The Brain

The Brain(1969)

"The Brain has rocked the world with laughter!"

7.3/10
287 votes
115 minMarch 7, 1969

Overview

Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.

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