Summary
Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless youngster who stole a brand-new truck and its payload. Riddled with bad luck, Marec will face the dangers of the desert, as well as a fishy partner, and a reluctant, misogynist tow-truck helper until the climactic fight.
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Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Rocco
Lino Ventura
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Bernard Blier
Mitch-Mitch
Andréa Parisy
Pepa
Gert Fröbe
Castigliano, aka 'La betterave'
Reginald Kernan
John Steiner aka Peter Frocht
Pierre Mirat
Halibi, aka 'Le sourdingue'
Anne-Marie Coffinet
Angèle Bameste
Pierre Collet
Worker at Castigliano
Louis Bugette
Orlando, bar owner
Paul Bonifas
Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
Henri Lambert
Robert, client at Orlando (uncredited)
Marcel Bernier
Marcel, mechanic at Castigliano (uncredited)
Georges Aminel
Castigliano, aka 'La betterave' (voice) (uncredited)