Directed by:
Jean-Pierre MelvilleScreenplay:
Jean-Pierre MelvilleCinematography:
Henri DecaëComposer:
Eddie BarclayCast:
Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble, Howard Vernon, Simone Paris, Gérard Buhr, Claude Cerval, René Havard, Roland Charbaux (more)Plots(1)
Suffused with wry humor, Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le Flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen, and naïve 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Roger Duchesne
France
Best movies:
Confessions of a Cheat (1936)
The Golem (1936)
Bob le flambeur (1956)
Isabelle Corey
France
Best movies:
...And God Created Woman (1956)
Bob le flambeur (1956)
Vanina Vanini (1961)
Daniel Cauchy
France
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
Guy Decomble
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
The Cousins (1959)
Howard Vernon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Simone Paris
France
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
I Did It Three Times (1952)
Gérard Buhr
France
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Claude Cerval
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
To Die of Love (1971)
Belle de Jour (1967)
René Havard
France
Best movies:
Dirty Hands (1975)
Crime and Punishment (1956)
Line of Demarcation (1966)
Roland Charbaux
Best movies:
Bob le flambeur (1956)
Louis Saintève
Best movies:
Forbidden Games (1952)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Jean-Marie Robain
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Colette Fleury
Best movies:
Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
Bob le flambeur (1956)
François Gir
France
Best movies:
La Poison (1951)
Bob le flambeur (1956)