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120 min
"Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
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Jean Rochefort | Captain, commander of the escort ship | Unowned |
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Claude Rich | Pierre, medical officer | Unowned |
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Jacques Perrin | Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour' | Unowned |
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Aurore Clément | Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Unowned |
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Odile Versois | The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme | Unowned |
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Pierre Rousseau | Babourg, former sailor | Unowned |
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Jacques Dufilho | Chief mechanic | Unowned |
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François Dyrek | Former gendarme, boss of the bistro | Unowned |
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Jean Champion | Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro | Unowned |
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Bernard Lajarrige | Rector | Unowned |
Joseph Momo | Bongo-Ba | Unowned | |
Yves Morgan-Jones | Ensign | Unowned | |
Nguyễn Long Cường | Unowned | ||
Yann Brannelec | Unowned | ||
Jean Hennau | Unowned | ||
François Landolt | Bugler Bochau | Unowned | |
Hubert Laurent | Fishing officer | Unowned | |
Loïc Nedellec | Unowned | ||
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Pierre Semmler | Unowned | |
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Michel Vocoret | Unowned | |
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Bruno Cremer | Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ludovic Schoendoerffer | Breton kid (uncredited) | Unowned |