The Sicilian Clan

Le Clan des Siciliens (1969)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1969-12-05

Country

France, Italy

Production

20th Century Fox, Les Productions Fox Europa, Les Films du Siècle

Genre

Crime, Drama

Budget

$19 000 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Henri Verneuil

Actors

Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick, Amedeo Nazzari, Philippe Baronnet, Karen Blanguernon, Elisa Cegani, Jacques Duby, Yves Lefebvre
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Scenario

Producer

Henri Verneuil, Jacques-Eric Strauss

Operator

Henri Decaë

Composer

Ennio Morricone

Artist

Audition

Evelyne Janic

Editing

Pierre Gillette
All team (35)

• The film is based on the novel by Auguste Lebretton.
• The novel's events take place around fifty years ago. Since Alain Delon, who is 33 years old, plays his role in the film, the screenwriters had to slightly 'adjust' the character's biography, in particular, Monique, Sartre's daughter in the novel, became his sister in the film.
• The way Sartre escapes from the prison van, despite its 'cinematic' quality and improbability, is not the author's invention. That is exactly how the notorious gangster René Girier, nicknamed 'The Cane,' escaped at the end of the 1940s. However, unlike Sartre, Girier simply pried a plank out of the van's floor.