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The Big Pardon
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The Big Pardon

1982-01-27 · 130 min · ★ 6.2

Crime · Drama

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime. Their activities include running casinos, organizing underground boxing matches, illegal gambling, pimping, racketeering and bloody settlements of scores against other Arab and French clans. But in the shadows, Pascal Villars has sworn the loss of the Bettoun. He will succeed in setting the Arab clan against the Jewish clan, for the great benefit of the police commissioner Duché, who has been trying in vain for ten years to bring down the Bettouns.

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Directors
Alexandre Arcady
Production companies
Partner's Productions, Alexandre Films, Odessa Films
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Roger HaninRoger HaninRaymond Beitoun
Jean-Louis TrintignantJean-Louis TrintignantLe commissaire Duché
Bernard GiraudeauBernard GiraudeauPascal Villars
Richard BerryRichard BerryMaurice Beitoun
Clio GoldsmithClio GoldsmithViviane Atlan
Anny DupereyAnny DupereyCarole
Gérard DarmonGérard DarmonRoland Bettoun
Jean-Pierre BacriJean-Pierre BacriJacky Azoulay
Robert HosseinRobert HosseinManuel Carreras
Jean BenguiguiJean BenguiguiAlbert Zecri
Richard BohringerRichard BohringerLe Sacristain
Blanche RavalecBlanche RavalecColette Ambrosi
Sam KarmannSam KarmannWilliam Benamou
Alexandre AjaAlexandre AjaL'enfant
Armand MestralArmand MestralFreddy Ambrosi
Philippe SfezElie
Saïd AmadisSaïd AmadisLarbi
Lucien LayaniLucien LayaniPépé
Malek KatebMalek KatebBouli
Lionel RochemanLionel RochemanEdouard Grumbert

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