À couteaux tirés (1964) Directed by Charles Gérard
Comedy / Drama
aka: Daggers Drawn
Film Synopsis
A nightclub owner enlists the help of a one-time officer in the German navy
and an American gangster in recovering a fabulous lost Nazi treasure that
could make them all rich beyond their wildest dreams. The treasure
consists of two hundred valuable diamonds worth a small fortune and a stack
of confidential documents revealing the identity of several prominent Nazi
supporters. These are all contained within a chest that was dumped
in the sea off the coast of Monte Carlo towards the end of the Second World
War. The treasure hunters succeed in finding this fantastic haul but
they all die in mysterious circumstances not long afterwards. The police
inspector charged with investigating the murders soon uncovers a fiendish
plot. To capture the culprits, he comes up with an equally devious
plan...
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