
A truck driver ventures into the Moroccan desert to retrieve a stolen truck, facing danger, bad luck, and uneasy alliances. Chaos builds to a climactic showdown.
Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Rocco

Lino Ventura
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'

Bernard Blier
Mitch-Mitch

Andréa Parisy
Pepa

Gert Fröbe
Castigliano, aka 'La betterave'

Reginald Kernan
John Steiner aka Peter Frocht

Pierre Mirat
Halibi, aka 'Le sourdingue'
Doudou Babet
Khenouche, waiter at Halibi

Jackie Blanchot
Guest at Halibi

Anne-Marie Coffinet
Angèle Bameste

Pierre Collet
Worker at Castigliano

Louis Bugette
Orlando, bar owner

Christian Brocard
Plouc's Mechanic

Paul Bonifas
Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon

Henri Lambert
Robert, client at Orlando (uncredited)

Marcel Bernier
Marcel, mechanic at Castigliano (uncredited)

Georges Aminel
Castigliano, aka 'La betterave' (voice) (uncredited)
Crew

Henri Verneuil
Director, Writer

Michel Audiard
Writer

Marcel Jullian
Writer
Claude Veillot
Novel

Claude Durand
Editor
Marcel Grignon
Director of Photography

Alain Poiré
Executive Producer
Irénée Leriche
Producer
Robert Sussfeld
Producer
Marc Desages
Production Design
Robert Clavel
Production Design

Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
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