Movie
The Big Risk
Overview
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-03-23
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films Odéon, Mondex Films, Filmsonor, Zebra Film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Lino Ventura as Abel Davos
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Éric Stark
- Sandra Milo as Liliane
- Marcel Dalio as Arthur Gibelin
- Michel Ardan as Henri Vintran, aka 'Riton'
- Simone Desmaison as Thérèse Davos
- Michèle Méritz as Sophie Fargier
- Stan Krol as Raymond Naldi
- Evelyne Ker as Gibelin's daughter
- Betty Schneider as Little maid
- France Asselin as Denise Vintran
- Jean-Pierre Zola as Boss of the detective agency
Crew
- Claude Sautet - Director
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