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Bob, an old gangster and gambler is almost
broke, so he decides in spite of the warnings of a friend, a high official from
the police, to rob a gambling casino in Deauville. Everything is planed
exactly, but the police are informed about the planned coup. Meanwhile in the
Casino, Bob starts to gamble.
Back in Paris's Montmartre district,
everyone knows Bob, a well-dressed compulsive gambler. He's generous,
moralistic, drives a two-toned convertible coupe, lives in a swank apartment,
and has the respect of the police. But he's on a losing streak, and even when
he hits it big at the track, he loses at the Deauville casino. When he learns
that the casino keeps a fortune on Grand Prix weekend, he plots a robbery. The
subplots trace a seemingly innocent yet flexible girl's social climb and the
greed of a croupier's wife who betrays the thieves.
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This movie is a
genuine find for the movie buff. It clearly sets out a plot line that movie
ever since have copied with great success. For instance the extensive ganster
briefing and planing that appears in modern classics like Heat and Resevoir
Dogs.
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The film also
goes ahead of time when treating gambling as a way of life, as in the great
The Gambler. Its also quirky in shooting with
location shooting throughtout, not one studio shot.
For gambling buffs there is a shot of 1950's
gambling in Paris and the casino at Deauville which by looking at this film has
not changed in the last 50 years. The customers have though.
New DVD
with extra film, "Un Flic", of the same genre only 17 years later in the
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| Director |
Jean-Pierre
Melville |
Bob
Montagné |
Roger Duchesne
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| Producer |
Florence
Melville |
Isabelle
Corey |
Anne
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| Writing |
Auguste Le
Breton / Jean-Pierre Melville |
Daniel
Cauchy |
Paolo |
| Production |
Organisation
Générale Cinématographique |
Guy
Decomble |
Inspector
Ledru |
| Cert./Runtime |
98
mins |
André Garet |
Roger
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