Rififi (1955)
Down these mean Paris streets a man must go.
Jules Dassin's quite magnificent crime thriller is as tough and gritty as film noir gets. Full of unscrupulous characters, in fact even the crooks are crooked. Indeed Dassin himself paints a grim picture of the French capital. It's not until the final reel that we get the merest sight of Paris's tourist attractions thus ensuring there is no celebratory mood in evidence.
Anyone who enjoys watching modern heist films will notice some thng from the very best of them probably appeared first in Rififi....
I could go on, however i know the Inspector hasn't seen this and has ordered it so i won't spoil anything for him.
Last edited by Demdike@Cult Labs; 8th November 2015 at 10:27 PM.
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