I am amazed that no one has commented this film yet; especially our faithful friend Dumonteil, who has done it for nearly every french film available...Look out for his thousand comments.
This movie is a good adaptation of an Auguste Le Breton novel - the author of SICILIAN CLAN, RIFIFI, LES HAUTS MURS, BRIGADE ANTI-GANGS, LE ROUGE EST MIS, RAZZIA SUR LA CHNOUF... Here again, we find Jean Gabin in one of his best characters, the kind he was so fond of, in which he was so amazing, so wonderful. He plays here an old international gang leader specialized in high scale art smuggling, who has to struggle against the mafia from the USA. And, as you can guess, Gabin is a hard boiled hood, faithful to his friends. And the war will be fierce. The evil one, the gangster who has to fight our french lead, is no one else than George Raft; yes Sir, the famous actor of Howard Hawk's SCARFACE. The face to face of these two screen monsters is outstanding. We find here Gerd Froebe and Marcel Bozzuffi.
The climax is unforgettable.
This movie is a good adaptation of an Auguste Le Breton novel - the author of SICILIAN CLAN, RIFIFI, LES HAUTS MURS, BRIGADE ANTI-GANGS, LE ROUGE EST MIS, RAZZIA SUR LA CHNOUF... Here again, we find Jean Gabin in one of his best characters, the kind he was so fond of, in which he was so amazing, so wonderful. He plays here an old international gang leader specialized in high scale art smuggling, who has to struggle against the mafia from the USA. And, as you can guess, Gabin is a hard boiled hood, faithful to his friends. And the war will be fierce. The evil one, the gangster who has to fight our french lead, is no one else than George Raft; yes Sir, the famous actor of Howard Hawk's SCARFACE. The face to face of these two screen monsters is outstanding. We find here Gerd Froebe and Marcel Bozzuffi.
The climax is unforgettable.