Touchez Pas Au Grisbi

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Featured Quote

"Unbeatable as a gripping story of loyalty, betrayal and the price of friendship."
— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

About

France, 1954
Director: Jacques Becker
Producer: Robert Dorfmann
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura
Screenwriter: Jacques Becker, Maurice Griffe, Albert Simonin
Based on the novel by Albert Simonin
Cinematography: Pierre Montazel
Music: Jean Wiener
Genre: Drama, Crime
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Language: French with English subtitles
Running Time: 94 minutes

Synopsis:
After pulling off their "retirement job," aging criminals Max (Jean Gabin) and Henri (René Dary) think they can give up the game. But when Henri's girlfriend (Jeanne Moreau) tells the drug-dealer Angelo (Lino Ventura) about the loot, violence erupts.

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"The criminal life is, like every other sort of life put under the microscope by Becker, just a life, defined by the specific pleasures of a favorite restaurant, a favorite song, a friend or two."
— Terrence Rafferty, The New York Times