Rififi
April 26, 2011Rififi (“Du rififi chez les hommes”)
Call Number: VHS01672 Copy 1
VHS01672 Copy 2
by: Jules Dassin; Jean Servais; Carl Mohner; Robert Manuel; Perlo Vita; Marie Sabouret; Janine Darcey; Claude Sylvain; Marcel Lupovici; Pierre Grassel; Robert Hossein; Magali Noel; Dominique Maurin; Georges Auric; Jacques Larue; M Phillippe Gerard; Auguste Le Breton;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English Subtitles
Publisher: Video Award Motion Pictures, Inc. VA5007
Notes: Originally produced as motion picture in 1955 (117 min). Based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton.
Summary: After five years in prison, Tony le Stéphanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who has become the lover of the cruel and greedy gangster, Pierre Grutter, owner of the night-club L’ Âge d’ Or. Furious, Tony beats Mado and takes her jewels. Tony changes his mind about the heist, on the condition that they hit the jeweler’s safe, too. Mario,suggests they employ the services of his compatriot César, an expert safe-cracker. The four team up and plan to pull of the heist. Intrigue, suspense, betrayal and seduction follow in this 1950s French Film Noir Classic.
Summary: After five years in prison, Tony le Stéphanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who has become the lover of the cruel and greedy gangster, Pierre Grutter, owner of the night-club L’ Âge d’ Or. Furious, Tony beats Mado and takes her jewels. Tony changes his mind about the heist, on the condition that they hit the jeweler’s safe, too. Mario,suggests they employ the services of his compatriot César, an expert safe-cracker. The four team up and plan to pull of the heist. Intrigue, suspense, betrayal and seduction follow in this 1950s French Film Noir Classic.
OCLC #: [?]
Added: April 26, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
