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The ''New York Times'' called it "meandering, stilted and extremely flat melodrama" which "spurts to life towards the end" when Gabin meets George Raft and "the two men lock eyeballs like two king cobras" with "a chilling authenticity".<ref>Screen: 'Luv,' Broadway Hit, Begins New Film Life: 3 Other Offerings on View Around City Comedy Is Presented at Coronet and De Mille |
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By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times ]27 July 1967: 29. </ref> |
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==The Belgrade terrorist attack== |
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On July 13, 1968, during the projection of ''The Upper Hand'' in the "20. oktobar" cinema in [[Belgrade]], [[Yugoslavia]], a bomb was detonated, killing one person and injuring 89. Croatian [[Miljenko Hrkać]] has been convicted of the attack and sentenced to death. |
On July 13, 1968, during the projection of ''The Upper Hand'' in the "20. oktobar" cinema in [[Belgrade]], [[Yugoslavia]], a bomb was detonated, killing one person and injuring 89. Croatian [[Miljenko Hrkać]] has been convicted of the attack and sentenced to death. |
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Revision as of 04:10, 2 February 2020
| The Upper Hand | |
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| Directed by | Denys de La Patellière |
| Written by | Denys de La Patellière dialogue Alphonse Boudard |
| Produced by | cRaymond Danon Maurice Jacquin |
| Starring | Jean Gabin George Raft Gert Fröbe Nadja Tiller Mireille Darc |
| Distributed by | Paramount Films |
Release date | 1966 |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 1,983,477 admissions (France}[1] |
The Upper Hand (Du rififi à Paname) is a 1966 French thriller film about gold smuggling[2] based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton and starring Jean Gabin, George Raft and Gert Fröbe.[3]
Plot
Special agent Mike Coppolano goes undercover to bust a smuggling racket.
Cast
- Jean Gabin ... Paul Berger
- Gert Fröbe ... Walter
- George Raft ... Charles Binnaggio
- Nadja Tiller ... Irène
- Claudio Brook ... Mike Coppolano
- Mireille Darc ... Lili Princesse
- Marcel Bozzuffi ... Marque Mal
- Claude Brasseur ... Giulio
- Daniel Ceccaldi ... Commissaire Noël
Reception
The New York Times called it "meandering, stilted and extremely flat melodrama" which "spurts to life towards the end" when Gabin meets George Raft and "the two men lock eyeballs like two king cobras" with "a chilling authenticity".[4]
The Belgrade terrorist attack
On July 13, 1968, during the projection of The Upper Hand in the "20. oktobar" cinema in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, a bomb was detonated, killing one person and injuring 89. Croatian Miljenko Hrkać has been convicted of the attack and sentenced to death.
References
- ^ "Du rififi à Paname". Box Office Story.
- ^ The Upper Hand at TCMDB
- ^ DU RIFIFI A PANAME Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 34, Iss. 396, (Jan 1, 1967): 26.
- ^ Screen: 'Luv,' Broadway Hit, Begins New Film Life: 3 Other Offerings on View Around City Comedy Is Presented at Coronet and De Mille By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times ]27 July 1967: 29.
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