Kino Lorber are preparing a Blu-ray release of Henri Verneuil's
The Vultures a.k.a.
Les morfalous (1984), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Villeret, Michel Constantin, Michel Creton, and Matthias Habich. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Description: April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counterattack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold, while warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?