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Action Man

Original title: Le soleil des voyous
  • 19671967
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Le soleil des voyous (1967)
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Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piec... Read allSophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.

IMDb RATING
6.3/10
621
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  • Director
    • Jean Delannoy
  • Writers
    • J.M. Flynn(after: "The Action Man")
    • Alphonse Boudard(adaptation)
    • Jean Delannoy(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Jean Gabin
    • Robert Stack
    • Margaret Lee
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  • Director
    • Jean Delannoy
  • Writers
    • J.M. Flynn(after: "The Action Man")
    • Alphonse Boudard(adaptation)
    • Jean Delannoy(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Jean Gabin
    • Robert Stack
    • Margaret Lee
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    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Jean Gabin
    Jean Gabin
    • Denis Farrandas Denis Farrand
    Robert Stack
    Robert Stack
    • Jim Beckleyas Jim Beckley
    Margaret Lee
    Margaret Lee
    • Bettyas Betty
    Jean Topart
    Jean Topart
    • Monsieur Henrias Monsieur Henri
    Walter Giller
    Walter Giller
    • Maurice Labrousseas Maurice Labrousse
    Lucienne Bogaert
    Lucienne Bogaert
    • Old womanas Old woman
    Georges Aminel
    • Le commissaire Leducas Le commissaire Leduc
    Albert Michel
    • Gastonas Gaston
    Henri Coutet
    • Le vigileas Le vigile
    Bernard Musson
    • M. Gouletteas M. Goulette
    Pierre Koulak
    • Ange Peresias Ange Peresi
    Mino Doro
    Mino Doro
    • Luigi Savanias Luigi Savani
    Bob Ingarao
    • Un compliceas Un complice
    Carlo Nell
    • Un malfratas Un malfrat
    Pierre Moncorbier
    Pierre Moncorbier
    • Le client ivreas Le client ivre
    • (as Moncorbier)
    Jo Dalat
    • Un faux éboueuras Un faux éboueur
    Roger Fradet
    • Un faux éboueuras Un faux éboueur
    Dominique Zardi
    Dominique Zardi
    • Un malfratas Un malfrat
    • Director
      • Jean Delannoy
    • Writers
      • J.M. Flynn(after: "The Action Man")
      • Alphonse Boudard(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Jean Delannoy(adaptation)
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    Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.
    • caper crime
    • sacrifice
    • retired gangster
    • restaurant owner
    • reformed criminal
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    • Trivia
      Robert Stack says in his biography that Jean Gabin - whom he called the French Spencer Tracy - was a person very pleasant to work with. Their relationship was very good. But Robert Stack also admitted have spent the Christmas Eve, alone, far from his family, because of the shooting, at Hotel George V in Paris.
    • Connections
      Spoofed in A Robbery In... Style (1978)

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    6/10
    Good Caper Flick
    Jean Gabin has three or four good businesses, he's married to beautiful authoress Suzanne Fion, he gets to slap around the waiter who tries to turn his restaurant into a cocaine pitch and he's bored. He plans a robbery of the bank across from his bar -- they've got a half-billion-franc payroll every month, like clockwork -- but doesn't really expect to do anything about it until his old buddy, Robert Stack shows up out of nowhere.

    The movie has a beautiful set-piece robbery, Gabin slaps around several people and there is plenty of sadism and treachery, yet I found the movie to be good, but not the great fun I had expected. Perhaps I had gone in expecting too much, but Gabin is too old to play the virile action hero, so he's the brains of the operation, and Stack is the brawn. And Stack is never brutal or commanding or anything more than Gabin's efficient sidekick, his loyal dog, who has been looking for Gabin since he disappeared from Indo-China in 1954.

    It's understandable, because it's Gabin, but it means that there's little depth to it. It's just a well-run caper film running along its clockwork mechanisms. that's a lot of fun, but nothing more.
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    • Release date
      • 1969 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Official site
      • Official Site (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Bankraub fast perfekt
    • Filming locations
      • Studios de Billancourt - 50 Quai du Point du Jour, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    • Production companies
      • Les Films Copernic
      • Fida Cinematografica
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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