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A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Keywords
prison
sniper
police brutality
robbery
paris, france
cop-killer
gangster
marseille, france
prison escape
heist
betrayal
gun battle
drive over cliff
french noir
french police
armored van robbery
gangland killing
corrupt police officials
rival gang
gun death
ballistics
signed confession
platinum heist
forced confession
Casts
Lino Ventura
Gustave 'Gu' Minda
Paul Meurisse
Commissioner Blot
Christine Fabréga
Simone, aka 'Manouche'
Michel Constantin
Alban, Manouche's bodyguard
Raymond Pellegrin
Paul Ricci
Marcel Bozzuffi
Jo Ricci, Paul's brother
Pierre Zimmer
Orloff
Denis Manuel
Antoine Ripa
Pierre Grasset
Pascal
Paul Frankeur
Inspector Fardiano
Jean Négroni
Man
Jacques Léonard
Henri Tourneur
Raymond Loyer
Jacques Ribaldi, aka 'Le notaire'
Sylvain Lévignac
Louis Bartel
Louis Bugette
Théo
Albert Michel
Marcel 'le Stéphanois'
Jean-Claude Bercq
Inspector Godefroy
Albert Dagnant
Jeannot Franchi
Pierre Gualdi
The inspector who arrives first in the bar
Marcel Bernier
Inspector at the hospital
Crews
Michèle Boëhm
Editor
Jean-Pierre Melville
Writer
Monique Bonnot
Editor
Jean-Pierre Melville
Director
Catherine Moulin
Assistant Editor
Ziva Postec
Assistant Editor
Georges Pellegrin
Assistant Director
Robert Porte
Manager of Operations
Jacques Nibert
Assistant Camera
Jean Dardeau
Set Propsman
Bernard Gérard
Original Music Composer
Jean-Jacques Fabre
Decorator
Ole Michelsen
Second Assistant Director
Marcel Correnson
Manager of Operations
Jean-Claude Boussard
Assistant Camera
Guy Maugin
Props
Jean-François Adam
Assistant Director
André Labay
Producer
Jean-Jacques Fabre
Production Design
Charles Lumbroso
Producer
Michel Tellin
Costume Design
Alex Pront
Sound Director
José Giovanni
Writer
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor
Marcel Combes
Director of Photography
Backdrops & Posters
