
A Cop(1972)
A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.


“The BIG Crime! The BIG Chase!”
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.

Lino Ventura
Abel Davos

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Éric Stark

Sandra Milo
Liliane

Marcel Dalio
Arthur Gibelin

Michel Ardan
Henri Vintran, aka 'Riton'

Simone Desmaison
Thérèse Davos

Michèle Méritz
Sophie Fargier

Stan Krol
Raymond Naldi

Evelyne Ker
Gibelin's daughter

Betty Schneider
Little maid
The Big Risk is a crime film released in 1960 exploring themes of friends, fugitive, police chase, criminal, french noir. Directed by Claude Sautet, it stars Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sandra Milo. 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.
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