Rent Classe Tous Risques (1960)

3.8 of 5 from 109 ratings
1h 48min
Rent Classe Tous Risques (aka The Big Risk) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
French gangland boss Abel Davos (Lino Ventura) has been on the run in Italy for a decade in order to escape a death sentence. But when police finally close in, he turns to his old criminal friends to help him and his young family return to Paris. With loyalty in short supply, it takes an insouciant stranger (Jean-Paul Belmondo) to come to the rescue.
Actors:
, , , , , Simone France, , Stan Krol, , , , , , , , , , , Robert Desnoux, Thierry Lavoye
Directors:
Producers:
Jean Darvey
Writers:
José Giovanni, Claude Sautet
Aka:
The Big Risk
Studio:
BFI Video
Genres:
Classics, Drama, Thrillers
Collections:
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Countries:
France
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/02/2014
Run Time:
108 minutes
Languages:
French Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
B & W
Bonus:
  • Monsieur Ventura (Doug Headline, 1996/2014, 36 mins): documentary on the life and career of Lino Ventura
  • Original French and US trailers
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/02/2014
Run Time:
108 minutes
Languages:
French LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
B & W
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Monsieur Ventura (Doug Headline, 1996/2014, 36 mins): documentary on the life and career of Lino Ventura
  • Original French and US trailers

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Reviews (4) of Classe Tous Risques

Gangster numero un. - Classe Tous Risques review by RhysH

Spoiler Alert
14/06/2021

If you wanted to construct the perfect image of a gangster you would end up with Lino Ventura. The stocky build, the chiselled features and the defiant stare. It is the eyes that give Ventura's character, the gangster on the run Abel Davos, the only hint of emotion. He kills with no hint of remorse, it's what gangsters do, but when he looks at his children there is a flicker of humanity.

Jean-Paul Belmondo, as Eric Stark, leaps from delighted young lover to aspiring hardened criminal with one swing of his left hook.

Sandro Milo plays Lillane with the right mixture of naivety and worldliness.

From the robbery in Milan to the blood in Paris this is a French gangster film par excellence.

3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.

Excellent French gangster film - Classe Tous Risques review by CB

Spoiler Alert
07/04/2022

Extremely well made and paced gangster film from the 50s which sweeps from Milan to Ventimiglia to Menton to Nice to Paris, yet the principal character is permanently trapped by his circumstance. His relationship with his boys gives the film a wonderful human warmth in the midst of the prevailing seedy viciousness. Very well worth seeing.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

very classy, very French, very 50s - Classe Tous Risques review by mb

Spoiler Alert
19/01/2023

At this distance most of the pleasure comes from all the 50s French street scenes, cars and clothes.

Very watchable gangster-evading-the-law-while-dragging-his-2-children-with-him, movie.

A woman gets involved and you think its going to get all Noir by forcing a choice between the lady and the mission, but it doesnt.

The gangsters are never quite convincing (is it the typical of the era) and guns are used like toys. They also spend alot of time arguing about who owes favours to whom.

Dont hold your breathe for the denouement either.

But lots of retro fun nevertheless. I imagine when it was made , that would have just been.. lots of fun.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

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