Christine Fabréga, Lino Ventura, Marcel Bozzuffi
Gustave Manda, better known as Gu, a dangerous gangster, escapes from jail. He goes to Paris to join Manouche and other friends, and get involved in a gangland killing. Before leaving the country with...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 7, 2008
Stats: 64 reviews
this is definitely one of those hiest films that needs to be seen more than once. the film bears the usual complexity of a melville creation, but with sometimes the lack of clarity of the few films he made that rank slightly higher than this one. the only downside to the film i...( read more)
this is just the kind of stuff i love. melville's earlier films are more gritty and realistic than the highly stylized stuff he made later and this was made one year before le samourai. and it may be the best melville i've seen yet. i know a 2 1/2 hour long heist film doesn't ...( read more)
Lino Ventura should have worked exclusively with Melville, as JP gets hair-raising performances from Ventura. With a hat, trench coat, tinted glasses, and a cigarette, Lino is the coolest man on Earth.
Ventura and Meurisse. Meville had a talent for picking incredible wet dream team casts.
Probably my favorite Melville film and a movie that should be better known. Excellent characters and actors led by Lino Ventura. Not to be missed for fans of the genre.
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