"Well, hurry it up. We're working on a locomotive, not a pocketwatch."

"You crazy bastard."

"[last words] Labiche! Here's your prize, Labiche. Some of the greatest paintings in the world. Does it please you, La…"

"Those paintings are part of France. The Germans want to take them away. They've taken our land, our food, they live i…"

"One man's impossible mission - to save his country's priceless treasures!"

"It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!"

"Burt Lancaster as Paul Labiche"

"Paul Scofield as Col. Franz von Waldheim"

"Suzanne Flon as Mademoiselle Villard"

"Michel Simon as Papa Boule"