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==Plot== |
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Paul Berger, known as Paulo les diams, is a smuggler who works with his old friend Walter, an antique dealer married to Irene. Paulo recruits his smugglers from a nightclub with the help of his employees Rene and Lili. |
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Special agent Mike Coppolano goes undercover to bust a smuggling racket. |
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They recruit a man called Mike Coppolano to smuggle, not knowing he is an American secret agent who has gone undercover. Mike is hired as Paulo's bodyguard after saving Paulo's life in a shoot out. |
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Gangster Giulio kidnaps Irene, and Mike shoots Giulio. Walter is killed and Paulo swears to avenge him. |
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Mafia gangster Binnagio insists Paulo and Mario get along. Mike steals a notebook in which Walter wrote down the flow chart of the arms trade. Paulo sets off a bomb in the middle of a meeting with the mafia. |
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Paulo is arrested. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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*[[Jean Gabin]] ... Paul Berger |
*[[Jean Gabin]] ... Paul Berger |
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Revision as of 04:17, 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
Paul Berger, known as Paulo les diams, is a smuggler who works with his old friend Walter, an antique dealer married to Irene. Paulo recruits his smugglers from a nightclub with the help of his employees Rene and Lili.
They recruit a man called Mike Coppolano to smuggle, not knowing he is an American secret agent who has gone undercover. Mike is hired as Paulo's bodyguard after saving Paulo's life in a shoot out.
Gangster Giulio kidnaps Irene, and Mike shoots Giulio. Walter is killed and Paulo swears to avenge him.
Mafia gangster Binnagio insists Paulo and Mario get along. Mike steals a notebook in which Walter wrote down the flow chart of the arms trade. Paulo sets off a bomb in the middle of a meeting with the mafia.
Paulo is arrested.
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.
External links
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