Hands Off the Loot
by Jacques Becker1h341953France
Recommended byFrançois Truffaut, Martin Scorsese, Pierre Salvadori, Bertrand Blier, Claude Lelouch
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An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.
Credits
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Production Compagny : Del Duca Films, Antares Films
- Original Music : Jean Wiener
- Sound Recorder : Jacques Carrère, Jacques Lebreton
- Editing : Marguerite Renoir
- Scenario : Albert Simonin, Jacques Becker
- Dialogs : Albert Simonin
- Original Work Author : Albert Simonin
- Costume Design : Marcelle Desvignes
- Producer : Robert Dorfmann
- Photo Director : Pierre Montazel
- Set Decoration : Robert Turlure
- Director : Jacques Becker
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1953
- French release date : 19 May 1954
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French
Bonus exclusive content
- See special feature
Pierre Salvadori
about Hands Off the Loot
of Jacques BeckerThis is not a gangster film. It is a film of ageing gangsters.