Le trou
1960 · Movie · NR · 132 min
★ 8.2(574)unSUB Rating
Four inmates quietly prepare a risky escape by digging through their cell floor, but their plan is shaken when a new prisoner is moved in. As they decide whether to trust him, the group works in tense secrecy, inching toward freedom through improvised tools and sheer determination.
Also known as The Night Watch · The Hole
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Details
- Original title
- Le Trou
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-03-18
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 132 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 8.3/10 (574 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, realistic prison-escape story focused on trust, teamwork, and meticulous problem-solving, in the vein of The Wages of Fear; Not for you if you dislike slow, procedural pacing.
Pros: gripping step-by-step suspense; raw, realistic feel; strong bond and trust | Cons: slow, detail-heavy pacing; claustrophobic setting; loud, repetitive digging
Themes
- prison
- escape
- black and white
- urination
- warden
- manhole
- toothbrush
- tunnel
- hourglass
- neo-noir
Cast & crew
Michel Constantin
as Geo Cassine
Jean Keraudy
as Roland Darban
Philippe Leroy
as Manu Borelli
Raymond Meunier
as Vossellin / Monseigneur
Marc Michel
as Claude Gaspard
Jean-Paul Coquelin
as Le lieutenant Grinval
André Bervil
as Le directeur de la prison
Eddy Rasimi
as Bouboule
Philippe Dumat
as Un gardien
Albert Augier
as Un gardien
Directed by Jacques Becker