The Thief of Paris (1967)
"Le voleur" (original title)

In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who squanders his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry ... See full summary »

Director:

Louis Malle

Writers:

Georges Darien (novel), Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay),

Stars:

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Georges Randal
Geneviève Bujold	...	Charlotte
Marie Dubois	...	Geneviève Delpiels
Julien Guiomar	...	L'abbé Félix La Margelle
Paul Le Person	...	Roger Voisin dit Roger-La-Honte
Christian Lude	...	Urbain Randal - l'oncle et tuteur de Georges
Françoise Fabian	...	Ida
Marlène Jobert	...	Broussaille
Bernadette Lafont	...	Marguerite - la bonne délurée
Martine Sarcey	...	Renée Mouratet
Roger Crouzet	...	Mouratet
Jacques Debary	...	Courbassol
Fernand Guiot	...	Emiel Van Der Busch
Marc Dudicourt	...	Georges Antoine
Paul Vally	...	MaîtreVivonne - le notaire

Storyline

In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who squanders his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.

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Plot Keywords:

chloroform | directed by star | french noir | burglar | hiding behind curtains | 

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Taglines:

The light touch of the masters! Malle makes ... Belmondo takes.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

23 August 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Thief of Paris

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compania Cinematografica Champion, Les Productions Artistes Associés, Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Quotes

Georges Randal: I do a dirty job but I have an excuse: I do it dirtily.

User Reviews

Thieves go to heaven

A thief in the triumphant times of bourgeoisie, Paris and Brussels at the turn of the past century....

A young man acts outside the conventions of conformist society and relies on his charm. He robs the "bourgeois" world but who started in the first place ? Is the thief the one to blame ?

Religion is also derided, priests are not always what they look like...they could be interested in your purse more than in your soul.

Louis Malle breaks a few conventions which are still so many taboos in mainstream and bland cinema.

A good movie has to be daring, this one is a good semi-serious comedy which does not deserve to be left for dead.