Movie · 1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Released 14 August 1964 108 min Crime / Comedy More from 1964 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Ken Mitsuda
as Composer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Jan Teulings
as Dutchman (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Francis Blanche
as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Marcel Gassouk
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Yatsuko Tan'ami
as Kinu (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Charles Denner
as Counterfeiter (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Sacha Briquet
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Dominique Zardi
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Alain des Arcys (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
László Szabó
as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Henri Attal
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman
as Jeweller (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
Gabriella Giorgelli
as Maria Rosa (segment "La Feuille de route")
Mie Hama
as Yoshie (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Catherine Deneuve
as Swindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Nicole Karen
as Swindler (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
Giuseppe Mannajuolo
as (segment "La Feuille de route")
Guido Giuseppone
as Giuseppone (segment "La Feuille de route")
Jean-Louis Maury
as Mr. Carmaillon (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Philomène Toulouse
as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
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The numbers
42years between the oldest and youngest billed
62Ken Mitsuda — oldest on the call sheet
20Catherine Deneuve — youngest billed
36average age of the credited cast