Le temps des loups (1970)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Sergio Gobbi

Writers:

Sergio Gobbi (writer)
André Tabet (writer)

Release Date:

November 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Gangster

Cast

Robert Hossein	...	Dillinger
Charles Aznavour	...	Inspector
Virna Lisi	...	Stella Menzoni
Albert Minski	...	Hood
Geneviève Thénier	...	Geneviève
Monique Morisi	...	Janine
Henri Crémieux	...	Le proviseur
Roger Coggio	...	L'aubergiste / Innkeeper
François Cadet
Antonio Passalia	...	Lucien
Fred Ulysse	...	Jean
Félix Marten	...	Le patron du cabaret
Robert Dalban	...	Le garagiste
Jacques Castelot	...	Le juge d'instruction
Georges Berthomieu

Also Known As:

Carbon Copy
Dillinger 70
Tempo di violenza (Italy)
The Heist (USA)
The Last Shot
Time of the Wolves

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | USA:R

Company:

Canne

Very watchable crime-drama, but looks very old.

Everyone seems to list this film as being 1979, but I saw it on Japan TV in 1976. Great plot has Hossein as a professional thief who is childhood friends (now rival) cop Aznavour who is hot on his trail. Hossein calls himself "dillinger" for he looks up to the old US bank robber. FRENCH CONNECTION's Bouzzuffi plays one of Hossein's henchman. Excellent car chase and stunt centers in a French version of a Italian action cinema route. The video print is a murkey TV print and has commerical edits, and is 20 minutes short and the character plot runs rough. Shown uncut on Showtime and Escapade cable channel back in 1981. I wish I had a VCR then. ): Recommended, but not the video print.