This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made.

| Aug 1, 2007

Lagging direction, so-so thesping and usual femme and lowdown aspects of this type production make this an ordinary entry.

| Aug 1, 2007

A wonderful movie with all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize.

| Jun 24, 2006

A must for those who like their crime capers cool and elegant.

| Apr 23, 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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2005

Bob le Flambeur (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 8, 2003

Melville's actually more interested in his central character's gentlemanly heroics and fractured obsession with risking everything at the roulette table.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 11, 2003

One of the most curious yet pleasing of all the great French film noirs.

Full Review | Feb 7, 2002

Great picture? No. Cool picture? Oui.

Full Review | Jan 6, 2002