The Brain (1969)
The Brain has rocked the world with laughter!
Genre : Crime, Comedy
Runtime : 1H 55M
Director : Gérard Oury
Synopsis
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
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