---
title: 'The Upper Hand (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Denys de La Patellière'
released: '1966-03-02'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-upper-hand-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060349/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Upper Hand (1966)

1966 · 96 min · Crime · France, Italy

Original title: Du rififi à Paname

## Synopsis

The Upper Hand is a 1966 French thriller film about gold smuggling based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton and starring Jean Gabin, George Raft and Gert Fröbe.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Denys de La Patellière](https://cinepixo.com/people/denys-de-la-patelliere)
- **Screenplay:** [Denys de La Patellière](https://cinepixo.com/people/denys-de-la-patelliere), [Alphonse Boudard](https://cinepixo.com/people/alphonse-boudard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Garvarentz](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-garvarentz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter Wottitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-wottitz)
- **Editor:** [Claude Durand](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-durand-2)

## Cast

- [Mino Doro](https://cinepixo.com/people/mino-doro)
- [César Torrès](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesar-torres)
- [Roger Rudel](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-rudel)
- [Franco Balducci](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-balducci)
- [Jean-Claude Bercq](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-bercq)
- [Yvon Sarray](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvon-sarray)
- [Fernand Berset](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-berset)
- [Pierre Leproux](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-leproux)
- [Claudio Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-brook)
- [Daniel Crohem](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-crohem)
- [Marc Arian](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-arian)
- [Daniel Ceccaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-ceccaldi)
- [Carlo Nell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-nell)
- [Lucien Desagneaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-desagneaux)
- [Alain Bouvette](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-bouvette)

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