| The Brain | |
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Original film poster |
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| Directed by | Gérard Oury |
| Produced by | Alain Poiré |
| Written by | Gérard Oury Marcel Jullian |
| Starring | Jean-Paul Belmondo Bourvil David Niven Eli Wallach Silvia Monti |
| Music by | Georges Delerue Georges Auric |
| Cinematography | Wladimir Ivanov |
| Editing by | Albert Jurgenson |
| Studio | Gaumont |
| Distributed by | Paramount |
| Release date(s) | 7 March 1969 (France) |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Budget | 24,000,000 ₣[1] |
The Brain (French: Le Cerveau) is a 1969 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, about a second train robbery by the brains of the Great Train Robbery.
Two clumsy French thieves, Anatole and Arthur, plan a spectacular heist : the attack of a freight train which carries from Paris to Brussels the secret funds of NATO. They don't know that another team is planning the same attack, the same one which performed the Glasgow-London Great Train Robbery; the team is headed by "The Brain" (David Niven), a British criminal mastermind whose massive brain is so heavy that, when he has a strong emotion, he cannot keep his head upright. The Brain has also a deal with the Sicilian mafia.