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"Touchez Pas Au Grisbi"
1953
Directed by Jacques Becker

Two of the greatest icons of French cinema, Jean Gabin and Jeanne Moreau, star in this involving gangster saga directed by Jacques Becker. Gabin won Best Actor honors at the Venice Film Festival for his performance as a member of a crime organization trying to pull off a multi-million franc heist that a rival gang is also pursuing. "This model French gangster picture set the rules for the great sequence of underworld movies from Jean-Pierre Melville that followed" (Time Out Film Guide). Also known as Hands off the Loot and Honour Among Thieves. French with English subtitles.  96 minutes.