The Vultures
1984 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 2,389 VOTES · DIR. Henri Verneuil
Overview
April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?
Dialogue Timeline — 869 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:44 Out of the car.
00:10:14 Times have changed, sergeant, Foreign Legion soldiers, too.
00:13:04 Of course.
00:19:14 but Legionnaires never bail out.
00:25:42 Show me what you can do.
00:31:09 Invest in a beet farm, maybe.
00:34:29 For the Germas, Sfax. Yes... I'm joking.
00:39:30 Three: the warrant officer loses his mind.
00:41:49 and if I did not keep my subordinate...
00:44:44 Where the hell is he? Screw her!
00:47:41 Guard's aren't dopes, sir, jailbirds are.
00:50:00 Aim! Fire!
00:53:16 - Who is this guy? - A friend.
00:55:35 According to the law, your "buddies" are accomplices.
00:58:56 Get in.
01:02:08 You should've ended it 10 years ago.
01:09:42 He must have peed on that high-voltage line, that's all!
01:16:28 ...that one day he'd go to Heaven while he was living.
01:20:25 I would say that was a successful occupation.
01:23:18 But if you suddenly decide to rejoin the 21st Panzer Division...
01:29:39 You want the sea to be behind you? You swing the map around, or...
01:35:23 - Honesty knows no boundaries. - Exactly.
01:39:03 in which the fate of our soldiers was practically sealed."
01:41:29 I WAS THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN BUT GOLD WAS MY DOWNFALL.
Cast & Characters
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Sgt. Pierre Augagneur
Jacques Villeret
Béral
Michel Constantin
Adjudant Édouard Mahuzard
Michel Creton
Boissier
Matthias Habich
Karl
François Perrot
François Laroche-Fréon, le directeur de la banque
Maurice Auzel
Borzik
Gérard Buhr
L'officier du camp de ravitaillement
Junior John David
Robert Lombard
M. Chanterelle
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed869
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:03:44
Final line01:41:29
Production Record
DirectorHenri Verneuil
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes2,389