Fresh
It's Gabin's show all the way, anticipating the melancholy, atmospheric gangster pictures of Jean-Pierre Melville that started to appear a couple years later.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
It Bristles With Violence!
1954 · 1h 35m · Not Rated
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Jacques Becker
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Overview
Gentleman 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.
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Fresh
Jacques Becker, who did such a fine job in painting the turn-of-the-century apache milieu in Casque D'Or, brings the same care and psychological overtones to a film on the modern racketeer element.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The acting is consistently good. M. Gabin is, of course, an old hand at bland toughness. Rene Dary and Paul Frankeur, as two colleagues; Jeanne Moreau and Dora Doll, as two unlucky ladies, and Lino Ventura and Denise Clair... are sordidly convincing.
Howard Thompson, New York Times
Fresh
There's not a trace of vanity in [Gabin's] performance.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Every filmmaker from Francois Truffaut to Quentin Tarantino owes something of a debt to Becker's black-and-white boldness.
Janice Page, Boston Globe
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