The Heist (1970)

Original title

Le Temps des loups

Directed by

Sergio Gobbi

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two childhood friends end up on opposite sides of the law. One becomes a notorious Paris heist leader and the other a police officer sworn to catch him. Their hunt moves from Paris to the French Riviera.

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What happens

Le Temps des loups (lit. 'The Time of Wolves') is a 1970 crime directed by Sergio Gobbi. The film stars Robert Hossein as Robert and Charles Aznavour as Kramer. Initially childhood friends, Robert grows to be a criminal known as Dillinger and Kramer grows up to be a police officer. As Robert and his gang perform a series of heists in Paris, Kramer is tasked with capturing him. Dillinger leaves Paris to the French Riviera with Kramer tracking him down. A French and Italian co-production, Le Temps des loups was initially going to be a period set film base don the life of John Dillinger, but changed to a contemporary setting. The film was a box office hit in France on its initial release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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