A team of crooks get together to plan the robbery of a jewelry shop. With careful planning they pull off the robbery in a still pretty exciting extended heist sequence. After the robbery things start to fall apart for the gang. So goes the story of Rififi.
American director Jules Dassin blacklisted from Hollywood during the Communist Red Scares of the 1950's signed on. Working with a very tight budget, he managed to pull off a classic crime film. The film has a lot of on location scenes in the dead of winter in France which gives it a real documentary feel at times.
The actors picked were not exactly at the top of the heap when the film was cast, but they helped to lend a certain authenticity to the story.
An excellent film, written by Jules Dassin, Auguste Le Breton and Rene Wheeler. The running time is 115 minutes.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment