Rafles sur la ville (1958)

Rafles sur la ville is a French crime film first released in 1958, directed by Pierre Chenal.  The film is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton and stars Charles Vanel, Bella Darvi, Danik Patisson, Michel Piccoli and François Guérin.  It has also been released under the title: Sinners of Paris.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


The Parisian police are pleased with themselves when they manage to arrest the notorious gangster Le Fondu.  But the crook has no intention of being brought to justice.  In his escape, Le Fondu kills the police inspector who is pursuing him and is once more at liberty.  The dead cop᾿s best friend, Inspector Vardier, swears that he will do everything he can to capture Le Fondu and see him punished, although at present he has no idea where he is hiding.   That same day, Vardier meets his new assistant, Gilbert Barot, a young inspector with a very different temperament to his own.  Whilst he is not at all happy to work with Barot, Vardier is attracted to his beautiful wife, Lucie, and plans to make her his next amorous conquest.  Vardier begins his search for Le Fondu by visiting his nephew, Lucien Donati, nicknamed Le Niçois.  Meanwhile, Le Fondu is hiding in a friend᾿s cellar as he prepares his next robbery.  He takes as his mistress Cri-Cri, his friend᾿s daughter who works as a stripper in a cabaret.  Exercising his customary guile, Vardier tricks Donati into revealing his uncle᾿s hiding place, but Le Fondu has one last surprise...
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