Jacques Becker

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Casque D'Or review by A customer from The Borders, Northumberland

Casque d'Or ..... Classic French Cinema 7 September 2007
...A film by Jacques Becker set in the Paris of the Impressionists with strong reminders of early Renoir paintings. Slow moving by today's standards, but this film is evocative... Read customer review

Le Trou on DVD (1960)
Starring: Marc Michel, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy
Director: Jacques Becker
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Marc Michel plays an imprisoned man awaiting trial for the attempted murder of his wife. He is transferred to another cell, where his fellow prisoners are planning a jailbreak. He decides to go along with the elaborate plan, and the cellmates attempt to tunnel their way to freedom. Le Trou ..read more »

80% from 469 members

Touchez Paz Au Grisbi on DVD (1953)
Starring: Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura
Director: Jacques Becker
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Gabin, the quintessential tough-guy, and Moreau, resplendent as always, pair up for this heist film, one of the best of the French gangster films of the 1950s. In it, Gabin is an aging thief who has already pulled off what he thinks was his last big job, scoring enough gold to last him through his ..read more »

74% from 486 members

Casque D'Or on DVD (1952)
Starring: Serge Reggiani, Simone Signoret, Claude Dauphin
Director: Jacques Becker
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Jacques Becker lovingly evokes the Belle Époque Parisian demimonde in this classic tale of doomed romance. When gangster's moll Marie (Simone Signoret) falls for reformed criminal Manda (Serge Reggiani), their passion incites an underworld rivalry that leads inexorably to treachery and tragedy. ..read more »

73% from 463 members

Le Trou - 4.0 stars
Touchez Paz Au Grisbi - 3.5 stars
Casque D'Or - 3.5 stars

Le Trou - 4.0 stars
Touchez Paz Au Grisbi - 3.5 stars
Casque D'Or - 3.5 stars

Casque D'Or - 3.5 stars
Touchez Paz Au Grisbi - 3.5 stars
Le Trou - 4.0 stars

Philippe Leroy - 1 times - show films
Claude Dauphin - 1 times - show films
Raymond Meunier - 1 times - show films
Marc Michel - 1 times - show films
Serge Reggiani - 1 times - show films