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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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