Grisbi (1954)

Original title

Touchez pas au grisbi

Directed by

Jacques Becker

Genre

drama film, film noir, heist film, crime film, gangster film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 280 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging gangster tries to retire with his share of a gold heist. He has to protect both the loot and his friend from a younger rival.

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What happens

Touchez pas au grisbi ([tu.ʃe pɑ o ɡʁiz.bi], French for "Don't touch the loot"), released as Honour Among Thieves in the United Kingdom and Grisbi in the United States, is a 1954 French-Italian crime film starring Jean Gabin. Based on a novel by Albert Simonin, it was directed by Jacques Becker and produced by Robert Dorfmann, with a soundtrack by Jean Wiener. René Dary, Paul Frankeur, Jeanne Moreau, and Lino Ventura, making his film debut, appear in principal support. The film was screened in competition at the 1954 Venice Film Festival, where Gabin won a best actor award. It is the first installment of the so-called "Max le Menteur trilogy", which are all based on novels by Simonin, but feature different characters, and followed by the more comedic Le cave se rebiffe and Les tontons flingueurs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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