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José Giovanni (novel)
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1 April 1960 (Italy) more
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Abel Davis is a criminal, hunted in Italy. The police are closing in, so he and his pal Raymond arrange to flee back to France with Abel's wife... more | add synopsis
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Classe Tous Risques
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Cast

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Lino Ventura ... Abel Davos
Sandra Milo ... Liliane
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Eric Stark
Marcel Dalio ... Arthur Gibelin
Michel Ardan ... Riton Vintran
Simone France ... Therese Davos
Michèle Méritz ... Sophie Fargier
Stan Krol ... Raymond
Evelyne Ker
Betty Schneider ... La petite bonne
France Asselin ... Madame Vintran
Jean-Pierre Zola (as J.P. Zola)
Sylvain Levignac
Jeanne Pérez ... Jacqueline Chapuis
René Génin ... Chapuis
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Asfalto che scotta (Italy)
The Big Risk (USA)
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France:110 min | USA:103 min | West Germany:105 min
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13 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A true rarity, 24 September 2006
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Author: urigafni from Israel

Odd one should be able to stumble into "Classe Tous Risques" only by chance; it should be on any "best of film-noir" list, including IMDb's.

Lino Ventura is as good as ever; knowing of his dire, delicate family situation gives extra weight to his almost expressionless face and brief dialogues. Belmondo's restrained performance under Sautet's firm direction only shows what a wonderful actor he could - and should -have been.

"Classe Tous Risques" is utterly mininal, dry and cold, without Melville's artistic scenery, pretty faces and fancy cars. It is almost film-noir meet neo-realism. Davos' few, hard words to his children describing their life of secrecy from there on get a hold on your throat to the end of the film.

The final sentence of the film - a voice-over telling of Davos' end in no more than ten dry, sombre words - leaves you with a hard punch in the stomach.

A true jewel in the great crown of French film-noir.

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