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Bob le flambeur (English translation": "Bob the Gambler" or "Bob the High Roller") is a 1956 French heist gangster film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Roger Duchesne as Bob. It is often considered both a film noir and a precursor to the French New Wave , the latter because of its use of handheld camera and a single ...
Original title: Bob le flambeur. 1956. PG. 1h 38m. IMDb RATING. 7.6 /10. 13K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 3:26. 1 Video. 99+ Photos. Crime Drama Thriller. After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino. Director. Jean-Pierre Melville. Writers. Jean-Pierre Melville. Auguste Le Breton. Stars. Roger Duchesne.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- 1959
May 25, 2003 · Jean-Pierre Melville's "Bob le Flambeur" (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave. Daniel Cauchy, who stars in it as Paolo, Bob's callow young friend, remembered that Melville would shoot scenes on location using a handheld camera on a delivery bike, "which Godard did in 'Breathless,' but this was years ...
Bob le flambeur. Suffused with wry humor, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Bob le flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the road map for the French New Wave.
- Robert Montagné, Alias “Le Flambeur
In Paris, Bob Montagne (Roger Duchesne) is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru...
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- Jean-Pierre Melville
- PG
- Roger Duchesne
In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend ...
Bob le flambeur has bags of film noir cred to commend it, and achieves its imitation of the American movies to perfection, and with plenty of French to spare. There is a conversation half way through the film, concerning whom imitated whom.
