Le cerveau (1969)

Director:

Gérard Oury

Writers:

Marcel Jullian (writer)
Gérard Oury (writer)

Release Date:

13 November 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

The Brain has rocked the world with laughter!

Plot:

Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Bag Of Money | Money Falling Through Air | Banknotes | Mafia

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Arthur Lespinasse
Bourvil	...	Anatole
David Niven	...	Col. Carol Matthews
Eli Wallach	...	Frankie Scannapieco
Silvia Monti	...	Sofia
Raymond Gérôme	...	Le commissaire
Jacques Balutin	...	L'inspecteur Pochet
Henri Attal	...	Un homme de la bande
Yves Barsacq	...	Un gardien
Jacques Ciron	...	L'inspecteur Duboeuf
Robert Dalban	...	Le Belge enrhumé
Mario David	...	Un antiquaire
Raoul Delfosse	...	Un Belge
Tommy Duggan	...	Le superintendant Cummings
Henri Génès	...	Le gardien-chef

Also Known As:

Il cervello (Italy)
The Brain (USA)

Runtime:

115 min | Spain:110 min | USA:100 min | West Germany:108 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:G | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Bargème, Var, France

Company:

Gaumont International

Trivia:

The film has been shot in two languages (French and English) with the same cast.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The first car of the train would definitely not be used in a passenger train and must have carried the crew's equipment. Placing the safe car in the middle of the consist prevents passengers from going from the tail to the head of the train. The first explosion breaks the air brake circuit, then the whole train should stop, not only the tail cars.

Soundtrack:

Cento giorni

One of the best comedy movies ever

I saw this movie more than ten years ago but I still remember it as one of the funniest comedies I've ever seen. It's very close to the Pink Panther's type of comedy and has an excellent character played by David Niven. It is the type of humor that does not appeal to the grotesque or strictly obvious and very alike what you could call a Peter Sellers type of movie.