Tony "le Stéphanois" has served a five-year prison term for a jewel heist and is out on the street and down on his luck. His friend Jo approaches him about a smash-and-grab proposed by mutual friend Mario in which the threesome would cut the glass on a Parisian jeweler's front window in broad daylight and snatch some gems. Tony declines. He then learns that his old girlfriend, Mado, took up in his absence with gangster Parisian nightclub owner Pierre Grutter. Finding Mado working at Grutter's, Tony invites her back to his rundown flat. She is obviously well-kept, and Tony savagely beats her for being so deeply involved with Grutter. Tony changes his mind about the heist; he now accepts on the condition that they rob the jeweler's safe instead of the window. Mario suggests they employ the services of Italian compatriot César, a safecracker. The four devise and rehearse an ingenious plan to break into the store and disarm its sophisticated alarm system. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Crime, Thriller |
Country: | France |
Produced By: | RenÉ Bezard, Pierre Cabaud, Henri BÉRard |
Directed By: | Jules Dassin |
Written By: | Jules Dassin, Auguste Le Breton, René Wheeler |
Cast: | Teddy Bilis, Jules Dassin, René Hell, Émile Genevois, Roger Rudel, Robert Hossein, Marcel Rouzé, Carl Möhner, Gilbert Moreau, Alice Garan, Huguette Montréal, Jean Servais, Robert Manuel, Jacques David, Pierre Grasset, Claude Sylvain, Jacques Besnard, André Dalibert, Marcel Lupovici, Fernand Sardou, Armandel, Janine Darcey, Marcelle Hainia, Jenny Doria, Maryse Paillet, Daniel Mendaille, Alain Bouvette, Dominique Maurin, Magali Noël, Lita Recio, Marcel Lesieur, Marie Sabouret |
In Theaters: | Jun 05, 1956 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 2 minutes |
Production: | Pathé Consortium Cinéma, Indusfilms, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma |
Box Office: | $57,226 |