Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
Jean Gabin is at his most wearily romantic as aging gangster Max le Menteur in the Jacques Becker gem Touchez pas au grisbi (Hands Off the Loot!). Having pulled off the heist of a lifetime, Max looks forward to spending his remaining days relaxing with his beautiful young girlfriend. But when Riton (René Dary), Max's hapless partner and best friend, lets word of the loot slip to loose-lipped, two-timing Josy (Jeanne Moreau), Max is reluctantly drawn back into the underworld. A touchstone of the gangster-film genre, Touchez pas au grisbi is also pure Becker, understated, elegant, evocative.
|
Jean Gabin | Max |
|
René Dary | Riton |
|
Dora Doll | Lola |
|
Vittorio Sanipoli | Ramon |
|
Marilyn Buferd | Betty |
|
Gaby Basset | Marinette |
|
Paul Barge | Eugène |
|
Alain Bouvette | Le chauffeur de taxi |
|
Daniel Cauchy | Fifi |
|
Denise Clair | Madame Bouche |
|
Angelo Dessy | Bastien |
|
Michel Jourdan | Marco |
|
Paul Oettly | Oscar |
|
Jean Riveyre | Le portier de l'hôtel Moderna |
|
Delia Scala | Hughette |
|
Silvestri | |
|
Lucilla Solivani | Nana |
|
Lino Ventura | Angelo Fraiser |
|
Paul Frankeur | Pierrot |
|
Jeanne Moreau | Josy |
|
Charles Bayard | M. Dufiond |
|
Jean Clarieux | Un consommateur chez Bouche |
|
Jean Daurand | Un consommateur chez Bouche |
|
Dominique Davray | Une prostituée |
|
René Hell | Un consommateur chez Bouche |
| Director | Jacques Becker |
|
| Writer | Albert Simonin, Jacques Becker, Maurice Griffe | |
| Producer | Cino Del Duca, Robert Dorfmann | |
| Musician | Jean Wiener | |
| Photography | Pierre Montazel | |
| Edition | Criterion |
|---|---|
| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Standard (1.33:1) |
| Audio Tracks | FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jan 18, 2005 |
| Regions | Region 1 |