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  • Summary: Bridging argot-rich 50s masterworks like "Rififi" and "Touchez-pas au Grisbi" with Jean-Pierre Melville's pared-down thrillers of the 60s, Classe Tous Risques (1960) (the title refers to a type of insurance policy, à la "Double Indemnity," but is also a pun on "tourist class") is a penetrating study of the underworld tough guy at the end of his rope, drawn from screenwriter José Giovanni's first-hand knowledge of the post-war French underworld. (Film Forum)… Expand

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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    100
    A doozy of a French gangster pic that, in its beautifully refurbished and pithily resubtitled re-release, turns out to be one of the highlights of the 2005 movie year.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    100
    A first-rate crime thriller from 1960.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    To come across Classe Tous Risques is like discovering a bottle of marvelous French wine you didn't remember you had, opening it and finding it every bit as delicious as its reputation promised. That's how good this classic fatalistic French gangster film is.

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  1. BobG.
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    A wonderful discovery! One of the best films to see. Ventura and Belmondo are simply superb.
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