An aging racketeer (Jean Gabin) must surrender his gold in order to save his kidnapped friend (René Dary).
gangster, best friend, mistress, rival, barmaid, nightclub owner, somber, engaging, tense, france, apartment, bank, nightclub, bedroom, theft, betrayal, kidnapping, retirement, friendship, one last job, quest, rescue, 1950s
It's Gabin's show all the way, anticipating the melancholy, atmospheric gangster pictures of Jean-Pierre Melville that started to appear a couple years later.
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