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Touchez pas au grisbi is a 1954 French-Italian crime film directed by Jacques Becker. The screenplay was written by Becker and Albert Simonin, who also authored the source work. Produced by Robert Dorfmann and Cino Del Duca, the black-and-white movie features Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, René Dary, and Vittorio Sanipoli. The narrative centers on organized crime, with keywords including gold, Paris, ransom, and hostage.
The film has a runtime of 95 to 96 minutes and was released on March 17, 1954, with subsequent dates in October and December 1954, and June 1956. Music was composed by Jean Wiener, with cinematography by Pierre Montazel and editing by Marguerite Renoir. It is distributed via video on demand by Netflix. The film holds review scores of 8.3/10, 100%, and 85/100, with an IMDb rating of 7.7 and a TMDb average of 7.2.
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7.2Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Max dit Max le Menteur
- Jeanne Moreau as Josy
- René Dary as Henri Ducros dit Riton
- Lino Ventura as Angelo Fraiser
- Paul Frankeur as Pierrot
- Michel Jourdan as Marco
Themes
- gold
- paris, france
- ransom
- hostage
- liberation of hostage
- gangster
- male friendship
- retirement
- aging
- rivalry
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- organized crime
- Director
- Jacques Becker
- Composer
- Jean Wiener
- Producer
- Robert Dorfmann
- Production company
- Cino Del Duca
- Cinematographer
- Pierre Montazel
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 594960
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- Commons category
- Touchez pas au grisbi
- publication date
- 1956-06-16
- title
- Touchez pas au grisbi
- color
- black-and-white
- after a work by
- Albert Simonin
- film editor
- Marguerite Renoir
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 85/100
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