Bob le Flambeur (translated as Bob the High Roller) is a French gangster film from 1955. The film stars Roger Dushesne as Bob. The black-and-whitefilm noir, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, was remade as The Good Thief (2002). The film is considered to be a precursor to the French New Wave movement. // Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. ... Black-and-white (or variations including Black and White) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... Jean-Pierre Melville ( born October 20, 1917 Paris, France) is a noted French director born under the name Jean-Pierre Grumbach. ... François Truffauts New Wave film Jules et Jim The New Wave (French: la Nouvelle Vague) of French cinema was a cinematic movement of the late 1950s (Le Beau Serge, by Claude Chabrol) and 1960s. ...
Bob, a middle aged gambler and thief plans a complicated heist. He deals with a number of underworld characters while planning the robbery of the Deauville Casino. Bob eventually hires a gang that includes an ace safe cracker. Unfortunately for them, Bob's nemesis an old cop who Bob once saved from death, is tipped off after a money-hungry croupier's wife betrays them. The police are waiting when the gang begins the seemingly impossible task of robbing the casino vault. Meanwhile in the casino Bob starts to gamble. A croupier is the person who takes and pays out bets at a gambling table, often in a Casino. ...
Bob exists in a world of gambling dens and nightclubs; with friends who are either prostitutes or rather harmless criminals; none of who are out before dusk.
Bob did his time in prison, years ago, and has kept clean ever since, making his money through gambling.
As the cops take Bob (with all his money) away, he remarks about how being able to afford the best attorney, he not only will not serve time, but he will probably have a good case to sue for damages.
Bob used to be a con man and thief, and indeed he served time for a bungled bank robbery.
Despite Bob's unsavory past and friends, he has a strong code of ethics, which manifests itself when he refuses to help a local pimp named Marc and goes out of his way to rescue a beautiful young girl that Marc has targeted.
BobleFlambeur isn't as good or as interesting as Band of Outsiders, but it's solid entertainment told with flair or, as the French would say, joie de vivre.
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