1960 • NR • 2h 12m
8.3/10
(462 users) 
Overview
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Cl Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system -- yet their escape is anything but assured.
8.3/10
(462 users) Cast / Crew 
Michel Constantin Geo Cassine 
Jean Keraudy Roland Darban 
Philippe Leroy Manu Borelli 
Raymond Meunier Vossellin / Monseigneur 
Marc Michel Claude Gaspard 
Jean-Paul Coquelin Le lieutenant Grinval 
André Bervil Le directeur de la prison 
Eddy Rasimi Bouboule 
Philippe Dumat Un gardien 
Albert Augier Un gardien 
Jean Becker Un gardien 
Raymond Bour Un gardien Lucien Camiret Maurice Gaillardbois - Le détenu qui refuse de s'alimenter Durieu 
Gérard Hernandez Le détenu à l'infirmerie 
Jacques Becker Director 
José Giovanni Novel 
Serge Silberman Producer Jacques Becker Screenplay José Giovanni Screenplay Jean Aurel Screenplay Jacques Becker Dialogue José Giovanni Dialogue Jean Mottet Production Manager Paul Laffargue Line Producer 
Ghislain Cloquet Director of Photography Georges Charlot Executive Producer Georges Lourau Co-Producer 
Marguerite Renoir Editor Rino Mondellini Production Design
Michel Constantin Geo Cassine Jean Keraudy Roland Darban Philippe Leroy Manu Borelli Raymond Meunier Vossellin / Monseigneur Marc Michel Claude Gaspard Jean-Paul Coquelin Le lieutenant Grinval André Bervil Le directeur de la prison Eddy Rasimi Bouboule Philippe Dumat Un gardien Albert Augier Un gardien Jean Becker Un gardien Raymond Bour Un gardien Lucien Camiret Maurice Gaillardbois - Le détenu qui refuse de s'alimenter Durieu Gérard Hernandez Le détenu à l'infirmerie Jacques Becker Director José Giovanni Novel Serge Silberman Producer Jacques Becker Screenplay José Giovanni Screenplay Jean Aurel Screenplay Jacques Becker Dialogue José Giovanni Dialogue Jean Mottet Production Manager Paul Laffargue Line Producer Ghislain Cloquet Director of Photography Georges Charlot Executive Producer Georges Lourau Co-Producer Marguerite Renoir Editor Rino Mondellini Production Design 
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