Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
- casino
- heist
- thief
- bag of money
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jean Gabin
Charles
Alain Delon
Francis Verlot
Claude Cerval
Police Commissioner
Maurice Biraud
Louis Naudin
- Viviane Romance — Ginette, Charles's Wife
- Henri Virlogeux — Mario
- Jean Carmet — Bartender
- José Luis de Vilallonga — Mr. Grimp
- Rita Cadillac — Liliane
- Dominique Davray — Léone, Mario's Wife
- Dora Doll — Countess Doublianoff
- Germaine Montero — Mrs. Verlot
- Carla Marlier — Brigitte
- Georges Billy — Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Henri Attal — Francis's Buddy (uncredited)
- Directed
- Henri Verneuil
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 210 ratings
- Studio
- Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale (CCM), Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (, Cité Films
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