THE BIG SNATCH
synopsis
Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cellmate, Francis (Alain Delon), to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino. Bad luck and Francis's lack of professionalism set the caper maddeningly askew, and the stolen cash resurfaces in an unexpected manner.
original title: | Mélodie en sous-sol |
country: | France, Italy |
year: | 1963 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Henri Verneuil |
film run: | 118' |
release date: | FR 19/03/1963, IT 11/08/1963, DE 23/08/1963, SE 09/09/1963, GR 22/09/1963, ES 07/10/1963, FI 25/10/1963, DK 13/11/1963, TR 12/1965 |
screenplay: | Michel Audiard, Albert Simonin |
cast: | Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval |
cinematography by: | Louis Page |
film editing: | Françoise Bonnot |
art director: | Robert Clavel |
producer: | Jacques Bar, Jacques Juranville |