
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)
Crew
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