Directed by:
Jacques BeckerCinematography:
Pierre MontazelComposer:
Jean WienerCast:
Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli, Marilyn Buferd, Delia Scala, Gaby Basset, Lino Ventura, Paul Frankeur, Jean Daurand, Jeanne Moreau (more)Plots(1)
Jacques Becker's Touchez Pas au Grisbi occupies a significant part in French cinema history. Max (Jean Gabin) and Riton (René Dary) are two ageing gangsters who manage to pull off their final heist, a spectacular gold bullion robbery at Orly airport. All is well until Max's former girlfriend Josy (Jeanne Moreau) tips off a rival gangster, Angelo (Lino Ventura). The latter kidnaps Ritton and threatens to kill him unless Max hands over the spoils from his robbery. Helping to birth the French policier, a European transposition of the fantastic American gangster films of the 1940s, Touchez Pas au Grisbi exerted a huge influence on subsequent directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Jean Gabin
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Holy Year (1976)
René Dary
France
Best movies:
Honour Among Thieves (1954)
Goto, Island of Love (1968)
Dora Doll
German Empire
Best movies:
François Villon - Poetul vagabond (1987)
Witness in the City (1959)
Incorrigible (1975)
Vittorio Sanipoli
Italy
Best movies:
The Organiser (1963)
The Great War (1959)
Honour Among Thieves (1954)
Marilyn Buferd
USA
Best movies:
Honour Among Thieves (1954)
Beauties of the Night (1952)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
Delia Scala
Italy
Best movies:
Anni difficili (1948)
Rome 11:00 (1952)
Honour Among Thieves (1954)
Gaby Basset
France
Best movies:
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Way of Youth (1959)
The Country I Come From (1956)
Lino Ventura
Italy
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
Les Misérables (1982)
Paul Frankeur
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Jean Daurand
France
Best movies:
Witness in the City (1959)
Gervaise (1956)
Love Is My Profession (1958)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Evidence in Concrete (1958)
Dominique Davray
France
Best movies:
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Les Misérables (1982)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Daniel Cauchy
France
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
Michel Jourdan
Best movies:
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
OSS 117 Is Unleashed (1963)
Chnouf (1955)
Denise Clair
France
Best movies:
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
The Moment of Truth (1952)
Honour Among Thieves (1954)
Paul Oettly
Algeria
Best movies:
Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
Honour Among Thieves (1954)
Gérard Blain
France
Best movies:
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Cousins (1959)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
Jean Clarieux
France
Best movies:
Judgment of the God (1952)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Casque d'Or (1952)
Paul Barge
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Casque d'Or (1952)
Alain Bouvette
France
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Sundays and Cybele (1962)
The Gates of Paris (1957)