Action Adventure Comedy
Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless youngster who stole a brand-new truck and its payload. Riddled with bad luck, Marec will face the dangers of the desert, as well as a fishy partner, and a reluctant, misogynist tow-truck helper until the climactic fight.
Directed by
Henri Verneuil
Written by
Michel Audiard, Marcel Jullian, Henri Verneuil
Paul Bonifas
Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Rocco
Lino Ventura
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Bernard Blier
Mitch-Mitch
Andréa Parisy
Pepa
Pierre Mirat
Halibi, aka 'Le sourdingue'
Henri Lambert
Robert, client at Orlando (uncredited)
Gert Fröbe
Castigliano, aka 'La betterave'
Pierre Collet
Worker at Castigliano
Georges Aminel
Castigliano, aka 'La betterave' (voice) (uncredited)
Louis Bugette
Orlando, bar owner
Marcel Bernier
Marcel, mechanic at Castigliano (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Coffinet
Angèle Bameste
Reginald Kernan
John Steiner aka Peter Frocht
Doudou Babet
Khenouche, waiter at Halibi
Jackie Blanchot
Guest at Halibi
Christian Brocard
Plouc's Mechanic

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