Le rouge est mis

Jean Gabin's front is a garage, where he keeps most of the tools for his gang of armed robbers. Despite the large sums they steal, they can't get ahead; Gabin needs expensive lifts for his garage, his overseas investments fail, button man Lino Ventura's tips on the horses don't pan out, and investments in stocks and commodities..... well, sometimes it seems as if no one is honest but Gabin, who is scrupulous about sharing the take.

He's also got family troubles: his brother, Marcel Bozzuffi, has done time, and on parole can't come into Paris to see his girlfriend, Annie Girardot. He does, anyway, which gets him in further trouble, especially with Gabin, who tells him to cut her off.

It's co-written by Auguste Le Breton from his own novel, about the twisted, confusing, dying world of the apaches, their codes and their failures. It's swiftly directed by Gilles Grangier, whose frequent casting of Gabin kept him working for many years. It's a good raw-meat policier, with an excellent cast.