Films on the Green Festival presents the free outdoor screening of French classic TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI starring JEAN GABIN, JEANNE MOREAU, and LINO VENTURA this Friday July 1 at 8:30pm in Tompkins Square Park! #FilmsontheGreen
DATE: Friday July 1, 2022 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: Tompkins Square Park, Alphabet City/East Village
Film in French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)
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TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI
Directed by Jacques Becker, 1954, 1h34, France (courtesy of Rialto Pictures)
With Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura
After pulling off their "retirement job," 50 million in gold bars, aging criminals Max and Henri think they can give up the game. But when Henri's girlfriend tells the drug dealer Angelo about the loot, violence erupts. Angelo kidnaps the old crook and asks Max for the “grisbi” as ransom... Based on the novel Touchez pas au grisbi ! by Albert Simonin (1953).
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