Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.
Cast
Mie Hama
Yoshie (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Ken Mitsuda
Composer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Kinu (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
Nicole Karen
Swindler (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
Jan Teulings
Dutchman (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
Arnold Gelderman
Jeweller (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
Gabriella Giorgelli
Maria Rosa (segment "La Feuille de route")
Giuseppe Mannajuolo
(segment "La Feuille de route")
Guido Giuseppone
Giuseppone (segment "La Feuille de route")
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Alain des Arcys (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Francis Blanche
Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Catherine Deneuve
Swindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Sacha Briquet
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Jean-Louis Maury
Mr. Carmaillon (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Philomène Toulouse
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Jean Seberg
Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Charles Denner
Counterfeiter (segment "Le Grand escroc")
László Szabó
Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Seiji Miyaguchi
Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Pierre Arland
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Henri Attal
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Michel Charrel
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Gilbert Denoyan
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Marcel Gassouk
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Christian Lentretien
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
André Letourneur
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
André Stanislas
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
(segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard
Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)
Crew
Roman Polanski
Director, Writer
Ugo Gregoretti
Director, Writer
Hiromichi Horikawa
Director
Claude Chabrol
Director, Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Director, Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima
Writer
Gérard Brach
Writer
Paul Gégauff
Writer
Maurizio Lucidi
Editor
Agnès Guillemot
Editor
Rita van Royen
Editor
Jacques Gaillard
Editor
Hervé de Luze
Editor
Raoul Coutard
Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Pierre Roustang
Producer, Presenter
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Serge Gainsbourg
Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer, Theme Song Performance
Keitaro Miho
Original Music Composer
Krzysztof Komeda
Original Music Composer
Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer
Piero Umiliani
Original Music Composer
Philippe Dussart
Production Manager
Philippe Senné
Production Manager
