The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (French: Les plus belles escroqueries du monde) is a 1964 film composed of five segments, each of which was created with a different set of writers, directors, and actors.[3]

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Theatrical poster
Directed byClaude Chabrol
Jean-Luc Godard
Ugo Gregoretti
Hiromichi Horikawa
Roman Polanski
Produced byPierre Roustang
Written byGérard Brach
Claude Chabrol
Paul Gégauff
Jean-Luc Godard
Ugo Gregoretti
Roman Polanski
StarringCatherine Deneuve
Charles Denner
Jean Seberg
Mie Hama
Music bySerge Gainsbourg
Pierre Jansen
Krzysztof Komeda
Michel Legrand
Keitaro Miho
Piero Umiliani
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
Tonino Delli Colli
Jerzy Lipman
Asakazu Nakai
Jean Rabier
Edited byJacques Gaillard
Agnès Guillemot
Rita van Royen
Hervé de Luze
Production
companies
  • Ulysse Productions
  • Primex Films
  • Lux Films
  • Vides
  • Toho
  • Caesar Films[1]
Release date
  • August 1964 (1964-08) (France)
  • 4 October 1964 (1964-10-04) (Japan)
  • 1964 (1964) (Italy)
Running time
111 minutes
Country
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • Japan
  • Italy[1]
Language
  • French
  • Dutch
  • Japanese
  • Italian[1]
Box office$679,824[2]

Cast
  • Mie Hama as Bar Hostess (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
  • Ken Mitsuda as the Rich Client (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
  • Nicole Karen as the French tourist (segment "La rivière de diamants")
  • Jan Teulings as Dutch man (segment "La rivière de diamants")
  • Gabriella Giorgelli (segment "La Feuille de Route")
  • Guido Guiseppone (segment "La Feuille de Route")
  • Giuseppe Mannajuolo (segment "La Feuille de Route")
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel as Alain des Arcys (segment "L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel")
  • Francis Blanche as Mr. Umlaut (segment "L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel")
  • Catherine Deneuve as Swindler (segment "L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel")
  • Jean Seberg as Patricia (segment "Le Grand escroc")
  • Charles Denner as the Con Man (segment "Le Grand escroc")
  • Laszlo Szabo as the Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")

Release

Les plus belles escroqueries du monde was released in France in August 1964, in Italy in 1964 and in Japan on October 4, 1964.[1] The film was released in the United States by Ellis Films and Continental Distributing.[1] It was released in the United States on September 12, 1967.[1]

The film was unavailable for many decades, until it was restored and released on home video in France on September 23, 2016[4] and in the US on April 25, 2017.[5]

Roman Polanski's segment of the film, "La rivière de diamants" ("A River of Diamonds"), has been removed, at his direct request, and that portion is thus still unavailable.[6]

References
  1. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 214.
  2. "Les plus belles escroqueries". Jpbox-office.com.
  3. Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. https://www.amazon.fr/plus-belles-escroqueries-monde/dp/B01GGNVN0U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513154649&sr=8-1&keywords=Les+plus+belles+escroqueries+du+monde
  5. http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Worlds-Most-Beautiful-Swindlers-Blu-ray/175033/#Review
  6. https://olivefilms.com/product/the-worlds-most-beautiful-swindlers/


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