Rififi Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 118 mins
- Year produced:
- 1954
- Director:
- Jules Dassin
- Cast:
- Jean Servais
- Carl Mohner
- Robert Manuel
This classic French film noir is a gripping crime thriller about a perfectly planned heist and the imperfect men who pull it off. Tony has just got out of prison, but is soon tempted to return to his old ways. He gets involved with a jewellery robbery - and soon there’s an incredibly tense safe-cracking scene which is executed in perfect silence. In fact, it’s only after the heist goes off successfully that things start to fall apart for all concerned...
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Fascinating facts
The argot French slang word, "Rififi" is defined loosely as trouble/violent conflict/a brutal show of force, usually in reference to chest puffing and macho tough guy posturing by thugs and criminal elements of Paris.
When Rififi was initially released in the mid 1950s, it inspired a wave of copycat robberies.