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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".
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.
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).
Among the cast were Jean Servais and Robert Manuel who had previously appeared in the film Rififi (1955), hence the Spanish title referring to the 1955 film. [5] Rififi in the City would mark the beginning and end of collaborative partners with Franco.
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.
Screenplay: Alex Joffé, José Giovanni, Gabriel Arout, James-Jacques Mage and Auguste Le Breton from his novel Du rififi chez les femmes (1957, Presses de la Cité) Dialogue: Auguste Le Breton; Music: Louiguy; Song: Rififi, words by Charles Aznavour and music by Louiguy, sung by Nadja Tiller; Director of photography: Pierre Montazel
Thieves' Highway is a 1949 American film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese and Lee J. Cobb. [4] The screenplay was written by A. I. Bezzerides, based on his novel Thieves' Market.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Ever since Rififi (1955), the theme of the intricate, detailed planning of a robbery, and its daring execution, has been done to death on every level of production. This second feature uses the same hackneyed idea, but manages to rise above routine through convincing characterisation, deft treatment, good ...