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The Burglars

1971 · 120 min

A sleek, sunlit cat-and-mouse caper that glides on charm and cool menace, with a famous car chase and a wry, fatalistic sting.

Tagline: Catch the burglars!
Overview: In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
greed
betrayal
deception
justice
Places: big city
sea
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: action, crime, thriller
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Written by: Vahé Katcha, Henri Verneuil
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon, Robert Hossein, Nicole Calfan, Myriam Feune de Colombi, Raoul Delfosse, José Luis de Vilallonga
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cinematography: Claude Renoir
Runtime: 120 min
Country: France, Italy
Languages: French

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