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Rififi: Jules Dassin was one of Hollywood’s most talented directors when he was drummed out of the business by the infamous blacklist around 1950.
So he set up shop in Paris and made one of the slickest and most memorable caper thrillers ever delivered, Rififi.
The robbery is a jewel in itself: it takes 30 minutes of the movie, and every excruciating detail is performed without a word of dialog.
The robbery was so well-planned that the movie was banned in some countries because it was seen as a virtual “How-to” manual for would-be robbers.
This film, like Dassin’s later classic Topkapi, is one of those movies that gets copied over and over.
Since it’s a movie, further complications between the two groups ensue because of a budding romance between Steward and the daughter of a shrimper.
Now, I’d be lying if I didn’t say I have an extra soft spot in my heart for this movie because my friend Elisa Goodman is in it.
Answer to Trivia Question #710: Oscar-winner Kim Hunter played Zira, a chimpanzee scientist in the first three Planet of the Apes movies.