On crowded Milan streets, two men execute a split-second payroll heist—in broad daylight—then begin a lightning-paced getaway, via every conveyance available. But after all, when a tough guy's returning to France (where he's been sentenced to death in absentia) after holing up in Italy for nearly a decade, he's got to have some startup money—particularly if he's going back with the wife and kids.

• Les Films Odéon
• Mondex Films
• Lino Ventura
• Jean-Paul Belmondo
• Sandra Milo
• Marcel Dalio
• Michel Ardan
• Simone Desmaison
• Michèle Méritz
• Stan Krol