The Big Swag
The Big Swag
| 09 July 1965 (USA)
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Louis Bourdin est employé à la RATP le jour, romancier la nuit, avec une forte prédilection pour le genre policier. Un jour, il rédige un polar situé dans l'univers de la RATP, boudé par les éditeurs. Le livre parvient alors aux yeux d'une bande de criminels...

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Karry

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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FirstWitch

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Josephina

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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Myriam Nys

I notice that I've been reviewing a lot of heist movies. I think it would be nice to continue the series by reviewing an old black-and-white heist movie from France.The movie tells the tale of a humble ticket puncher on the French subway, who fights boredom by thinking up schemes and plots. This time he has written a crime novel about a daring heist, situated in the French subway. Sadly enough his manuscript is roundly ridiculed or ignored by editors. (We've all been there...) Would an audience of professional criminals be more receptive to this literary gem ?There were at least two things I loved about the movie : the cleverness of the heist and the interplay between two great comedic actors, to wit Bourvil and Paul Meurisse. Meurisse is especially good : his stylish, self-confident gentleman criminal is riveting. Aah, Meurisse - who else could cajole, threaten, intimidate with such suave eloquence, such princely certainty ? Moreover, the movie contains quite a few clever digs about the world of aspiring authors, editors, publishing houses... The ticket puncher has used both his meticulous powers of observation and his many years of professional experience in order to write a realistic plot about a heist ; the result is that he gets rejection letters condemning his "far-fetched fantasies". These, presumably, are the very same editors who would publish a book in which a twenty-years old starlet explains how she married a ninety-years old billionaire because she was dazzled by his charming personality and his rugged good looks... Having said this, the movie is not without its weaknesses. The story is not as tight or consistent as it should be. Moreover, I took a dislike to our humble ticket puncher, who went out of his way, deliberately, to contact gangsters and then became all shy and virginal when the said gangsters told him that they were interested in his proposal. I'm not too fond of persons who are dishonest even about their dishonesty, and this dislike extends to fictional characters. Still, "La grosse caisse" is well worth a watch.

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