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Summary

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.

Cast

Jean Servais

Tony le Stéphanois

Carl Möhner

Jo le Suedois

Robert Manuel

Mario Ferrati

Janine Darcey

Louise

Pierre Grasset

Louis Grutter aka Louis le Tatoué

Robert Hossein

Rémi Grutter

Marcel Lupovici

Pierre Grutter

Dominique Maurin

Tonio

Magali Noël

Viviane

Marie Sabouret

Mado

Claude Sylvain

Ida Ferrati

Jules Dassin

Cesar le Milanais

Armandel

Second Gambler

Alain Bouvette

Footman, 'L'Age D'Or'

Alice Garan

André Dalibert

Webb, le bijoutier

Jacques David

Commissioner

Émile Genevois

Charlie

Marcelle Hainia

Fredo's Wife

Marcel Lesieur

Fredo

Daniel Mendaille

Lookout

Huguette Montréal

Lita Recio

Fernand Sardou

First Gambler

Jacques Besnard

Third Gambler (uncredited)

Teddy Bilis

Teddy Laurentin (uncredited)

Marcel Rouzé

First Gendarme (uncredited)

Roger Rudel

French voice of Jo le Suédois (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Adaptation

Jules Dassin

Dialogue, Novel, Screenplay

Auguste Le Breton

Lyricist

Jacques Larue

Screenplay

René Wheeler

Reviews

b

badelf

January 14, 2023

10

A 1955 classic whose story and production values have not aged. Sure, security technology has changed, and special effects have advanced. In spite of that, this movie has all the marks of a perfect film. Only one thing depicted in Rififi is no longer true: There is no longer any "honor among thieves". In my grandfathers time, thieves (Mafia?) had an honor code, or as it's called in this movie, "the rules". In today's world, the criminals (many of whom are the politicians and CEOs of monopolies) have no moral compass whatsoever. If that dates this movie, so be it. It's still a fantastic action film!