After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.
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- TriviaWhen planning the train robbery they calculate a time frame of 20 minutes. When the robbery actually takes place, the sequence is exactly 20 minutes long.
- GoofsA tag is visible on Coleman's black tie when he exits the private room at the club with Cathy and Simon. The tag is not there when he enters the room.
- Quotes
Commissaire Edouard Coleman: The only feelings mankind has ever inspired in policemen are those of indifference and derision.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sous le nom de Melville (2008)
- SoundtracksC'est ainsi que les Choses Arrivent
Music by Michel Colombier
Lyrics by Charles Aznavour
Performed by Isabelle Aubret
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'Dirty Money' is far from Melville's best, but I still think there's a lot to admire about it.
'Dirty Money' was Jean-Pierre Melville's last movie and many people find it to be a great disappointment. Me, I quite like it. Sure it isn't the masterpiece we'd all wish it to be, but it's definitely worth watching. Alain Delon, the star of Melville's 'Le Samourai' (regarded by most fans as Melville's best movie along with 'Bob Le Flambeur'), plays Coleman, a detached cop who is having an affair with his friend Simon's girlfriend (Catherine Deneuve). Simon (Richard Crenna) is actually a thief, the leader of a small three man team. We see them commit two robberies, one is a bank near the sea in the brilliant opening sequence, the other an ambitious heist on a train involving a helicopter. This scene isn't as exciting as it should have been with budgetary constraints letting Melville down. The first robbery is a real stand out however and I recommend 'Dirty Money' for this if nothing else. The movie's dialogue and characterization are very minimalistic, and this is probably the main reason why many find it to be unsatisfying. The relationship between the three main characters is never explained or explored. Neither is the Coleman's with his informant, a beautiful transsexual. Melville doesn't spell things out, the viewer has to do the hard work, but I don't mind that at all. 'Dirty Money' is far from Melville's best, but I still think there's a lot to admire about it. Melville is an acknowledged influence on Truffaut, Jarmusch, Woo, Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson and his movies deserve to be better known.
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- Dirty Money
- Filming locations
- Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Vendée, France(bank robbery at the beginning)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $48,040
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,342
- Apr 21, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $48,040
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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