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Movie Description
A compulsive gambler decides to try for the big time when he attempts to rob a heavily guarded casino. Superior progenitor of the "heroic" gangster/failed heist films popularized in America with RESERVOIR DOGS.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Interviews - 1. Jean-Pierre Melville - Director 2. Daniel Cauchy - Star
Trailer
Text/Galleries:
Photo Gallery
Industry Reviews
"...Unpredictably plotted and eccentrically edited; it's a wry meditation on male camaraderie..."
Entertainment Weekly - Tim Purtell (04/26/2002)
4 stars out of 5 -- "Helping pave the way for the French New Wave was this charming gangster film from Jean-Pierre Melville..."
Total Film - Tom Dawson (01/01/2007)
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a terrific character study, not only of the chivalrous gangster planning a casino heist, but of Paris."
Uncut - Geoff Andrew (01/01/2007)
"The director tackles his B-movie yarn with plenty of lyricism, throwing in a poetic voiceover and evocative shots of Montmartre."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (01/01/2007)
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