The Big Risk
1960 · Movie · NR · 110 min · ★ 7.0 · 92% critics
After a bold daytime payroll robbery in Milan, two men race to escape with the money. For one of them, the score is more than a crime job: it is a chance to leave years in hiding behind and build a new life.
Also known as Consider All Risks
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Details
- Original title
- Classe tous risques
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-03-23
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (147 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like lean, old-school French crime stories centered on robberies and life-on-the-run tension, especially if Le cercle rouge or Bob le Flambeur worked for you; Not for you if you want a lighter tone or richly layered subplots.
Pros: tense heist setup; fast getaway premise; strong criminal stakes | Cons: simple story outline; limited plot detail; narrow focus
Themes
- friends
- fugitive
- police chase
- criminal
- french noir
Cast & crew
Lino Ventura
as Abel Davos
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Éric Stark
Sandra Milo
as Liliane
Marcel Dalio
as Arthur Gibelin
Michel Ardan
as Henri Vintran, aka 'Riton'
Simone Desmaison
as Thérèse Davos
Michèle Méritz
as Sophie Fargier
Stan Krol
as Raymond Naldi
Evelyne Ker
as Gibelin's daughter
Betty Schneider
as Little maid
Directed by Claude Sautet