Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.
- double life
- police
- transvestism
- bank
- heist
- gang
- criminal
- bank robbery
- french noir
- driver
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Alain Delon
Commissioner Édouard Coleman
Richard Crenna
Simon
Catherine Deneuve
Cathy
Riccardo Cucciolla
Paul Weber
- Michael Conrad — Louis Costa
- Paul Crauchet — Morand
- Simone Valère — Weber's Wife
- André Pousse — Marc Albouis
- Jean Desailly — Distinguished Man
- Valérie Wilson — Gaby
- Henri Marteau — Police Officer Instructor of Shooting
- Catherine Rethi
- Louis Grandidier
- Philippe Gasté — Policeman
- Dominique Zentar
- Directed
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Written
- Jean-Pierre Melville
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 300 ratings
- Studio
- Oceania Film, Euro International Films, Les Films Corona
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.
