Sunday, May 1, 2011

Les Tontons flingueurs

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Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier, Lino Ventura

Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster) is a 1963 French-Italian-German film, made in the French language, directed by Georges Lautner. It is an adaptation of the Albert Simonin book Grisbi or not grisbi.
One of the most famous scenes is set in a kitchen where the gangsters try to make nonchalant conversation while drinking a vile and strong liquor. Screenwriter Michel Audiard considered it useless and it might never have existed, but the director included the scene in homage to the film noir Key Largo.


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3 comments:

Stephen Mitchell said...

In life, Lino was exactly as we see him on the screen...

ninefeet said...

"On a dû arrêter la fabrication, y a des clients qui devenaient aveugles : ça faisait des histoires."

Chuck said...

CULTISSIME !! ILS nous manquent !