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Rififi (French: Du rififi chez les hommes [a]) is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony "le Stéphanois", Carl Möhner as Jo "le Suédois", Robert Manuel as Mario Farrati, and Jules Dassin as César "le Milanais".
Julius "Jules" Dassin (/ ˈ d æ s ɪ n, d æ ˈ s ɪ n / DASS-in, dass-IN; December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor.A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career.
Born in İzmir to French parents in the diplomatic service, she left Turkey for France in 1951, and her acting career began soon thereafter. [1]She acted in multilingual cinema chiefly from 1951 to 1980, appearing in three Italian films directed by Federico Fellini, [2] for whom she was a favorite performer and known as his muse.
The year 1955 in film involved some significant ... the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical ... (Du rififi chez les hommes), ...
March 9, 1955: Battle Cry: Battle Cry returned to number one in its fifth week of release. [9] 11: March 16, 1955: The Country Girl: The Country Girl returned to number one in its eleventh week of release. [10] 12: March 23, 1955 [11] 13: March 30, 1955 [12] 14: April 6, 1955 [13] 15: April 13, 1955: A Man Called Peter: A Man Called Peter ...
In the 1950s, he appeared in the crime drama Rififi [1] [2] (1955), which François Truffaut ranked as the best film noir, [3] directed by American Jules Dassin, [2] [3] in which he played a leader of a gang of jewel thieves. [2] [3] [4] He appeared in another film directed by Jules Dassin in 1957, He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir).
The 1955 French film Rififi, which critics such as Leonard Maltin have labeled as the best heist film ever, drew much inspiration from The Asphalt Jungle. [5] In 2008, The Asphalt Jungle was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically ...
The Naked City (a.k.a. Naked City) is a 1948 American crime procedural produced by Mark Hellinger, directed by Jules Dassin, written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald.Starring Barry Fitzgerald, with Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart and Don Taylor in support, the film depicts the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model.