Le rouge est mis / Speaking of Murder (1957)

Louis Bertain, a respectable garage owner by day, is the head of a band of notorious crooks by night. When a hold-up goes badly wrong, Bertain’s younger brother Pierre is suspected of having sold them out to the police. He was, after all, recently picked up by the police and then released after questioning. When he is finally caught by Commissaire Pluvier, Louis discovers that he has been betrayed not by Pierre but by another member of his gang…

Director: Gilles Grangier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Albert Dinan, Antonin Berval, Thomy Bourdelle, Serge Lecointe, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jo Peignot, Lucien Raimbourg, Gabriel Gobin, Jean Bérard, Gaby Basset, Gina Nicloz, Lucienne Legrand, Josselin, Claude Nicot, Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Rene Bernard, Dominique Boschero, Charles Bouillaud, Noëlle Caputo, Georges Carrere, Henri Coutet, Liane David, Jean Degrave, Georges Demas, Pierre Even, Nicole Fabrice




Extras :
- Gabin-Grangier-Audiard - Le film noir a la francaise (2010) (58'), (French, no subs)
This is a great gangster film, adapted from a Auguste Le Breton novel, author of "Rififi" and "The Siciian Clan".

And, more, the main characters are played by great actors: Jean Gabin and Lino Ventura - who was not still a big star, as Marcel Bozzufi and Annie Girardot, who also play in this movie.

The tale of struggle which occurs among a gang of bank robbers. The leader - Jean Gabin - has his young brother who is suspected, by his own henchmen, to be a police informer. And this will be the beginning of the end for the team.

A simple, solid and effective story, fast paced. Not boring at all. No length.
~ GUENOT PHILIPPE

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