The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1955
Rififi
Directed by
Jules Dassin
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.
The story
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.
Cast
Jean ServaisTony le Stéphanois
Carl MöhnerJo le Suedois
Robert ManuelMario Ferrati
Janine DarceyLouise
Pierre GrassetLouis Grutter aka Louis le Tatoué
Robert HosseinRémi Grutter
Marcel LupoviciPierre Grutter
Dominique MaurinTonio
Magali NoëlViviane
Marie SabouretMado
Claude SylvainIda Ferrati
Jules DassinCesar le Milanais
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ArmandelSecond Gambler
Alain BouvetteFootman, 'L'Age D'Or'
Alice Garan
André DalibertWebb, le bijoutier
Jacques DavidCommissioner
Émile GenevoisCharlie
Marcelle HainiaFredo's Wife
Marcel LesieurFredo
Daniel MendailleLookout
Huguette Montréal
Lita Recio
Fernand SardouFirst Gambler
Jacques BesnardThird Gambler (uncredited)
Teddy BilisTeddy Laurentin (uncredited)
Marcel RouzéFirst Gendarme (uncredited)
Roger RudelFrench voice of Jo le Suédois (uncredited)
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