Cerutti (uncredited)

Claude Cerval
(uncredited)

Jean Degrave
Games room employee (uncredited)
Symphony for a Massacre is a crime, drama film released in 1963 exploring themes of french noir. Directed by Jacques Deray, it stars Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, Charles Vanel. A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.
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