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Bookmark this pageDu Rififi chez les Hommes (1955)
Director: Jules Dassin
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From Time Out Film Guide
Archetypal heist thriller, with a group of thieves banding together for a daring jewel robbery and falling out afterwards. Highly acclaimed for the 35-minute robbery sequence, conducted without a word being spoken, and for the generally downbeat atmosphere, it's actually rather overrated, lacking the tension, profundity, and vivid characterisation of similar films by, say, Becker and Melville. Like even the best of Dassin's work, in fact, it never penetrates beneath its fashionable, self-conscious surface.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Perlo Vita Jules Dassin, Magali Noël, Pierre Grasset, Robert Hossein full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 117 mins
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