Two broke actors scam the rich with theatrical flair—crime as performance art.
Jacques and Jean-Claude, unemployed actors, start experimenting with various creative petty scams to get by. More and more daring, with the help of Anne, a charming young girl, they blackmail the rich and influential in a different way.
Acting
Legras and Massoulier's scammer chemistry feels genuinely improvised.
Writing
Clever escalation from petty theft to elaborate theatrical blackmail.
Director
Jacques Rouland
Jacques Legras
Jacques
Jean-Claude Massoulier
Jean-Claude
Evelyne Buyle
Anne
Michel Serrault
L'inspecteur de police
Jean Carmet
Le Restaurateur
Darry Cowl
le patron de l'Arquebuse
Georges Géret
Le boxeur
Claude Piéplu
le militaire
Jean-Marie Proslier
le pompier
Pierre Tchernia
Le colleur d'affiches
Daniel Prévost
l'assistant-réalisateur
Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jacques Rouland was primarily a television writer; this remains one of his few feature films.
Released during France's 1970s economic stagnation, the film tapped into real anxieties about unemployment among educated youth—making its scammers weirdly relatable antiheroes.
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