In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Louis-Dominique Bourguignon alias Cartouche
Claudia Cardinale
Vénus
Jess Hahn
La Douceur
Marcel Dalio
Malichot
Jean Rochefort
La Taupe
Philippe Lemaire
Gaston de Ferrussac
Noël Roquevert
Le sergent recruteur
Odile Versois
Isabelle de Ferrussac
Jacques Charon
Le colonel
Lucien Raimbourg
Le maréchal
Jacques Balutin
Le moine Capucine
Pierre Repp
Le marquis de Griffe
Jacques Hilling
L'aubergiste
Paul Préboist
Un gendarme
René Marlic
Petit Oncle, le tavernier
Madeleine Clervanne
Pierette la duègne
Raoul Billerey
Un complice de Cartouche
Alain Dekok
Louison
Enzo Cerusico
Un bandit
Bernard Haller
Perroquet (voice)
Director
Philippe de Broca
Writers
Daniel Boulanger, Philippe de Broca, Charles Spaak
Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Laurence Méry-Clark
Editor
François de Lamothe
Production Design
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
JPV852
5/22/2021
Decent enough French swashbuckler adventure movie and while I liked the performance from Jean-Paul Belmondo, his character came off as a jack-ass, especially at the end, as he pursues the king's wife despite having a gorgeous wife, named Venus no less. I don't know, his actions left a sour taste. On the plus side, Claudia Cardinale was wonderful (and looking at her IMDb still steadily working) and the fight sequences for the most part were entertaining. **3.0/5**
