Tonight on TV: Lino Ventura launched his career with this detective film masterpiece

A French-style thriller with Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura and René Darry, what do you think? Good news, that’s exactly what the C8 offers for your movie night.

Jacques Becker’s detective film Touchez pas au grisbi, released in cinemas in 1954, tells the story of Max and Ritton’s heist of the century. The two had just managed to steal 50 million francs in gold bars from Orly. Unfortunately, things go wrong when Ryton is kidnapped by a drug dealer…

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Albert Simonin, this gangster film marked the history of French crime fiction in particular, as it is one of the first to compete with American detective films. And that’s not all, because he also revealed to the public the future star of the big screen…

Lino Ventura’s First Steps

you will understand that Do not touch the grease is the first production in which he acted Lino Ventura. At that time, the French actress of Italian origin was thirty-four years old. And the least we can say is that the role was anything but benign.

Because in this thriller Jacques Becker Lino Ventura Plays Angelo, a crooked drug dealer who kidnaps Ryton and then demands Max “Grisby” for ransom. A true villain that we love to hate and who has brought it out in front of the audience.

One year later, in 1955 Lino Ventura will find Jean Gabin On the screen Razzia sur la chnouf, the following year, another great French actor: Louis de Funès, La loi des rue, etc.

One thing is for sure, his career really took off thanks to his role as Angelo. And what could be better than starting with a character who has his own name (his real name is Angelo Borini)?

Tonight on C8 at 9.20pm.