Fresh
This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Bob le Flambeur
1956 · 1h 43m · PG
Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville
Overview
In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Melville Director
- Isabelle Corey as Anne
- Daniel Cauchy as Paolo
- Roger Duchesne as Robert 'Bob' Montagné
- André Garet as Roger
- Gérard Buhr as Marc
- Guy Decomble as Commissaire Ledru
- Claude Cerval as Jean, le croupier
- Howard Vernon as McKimmie, le commanditaire
- Colette Fleury as Suzanne, la femme de Jean
- Simone Paris as Yvonne
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Lagging direction, so-so thesping and usual femme and lowdown aspects of this type production make this an ordinary entry.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Its realism is not the reality of life, but of the kind of movies that give shape to the disordered lives of the people who watch movies.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Bob le Flambeur (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
One of the most curious yet pleasing of all the great French film noirs.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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