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Bob le Flambeur (translated as Bob the High Roller) is a French gangster film from 1955. The film stars Roger Duchesne as Bob. The black-and-white film noir, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, was remade as The Good Thief (2002). The film is considered to be a precursor to the French New Wave movement.

Story

Bob, a middle aged gambler and thief plans a complicated heist. He deals with a number of underworld characters while planning the robbery of the Deauville Casino. Bob eventually hires a gang that includes an ace safe cracker. Unfortunately for them, Bob's nemesis an old cop who Bob once saved from death, is tipped off after a money-hungry croupier's wife betrays them. The police are waiting when the gang begins the seemingly impossible task of robbing the casino vault. Meanwhile in the casino Bob starts to gamble.

Critical reaction

The film, when released in theathers and when released on DVD in 2005, received positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film 100 percent on it's Critics Tomatometer.

Film critic Roger Ebert, in his "Great Movies" reviews, notes "Jean-Pierre Melville's "Bob le Flambeur" (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave."

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