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Les Morfalous (1984)

Les Morfalous poster
Directed by
Henri Verneuil
Genre
comedy film, adventure film, war film
Country
Tunisia, France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
12
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 153 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During World War Two, a group of French Foreign Legion soldiers go on a mission. They decide to steal a fortune in gold instead of following orders.

lightheartedfast-pacedquirkycomicaladventurousirreverentenergeticwartime

What happens

Les Morfalous (The Greedy-Guts, in French argot; English title: The Vultures) is a 1984 French adventure film, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Henri Verneuil, featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War. It is a remake of the 1970 American war film Kelly's Heroes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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