Movie: Du rififi chez les hommes (or) Rififi (French, 1955)
Plot: Three men meticulously plan to rob a bank and bring in a fourth expert into the team. After careful study and trials, they pull of the robbery but a small post-loot female fetish mistake gets them all into trouble.
What Works?
- The different groups involved - The robbers, their families, the rival gang - etc. are used aptly making way for a crisp narrative.
- The way the gangsters plan for the heist is something incredible and the suspense is pulsating!
- The determination of the chieftain played by Jean Servais is evident throughout. The climax is a silent killer!
