The Big Pardon

2h 10min

Crime

Comedy

Drama

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime. Their activities include running casinos, organizing underground boxing matches, illegal gambling, pimping, racketeering and bloody settlements of scores against other Arab and French clans. But in the shadows, Pascal Villars has sworn the loss of the Bettoun. He will succeed in setting the Arab clan against the Jewish clan, for the great benefit of the police commissioner Duché, who has been trying in vain for ten years to bring down the Bettouns.

Production Companies

Partner's Productions

Alexandre Films

Odessa Films

Cast

Roger Hanin

Roger Hanin

Raymond Beitoun
Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Le commissaire Duché
Bernard Giraudeau

Bernard Giraudeau

Pascal Villars
Richard Berry

Richard Berry

Maurice Beitoun
Clio Goldsmith

Clio Goldsmith

Viviane Atlan
Gérard Darmon

Gérard Darmon

Roland Bettoun
Jean-Pierre Bacri

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Jacky Azoulay
Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

Manuel Carreras
Jean Benguigui

Jean Benguigui

Albert Zecri
Richard Bohringer

Richard Bohringer

Le Sacristain
Blanche Ravalec

Blanche Ravalec

Colette Ambrosi
Sam Karmann

Sam Karmann

William Benamou
Armand Mestral

Armand Mestral

Freddy Ambrosi
Lionel Rocheman

Lionel Rocheman

Edouard Grumbert
Claude Avril

Claude Avril

Hélène
Sara Stirling

Sara Stirling

Madeleine
Léon Filma

Léon Filma

Le Rabbin
Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Self (uncredited)
Yves Mourousi

Yves Mourousi

Cameo (uncredited)

Release date

27th Jan 1982

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français