Aw yeah, when you hit play on a French crime caper, this is exactly what you want. Brassy swing and upbeat jazz, modernist Googie architecture and cinematography that takes advantage of it, a casino in an exotic locale, time-displaced voiceover describing the plan for a robbery as you see it unfold onscreen.
What separates this movie from other midcentury heists is how breezy and light it is. Plotwise the stakes are high, but tonally they are low. It never really feels like death is on the line. Contemporary heist movies want you to bite your nails until your fingers bleed, but I honestly don't need overbearing suspense to have a good time.
Gabin and Delon are excellent, with Gabin representing…