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"Bob le Flambeur"
1955
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

Roger Duchesne plays high-stakes gambler Bob, newly released from prison, who plots to rob the casino at Deauville. An amazing film noir with its gritty locations, freewheeling camera, jump cuts and a musical jazz score. Shot between dusk and dawn in Pigalle, this is the quintessential "city at night" film, with Bob representing the kind of a gangster who still has a moral code. Cinematography by Henri Decae. "The cinematic birth of cool" (J. Hoberman, The Village Voice).  French with English subtitles.  97 minutes.