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James Devereaux
12May11
When Lino Ventura was asked what he wants from a director, he replied:" for them to understand me on a deep inner level".
Colin Landon
25Mar11
This is perhaps the film that would give birth to Melville's gangster genre style with Le Samourai and Red Circle following this. A lot of Melvilleisms in this film like focusing on Trenchcoats, fedoras and luggage. In this film also there's a great use of zooming and panning out, something of a legacy from the French new wave, you don't really see in films today.
Christopher Smith
19Mar09
Stylish crime drama from director Jean-Pierre Melville unfortunately just never really takes off. It's slow-paced and talky much of the time, and the plot is too murky and the characters not lively enough to be really compelling. It is a well-made film, and stylish in that very French way, but it is too dry and overlong to develop the suspense it should.