Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
- prison
- corruption
- paris
- france
- escape
- police
- pimp
- ex-cop
- heist
- thief
- gang
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Paul Crauchet — The Receiver
- Paul Amiot — Marchand, Inspector General of Police
- Pierre Collet — Prison Guard
- André Ekyan — Rico
- Jean-Pierre Posier — Mattei's Assistant
- François Périer — Santi
- Yves Arcanel — Committing Magistrate
- René Berthier — Judiciary Police Director
- Jean-Marc Boris — Jean-Marc, Santi's Son
- Jean Champion — Level-crossing guard
- Yvan Chiffre — Policeman
- Directed
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Written
- Jean-Pierre Melville
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 747 ratings
- Studio
- Euro International Films, Les Films Corona, Selenia Cinematografica, Fono Roma, Comacico
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
