Touchez Pas Au Grisbi DVD

Re-establishing Jean Gabin as a leading figure in French cinema after his temporary decline into near-obscurity during the 1940s, Jacques Becker's Touchez Pas au Grisbi occupies a significant part in French cinema history.

Max (Jean Gabin, La Grande Illusion) and Riton (Rene 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, Jules et Jim) tips off a rival gangster, Angelo (Lino Ventura). The latter kidnaps Riton 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 fatalistic American gangster films of the 1940s, Touchez Pas au Grisbi exerted a huge influence on subsequent directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville, not least in its spectacularly staged robbery and conniving female protagonist. Impeccably performed, director Becker brings characteristic artistry and flair to the proceedings.

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