Symphony for a Massacre
Symphony for a Massacre, also known as The Corrupt and The Mystifier in English, is a 1963 crime thriller film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni, Michèle Mercier, Daniela Rocca, Jean Rochefort, Charles Vanel. A French and Italian co-production, it is based on the novel Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud-Fourton, which was also adapted without credit in India as Johnny Gaddaar. In the film, a criminal plots to betray his partners in a narcotics deal.
Plot
Five crooks pool their money to buy a load of drugs just smuggled into the country. But one of them secretly plots a betrayal and the bodies begin to pile up as his scheme unravels.Cast
- Michel Auclair as Clavet
- Claude Dauphin as Valoti
- José Giovanni as Moreau
- Michèle Mercier as Madeleine Clavet
- Daniela Rocca as Hélène Valoti
- Jean Rochefort as Jabeke
- Charles Vanel as Paoli