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Bob le Flambeur (Bob le flambeur)
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
September 10, 1909 in Paris, France
October 20, 1917 in Paris, France
21 February 1921, Paris, France
15 July 1914, Baden, Switzerland
March 13, 1930 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
July 9, 1930 in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
December 20, 1923 in Paris, France
July 09, 2019
Bob is the perfect Jean-Pierre Melville hero...and Bob le flambeur (Bob the gambler) is about as characteristic a Melville movie as you'll ever see.January 20, 2010
Jean-Pierre Melville's sly and svelte human comedy strikes an articulate cinephiliac give-and-takeFebruary 01, 2005
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.August 10, 2007
Melville at his bestAugust 14, 2020
Double-crossers may get it worst of all, but sympathetic thieves aren't immune to the law.March 03, 2008
An overlooked masterpiece.August 01, 2007
Lagging direction, so-so thesping and usual femme and lowdown aspects of this type production make this an ordinary entry.February 22, 2018
Melville and his characters were wont to mutter sour-sweet epigrams about trust and loyalty, like "If there are two of you, one will betray." ... Nobody's perfect; this curtain line is. The lasting beauty is plain to see.July 08, 2003
Bob le Flambeur (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave.June 24, 2006
A wonderful movie with all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize.August 01, 2007
This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made.April 23, 2005
A must for those who like their crime capers cool and elegant.