In Detail

Lino Ventura is Abel, a Parisian gangster sentenced to death while on the run in Italy, and now pulling off robberies to feed his wife and two children.

When things go horribly wrong, he discovers his old buddies are unwilling to help him. Insultingly, they entrust a rescue mission to a stranger, played by the breathtakingly stylish Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Despite the simmering resentment and betrayal, a friendship develops between these two strangers. What a treat.

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