MOVIE · 1955

Rififi

CrimeDramaThriller122 min

Fresh out of prison after five years, aging thief Tony le Stéphanois (Jean Servais) wants no part of a small-time burglary until a personal betrayal and a local gangster pull him back toward one more score. What begins as a quick job grows into a meticulous jewel-store robbery on the Rue de la Paix, with Tony joining Jo the Swede, Mario, and César for a near-impossible break-in. Carl Möhner’s Jo helps pull the crew together as the film moves through Paris nightclubs, criminal back rooms, and the exacting mechanics of the heist, including a famous stretch staged in near silence.