- HD 1080
- Runtime: 120m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France, Italy
- Director: Henri Verneuil
- Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon, Robert Hossein, Nicole Calfan
- keywords: burglar, athens, greece, gang of thieves, dockyard, heist, police corruption, theft, home invasion, cat and mouse, jewel heist, french noir, safecracker, quarry, neo-noir, emerald, grain silo
- Production_studio: Columbia Films S.A., Vides Cinematografica
- Slogan: Catch the burglars!
- The The Burglars is featured in the top rankings of 1971
- #8 in Top Action Movies of 1971
- #14 in Top Crime Movies of 1971
- #12 in Top Thriller Movies of 1971
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.