In a world sliding toward self-interested decadence, Bob le Flambeur maintains his dignity and humanity in the face of long odds.
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07/03/02
Bob Le Flambeur (1955)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:27
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A compulsive gambler decides to try for the big time when he attempts to rob a heavily guarded casino. Superior progenitor of the "heroic" gangster/failed heist films popularized in America with... [More]
Starring: Roger Duchesne, Isabel Corey, Daniel Cauchy
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
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Reviews for Bob Le Flambeur
Melville's actually more interested in his central character's gentlemanly heroics and fractured obsession with risking everything at the roulette table.
02/11/03
An overlooked masterpiece.
03/03/08
This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made.
08/01/07
Top CriticBob le Flambeur (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave.
07/08/03
Top CriticOne of the most curious yet pleasing of all the great French film noirs.
02/07/02
Top CriticUm verdadeiro clássico do gênero noir, o filme conta com um protagonista fascinante e um roteiro repleto de momentos brilhantes.
03/02/04
a generally absorbing and sometimes funny look at the capricious nature of Luck
08/20/06
Super cool.
11/07/05
Duchesne's smooth, handsome performance puts him in a league with cool guys like Bogart, Eastwood and Mitchum.
12/10/01
Melville at his best
08/10/07
No review available.
07/02/05
A must for those who like their crime capers cool and elegant.
04/23/05
Watching Bob Le Flambeur in its newly restored 35mm print is a little of the old religion.
04/07/02
Textbook noir.
04/13/02
Picture postcard film noir.
11/20/01
No review available.
09/05/03
Its realism is not the reality of life, but of the kind of movies that give shape to the disordered lives of the people who watch movies.
02/01/05
A brisk heist movie that embraces cinema's past and points toward its future.
06/20/02
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