Bob the Gambler (1956)
Bob le flambeur (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 1h 38min
- Crime, Drama
- 1959 (USA)
- Movie
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
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Cast verified as complete
| Isabelle Corey | ... |
Anne
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| Daniel Cauchy | ... |
Paolo
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| Roger Duchesne | ... |
Bob Montagné
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| Guy Decomble | ... |
Le commissaire Ledru
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André Garet | ... |
Roger
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| Gérard Buhr | ... |
Marc
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| Claude Cerval | ... |
Jean
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Colette Fleury | ... |
Suzanne
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René Havard | ... |
L'inspecteur Morin
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Simone Paris | ... |
Yvonne
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| Howard Vernon | ... |
McKimmie
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Henry Allaume | ... |
Un gangster
(as Henri Allaume)
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Germaine Licht | ... |
Céleste Régnier
(as Germaine Amiel)
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Yvette Amirante | ... |
La copine d'Anne
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Dominique Antoine |
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Jannick Arvel | ... |
La deuxième fille du bar
(as Yannick Arvel)
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Annick Bertrand | ... |
La première fille du bar
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Duilio Carmine |
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Roland Charbaux | ... |
Un policier
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Albert Cuvellier | ... |
Un gangster
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Pierre Durrieu | ... |
Un gangster
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Chris Kersen | ... |
Un gangster
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Evelyne Rey |
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| Jean-Marie Robain | ... |
Un joueur de poker
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André | ... |
Le directeur du casino (uncredited)
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François André | ... |
M. André (uncredited)
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Cichi | ... |
Un gangster (uncredited)
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Couty | ... |
Policier (uncredited)
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Emile Cuvelier | ... |
Un gangster (uncredited)
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| Henri Decaë | ... |
Voix (uncredited)
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Max Dejean | ... |
Un touriste au night club (uncredited)
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Jean-François Drach | ... |
Un policier (uncredited)
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François Gir | ... |
Un policier (uncredited)
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Maurice Magalon | ... |
Le changeur (uncredited)
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| Jean-Pierre Melville | ... |
Récitant (uncredited)
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Jean-Marie Rivière | ... |
P'tit Louis (uncredited)
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Jean Rossignol | ... |
Voix (uncredited)
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Sadi | ... |
Vibraphonist (uncredited)
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Louis Saintève | ... |
Un monsieur âgé au privé de Deauviille (uncredited)
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André Salgues | ... |
Petit rôle (uncredited)
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Ro. Tetelman | ... |
Le tailleur (uncredited)
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Benny Waters | ... |
Saxophonist (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jean-Pierre Melville | ... | (as Melville) |
Written by
| Jean-Pierre Melville | ... | (original story) (as Melville) |
| Jean-Pierre Melville | ... | (adaptation) (as Melville) and |
| Auguste Le Breton | ... | (adaptation) |
| Auguste Le Breton | ... | (dialogue) |
Produced by
| Jean-Pierre Melville | ... | producer |
| Serge Silberman | ... | producer |
| Roger Vidal | ... | producer |
Music by
| Eddie Barclay | ||
| Jo Boyer | ||
Cinematography by
| Henri Decaë | ||
Editing by
| Monique Bonnot | ||
Editorial Department
| Jeanne-Marie Favier | ... | assistant editor |
| Yolande Palamenghi | ... | assistant editor (as Yolande Palamanghi) |
Production Design by
| Claude Bouxin | ||
Costume Design by
| Ted Lapidus | ||
Production Management
| Florence Melville | ... | production manager |
| Philippe Schwab | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Leo Fortel | ... | assistant director |
| François Gir | ... | first assistant director |
| Yves-André Hubert | ... | assistant director |
| Guy Aurey | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Raymond Aupée | ... | construction coordinator |
| Martine Sachot | ... | assistant art director |
| Philip Schwob | ... | set dresser |
Sound Department
| Jacques Carrère | ... | sound |
| Pierre Philippenko | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Maurice Blettery | ... | camera operator / still photographer |
Music Department
| Didier Bollan | ... | orchestrator |
| Jimmy Walther | ... | musician: piano / orchestrator |
Script and Continuity Department
| Jacqueline Parey | ... | continuity |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Mondial (1956) (France) (theatrical)
- Melior Films (1956) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Melior Films (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Splendal Film (1957) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- William Mishkin Motion Pictures (1959) (United States) (theatrical)
- Triumph Releasing Corporation (1982) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (subtitled)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (United States) (video)
- Image Entertainment (1989) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
- Bibliotheque (2021) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Cable Hogue Co. (1989) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Challenger Films (1988) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Greenwich Film Productions (1986) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Les Acacias (2001) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- A Contracorriente Films (2022) (Spain) (Blu-ray & theatrical)
- Arthaus (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Arthaus (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
- CineCom (Sotelysa) (2016) (Spain) (Blu-ray)
- Connoisseur Video
- Lumière International (World-wide)
- Rialto Pictures (2001) (United States) (re-release)
- StudioCanal (2003) (France) (DVD)
- StudioCanal (2006) (France) (DVD) (Collection: Jean-Pierre Melville. 4 DVD box)
- Tamasa Distribution (France)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures (2009) (Spain) (DVD)
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Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Bob, an old gangster and gambler is almost broke, so he decides in spite of the warnings of a friend, a high official from the police, to rob a gambling casino in Deauville. Everything is planned exactly, but the police is informed about the planned coup. Meanwhile in the Casino Bob starts to gamble.
Written by Stephan Eichenberg |
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Box Office
| Budget | FRF17,500,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Filmed over a painstaking period of two years, such was Jean-Pierre Melville's attention to detail. Daniel Cauchy, who plays Paolo, found time to make four other films in that period. See more » |
| Goofs | McKimmie demonstrates the four-dial combination-lock for the gang by turning all four dials before opening and closing it. But when Roger practices his safe-cracking technique on it, he misses the upper-right dial and instead works the lower-right dial a second time (after sandpapering his fingertips). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Journal D'un Malfrat (2017). See more » |
| Quotes |
[subtitled version]
Bob Montagné: I was born here. It was not so dirty then. And I left to conquer the world. I was fourteen when I left my mother. Anne: Did you go far? Bob Montagné: Yes... a mile away. Anne: And your father? Bob Montagné: I use my mother's name. Anne: She was unlucky with you both. Bob Montagné: I returned ten years later, early one morning. I saw an old woman on her knees, scrubbing away, as she always had. That's how I recognized her. I left without a word. Then I sent her a postal order each month. One month it was sent back. She had stopped scrubbing. See more » |