Cloportes (1965)
"La métamorphose des cloportes" (original title)

Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful ... See full summary »

Director:

Pierre Granier-Deferre

Writers:

Alphonse Boudard (novel), Albert Simonin (adaptation),

Stars:

Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Irina Demick

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lino Ventura	...	Alphonse Maréchal
Charles Aznavour	...	Edmond
Irina Demick	...	Catherine Verdier
Maurice Biraud	...	Arthur
Georges Géret	...	Rouquemoute
Pierre Brasseur	...	Tonton
Françoise Rosay	...	Gertrude
Annie Fratellini	...	Léone
Norman Bart	...	Un visiteur de la galerie
Georges Blaness	...	Omar
Dorothée Blanck	...	Une fille à l'hôtel particulier (as Dorothée Blank)
Jean-Pierre Caussade	...	(as J.P. Caussade)
Marcel Charvey	...	Un visiteur de la galerie
François Dalou	...	2nd Inspector
Michel Dacquin	...	Un barman de boîte de nuit (as Michel Daquin)

Storyline

Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | caper | paris france | insect | news footage | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

8 September 1965 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Cloportes

Filming Locations:

30 Boulevard de la Bastille, Paris 12, Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films du Siècle, Produzioni Artistiche Internazionali

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 45655 delivered on 8-9-1965.

User Reviews

At a pinch,for the actors.

One of Pierre-Granier Deferre's first efforts,"la métamorphose des cloportes" boasts a good cast:Charles Aznavour,Lino Ventura,Pierre Brasseur and in a small part,Françoise Rosay as Gertrude who provides the men with the "tools" they need for their "job' (break-ins ).It's not a film noir,by a long shot,but an unpretentious harmless little comedy which sometimes works -Ventura in jail watching the 1960/61/62/63/64 news-and sometimes does not -Aznavour disguised as a guru:he was ahead of the 1967 summer of love craze though-.

The great pre-nouvelle vague directors (Duvivier,Cayatte,Autant-Lara et al) were no longer forces to be reckoned with and their successors -non new wave young directors that is- such as Granier-Deferre and De La Patellière - were not up to scratch.

Two Granier-Deferre's movies which deserve to be watched: "le chat" (1970) thanks to the fabulous Jean Gabin/Simone Signoret team,and "une étrange affaire" (1981) .