Synopsis
Suffused with wry humor, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Bob le flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the road map for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen, and naive 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
| Robert Montagné, alias “le Flambeur | Roger Duchesne |
| Paulo | Daniel Cauchy |
| Annie | Isabelle Corey |
| Police Lieutenant Ledru | Guy Decomble |
| Roger | André Garet |
| Jean, the croupier | Claude Cerval |
| His wife | Colette Fleury |
| Marc | Gérard Buhr |
Credits
| Director | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Screenplay | Auguste le Breton and Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Dialogue | Auguste le Breton |
| Commentary written and spoken by | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Assistant director | François Gir |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Camera operator | Maurice Blettery |
| Sets | Claude Bouxin |
| Costumes | Ted Lapidus |
| Editing | Monique Bonnot |
| Music | Eddie Barclay and Jo Boyer |
| Sound | Pierre Philippenko and Jacques Carrere |
| Continuity | Jacqueline Parey |
| Production manager | Florence Melville |
| Unit manager | Philippe Schwob |
Disc Features
- New digital transfer
- Video interview with Daniel Cauchy (“Paulo”)
- Radio interview with Jean-Pierre Melville
- Theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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Bob le flambeur
by Apr 15, 2002The French have made some first-class crime pictures, which Americans have been given too few opportunities to see. Luckily, we have Bob le Flambeur (Bob the Gambler), one of the greatest caper movies in any language. Non-Francophones might not understand...
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