BOB LE FLAMBEUR (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1956
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Suffused with wry humor, Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le Flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen, and naïve associates while plotting one last score—the heist of the Deauville casino. This underworld comedy of manners possesses all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize.
• Cast: Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Roger Duchesne, Guy Decomble, André Garet, Gérard Buhr, Claude Cerval, Colette Fleury, René Havard, Simone Paris, Howard Vernon, Henry Allaume, Germaine Licht, Yvette Amirante, Emile Cuvelier, Jannick Arvel, Annick Bertrand, Roland Charbaux, Albert Cuvellier, Pierre Durrieu, Chris Kersen, Jean-Marie Robain, Cichi, André, François André, Couty, Henri Decaë, Max Dejean, Jean-François Drach, François Gir, Maurice Magalon, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Marie Rivière, Jean Rossignol, Louis Saintève, André Salgues, Ro. Tetelman, Auguste Le Breton, Roger Vidal, Serge Silberman, Eddie Barclay, Jo Boyer
• Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Organisation Générale Cinématographique (OGC), Productions Cyme, Studios Jenner, StudioCanal Image, Rialto Pictures, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), Janus Films, The Classic Collection, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie