opinion: He looks like a gentleman. He behaves like a gentleman. He gambles like a gentleman. He is a broken gentleman. He is a gentleman-gangster. He is police-friend-gangster. Off course you hope that everything goes well for Bob (even the robbery), since he is a very nice guy. You don´t care about right or wrong. You just want that Bob succeeds and still expecting an happy end. One of my favourite gangster films ;
rating: 4,0 of 5;
when latest: May 8th 2016;
where: S. Paulo, Brazil;
quotes: “… I was born here. It was not so dirty then. And I left to conquer the world. I was 14 when I left my mother. I returned 10 years later, early one morning. I saw an old woman on her knees, scrubbing away, as she always had. That’s how I recognised her. I left without a word. Then I sent her a postal order each month. One month it was sent back. She had stopped scrubbing. …”;
director: Jean-Pierre Melville;
starring: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy ;
country: France;
release date: ;
run time: 98 min;
genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir;
storyline: Bob, an old gangster and gambler is almost broke, so he decides in spite of the warnings of a friend, a high official from the police, to rob a gambling casino in Dauville. Everything is planned exactly, but the police is informed about the planned coup. Meanwhile in the Casino Bob starts to gamble.;
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