Overview
La Scoumoune ("Bad luck") is a 1972 French film directed by José Giovanni, starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale and Michel Constantin. It is an adaptation of Giovanni's novel L'Excommunié.
La Scoumoune is a remake of a 1961 French movie, A Man Named Rocca, directed by Jean Becker, also based on Giovanni's novel and starring Belmondo in the same part.
Plot
In the mid-1930s mobster Roberto La Rocca (Jean-Paul Belmondo) comes to Marseille to help his friend who was framed by the local crime bosses. Roberto is caught up in clashes between different gangs and as a result serves a long sentence in prison for the murder of several enemy gang members. Once in prison he begins to prepare his escape.
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo : Roberto Borgo
Claudia Cardinale : Georgia Saratov
Michel Constantin : Xavier Saratov
Enrique Lucero : Migli
Alain Mottet : Ficelle
Michel Peyrelon : Handsome Charlot
Philippe Brizard : Fanfan
Aldo Bufi Landi : Villanova
Jacques Debary : Carl
Gérard Depardieu : Burglar
Marc Eyraud : Bonnaventure
Andréa Ferréol : The angry prostitute
Henri Vilbert : Graville
Jacques Rispal: Monsieur Dubois
Nicolas Vogel : Grégoire
Jean-Claude Michel : The lawyer
Dominique Zardi : The convict
Pierre Collet : The prison director
Luciano Catenacci
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