Original title
Original lang.			French / Italian
Country			France
Genre			Drama
Director			Henri Verneuil
Writer			Henri Verneuil Auguste Le Breton
Company			20th Century Fox
Starring			Jean Gabin Alain Delon Lino Ventura Irina Demick Amedeo Nazzari Philippe Baronnet Show more... Jean Gabin Alain Delon Lino Ventura Irina Demick Amedeo Nazzari Philippe Baronnet Karen Blanguernon Yves Brainville Gérard Buhr Elisa Cegani Raoul Delfosse Jacques Duby Yves Lefebvre Edward Meeks Sally Nesbitt

Roger Santet (Alain Delon) is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese (Jean Gabin). They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's American friend Tony Nicosia (Amedeo Nazzarri) suggests that a better way to get the rocks would be to hijack the transport plane while it is en route to New York. The dogged inspector Le Goff (Lino Ventura) is using all the available resources to thwart their plans. Though the heist itself is successful, Santet finds himself trapped by the mob because of his fling with Manalese's daughter-in-law (Irina Demick).