RIFIFI
Rififi Chez Les Hommes

An aging ex-con, just released from prison, resolves to ‘go straight’ but becomes embittered after finding his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. His ailing health and a fortune, hidden in a jewelry store vault, tempts him to pull off one last great crime. He organizes a safe cracker, a couple of other thugs and carefully plans every move and every gesture they will have to make during the burglary. The film ends in an orgy of torture, murder, kidnapping and retribution --- all of which is chillingly foretold in the film's introduction: "When the wicked are multiplied, crime shall be multiplied but the just shall see their downfall."

Superb! One of the greatest crime capers: it set the standard for all others that followed. Most memorable are Dassin's original and unique touches, including the exquisite silent burglary sequence which runs nearly half an hour!

Rififi was originally distributed to theaters in a 117 minute version. Later, seven minutes of sex and violence were excised to create the 110 minute version shown by film societies and previously available on video from other distributors.

THIS NYFA VIDEOTAPE IS THE COMPLETE 117 MINUTE UNCUT VERSION. A NYFA EXCLUSIVE!

"Go to see Rififi, It makes the hairs on the back of the neck rise"--NY Times

"The best underworld story yet filmed!"- Daily Mirror

Best Director Cannes 1955 Directed by Jules Dassin. Script by Jules Dassin, Reni Wheeler, Auguste Le Breton Photo by Philippe Agostini. Music by Georges Auric.Stars Jean Servais, Carl Mohner, Robert Manuel, Perlo Vita (Alias Jules Dassin). From U.M.P.O distributors.

FRANCE 1955, 117 minutes. French Dialog with English subtitles.
ISBN 1-55881-280-6
OUT OF PRINT / NO LONGER AVAILABLE

BOB THE GAMBLER
Bob Le Flambeur

Bob the Gambler, an ex-bank robber 'prince of thieves' type, lives on the margins of Paris society. He and his 'associates' patiently wait for a chance to pull of the job --- the one that will allow them to lead new lives. After discovering that a casino is expecting to take in 800 million franks, they take the biggest gamble of their lives.

Bob The Gambler, along with “rififi helped redefine the classic gangster film and created what we now know as the modern gangster cinema. This film is also noteworthy for it’s gritty, freewheeling photographic style, replete with Jump cuts and location shooting—all of this a full four years before the official start of the “Nouvelle Vogue”. The cinematographer, Henri Decae would go on to photograph Paris for numerous Nouvelle Vogue outings by Godard,Resnais and other voguers.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melvill. Script by Melville. Cast; Isabel Corey, Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble.

France 1955, 100 min. French dialog with English subtitles.
ISBN 1 -55881 -279-2
$19.95

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THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE

A naive, hapless concert violinist is mistaken by an ambitious espionage deputy as an enemy secret agent. The comic premise is that the violinist remains blissfully unaware of repeated efforts to do away with him.

Directed by Yves Robert. Score by Vladimir Kosma. Cast; Pierre Richard, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Dare, Bernard Blier & Colette Casel.

France 1972 Comedy Color. 92m Subtitled
ISBN: 1-55881-293-8
$19.95

SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER

Truffaut's much acclaimed story of a man who seeks to escape the realities of life by hiding out in a bistro & playing the piano.

France 1960 95m Subtitled.
ISBN: 1-55881-295-4

$19.95

PEPE LE MOKO

Jean Gabin is Pepe le Moko - the king of thieves. He is hiding out in the Kasbah; the city of never ending streets & honeycomb passages. Pepe is doomed; his destiny with the police and a woman he loves awaits him. Cabin created one of the cinema's most memorable anti-heroes.

":Under Duvivier's direction, the film is immaculately acted, and beautifully lit and photographed. It remains a classic of the genre”—Holt’s Foreign Film Guide.

Directed by Julien Duvivier. Script; Henri Jeanson, Roger D'Ashelbe, Julien Duvivier. Photo; Jules Kruger. Music; Vincent Scotto Cast; Jean Gabin,MireilleBalin, Gabriel Gabrio. Lucas Gridoux, Line Noro, Gilbert-Gil, Saturnin Fabre.

France 1937 92m Subtitled
ISBN: 1-55881-276-8

$19.95

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PAGNOL
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