Symphony for a Massacre (French: Symphonie pour un massacre), also known as The Corrupt and The Mystifier in English, is a 1963 crime thriller film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni, Michèle Mercier, Daniela Rocca, Jean Rochefort, Charles Vanel. A French and Italian co-production, it is based on the novel Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud-Fourton, which was also adapted without credit in India as Johnny Gaddaar. In the film, a criminal plots to betray his partners in a narcotics deal.
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Plot
Five crooks pool their money to buy a load of drugs just smuggled into the country. But one of them secretly plots a betrayal and the bodies begin to pile up as his scheme unravels.
Cast
Michel Auclair as Clavet
Claude Dauphin as Valoti
José Giovanni as Moreau
Michèle Mercier as Madeleine Clavet
Daniela Rocca as Hélène Valoti
Jean Rochefort as Jabeke
Charles Vanel as Paoli