Les Truands

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Les Truands
Directed by Carlo Rim
Written byCarlo Rim
Produced byRobert Sussfeld
Starring Eddie Constantine
Noël-Noël
Jean Richard
CinematographyMaurice Barry
Edited byMonique Kirsanoff
Music by Georges Van Parys
Production
company
Franco London Films [1]
Distributed by Gaumont [2]
Release date
  • 27 April 1956 (1956-04-27)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Les Truands is a 1956 French comedy film starring Eddie Constantine directed by Carlo Rim. For English-speaking audiences it was renamed as Lock Up Your Spoons respectively The Gangsters. [3]

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Synopsis

This is the story of racketeer Amédée who recalls the story of his life when he is already more than 100 years old. He tells his family about his rise and his rivals. This is all to explain why he couldn't help but nick the watch of the mayor, who came to congratulate him.

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References

  1. "Franco-London Films" . Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. "Les truands" . Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. "Aka: Lock Up Your Spoons; The Gangsters" . Retrieved 16 July 2012.