| Symphony for a Massacre | |
| Native Name: | Symphonie pour un massacre |
| Based On: | Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud-Fourton |
| Director: | Jacques Deray[1] |
| Producer: | Julien Derode |
| Starring: | Michel Auclair Claude Dauphin José Giovanni Michèle Mercier Daniela Rocca Jean Rochefort Charles Vanel |
| Cinematography: | Claude Renoir |
| Editing: | Paul Cayatte |
| Music: | Michel Magne[2] |
| Color Process: | Black and white |
| Studio: | Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique PECF Dear Film Produzione Ultra Film |
| Distributor: | Radiance Films (UK, 2024) |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes[3] |
| Country: | France Italy |
| Language: | French[4] |
Symphony for a Massacre (fr|'''Symphonie pour un massacre'''), also known as The Corrupt and The Mystifier in English,[5] 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.[6] A French and Italian co-production,[7] it is based on the novel Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud-Fourton,[8] which was also adapted without credit in India as Johnny Gaddaar.[9] In the film, a criminal plots to betray his partners in a narcotics deal.
It’s the story of gangsters, smuggling drug dealers who try to cheat, steal each other. Actually only one among them is a kind of traitor, who tries to keep a suit case full of money. So he has to kill his accomplices. But everything doesn’t go as he plans.