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Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)
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Release Date:
5 June 1956 (USA) moreTagline:
["Rififi"] ...means Trouble!Plot:
Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes... full summary | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
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Breathtakingly brilliant! Still one of the greatest crime movies ever made. more (66 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Jean Servais | ... | Tony le Stéphanois | |
| Carl Möhner | ... | Jo le Suedois | |
| Robert Manuel | ... | Mario Ferrati | |
| Janine Darcey | ... | Louise le Suedois | |
| Pierre Grasset | ... | Louis Grutter aka Louis le Tatoué | |
| Robert Hossein | ... | Remi Grutter | |
| Marcel Lupovici | ... | Pierre Grutter | |
| Dominique Maurin | ... | Tonio le Suedois | |
| Magali Noël | ... | Viviane | |
| Marie Sabouret | ... | Mado les Grands Bras | |
| Claude Sylvain | ... | Ida Ferrati | |
| Jules Dassin | ... | Cesar le Milanais (as Perlo Vita) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| André Dalibert | ... | Webb, le bijoutier (as Dalibert) | |
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122 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
France:-16 (original rating) | West Germany:18 | Finland:(Banned) (1956) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1978) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1959) (cut) | Australia:M | Norway:16 | France:U (re-release) | Sweden:15 | UK:12Fun Stuff
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For the scene where Jo and Mario inform Tony of their intent to "knock over" the Mappin & Webb, the crew placed a table and three chairs in front of a phony window frame in the middle of the street to create the illusion that they were sitting in a cafe across the street from the jewelers. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Tony picks some dirt out of the dead Jo's hair, Jo's right eye twitches. moreQuotes:
Mario Ferrati: [to Tony about Cesar] For a job with you he'll come. Cesar! There's not a safe that can resist Cesar and not a woman that Cesar can resist. moreSoundtrack:
La chanson 'Le Rififi' moreFAQ
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'Rififi' is so damn good it takes your breath away! Director Jules Dassin, blacklisted from Hollywood, was living almost hand to mouth in Europe and taking any job he could get, when he made this movie, a project he was initially not at all excited by. Happily he turned around an awful situation and ended up making a classic thriller which is still one of the greatest crime movies ever made. One of the most influential too, having an impact on movies like 'The Killing', 'The Anderson Tapes', 'Thief', 'Reservoir Dogs', 'The Score' and many, many others. 'Rififi' is a classic heist movie but it is much more than that, it is a superbly written and acted character study. The robbery sequence itself is regarded as one of the most impressive in film history, but it is by no means the only thing worth watching this movie for. In fact I'd go so far as to call it perfect. Every time you watch it you discover something more of interest. Jean Servais, who later appeared in the entertaining horror sexploitation movie 'The Devil's Nightmare', is absolutely wonderful as Tony, a veteran criminal talked into joining his young friend Jo (Carl Mohner) in a daring robbery. His performance is first rate, but Mohner and the rest of the cast are equally good, including Drassin himself as Cesar, an Italian safe-cracker who inadvertently causes the gangs ultimate downfall. There's a brilliant scene between Servais and Drassin towards the end of the movie which is short but unforgettable. Look out for it. Truffaut raved about this movie calling it the best Noir he'd ever seen. I don't think he was exaggerating, it really IS that good, and personally I think it's a much better movie than Truffaut's more celebrated 'Breathless'. If you enjoy crime thrillers it doesn't get much better than this! Highly recommended!