During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.这部电影是德龙自己当制作人的第二部电影（第一部是ＪＥＦＦ）,与法国影坛的另一位巨星贝尔蒙多(他们在法国影坛的地位差不多,双子星)合作的成功电影。当时是法国史上票房最高的电影。