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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.
Original Release
03/17/1954
US Release
07/10/1959
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Gabin | Max dit Max le Menteur |
René Dary | Henri Ducros dit 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 |
Directors
Writers
Jacques Becker, Albert Simonin, Maurice Griffe
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Gabin | Max dit Max le Menteur |
René Dary | Henri Ducros dit 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 - la secrétaire d'Oscar |
Silvestri | |
Lucilla Solivani | Nana - la secrétaire de Pierrot |
Lino Ventura | Angelo Fraiser |
Paul Frankeur | Pierrot |
Jeanne Moreau | Josy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Cino Del Duca | Producer |
Robert Dorfmann | Producer |