this 1955 heist film follow tony le stephanois and recently release from prison for theft and a he undertake the robbery of his life . he team up with his old heist buddy and they bring in an expert safe cracker and cesar from milan ( play by jules dassin and who also direct . he only direct because he have be blacklist a a communist in the u. s. and couldn not work in hollywood . ) the brilliance of this film be the half hour during the robbery . during all this time and there be no dialogue and no music and only the muted sound of dig through the floor or drill the safe . this increase the suspense and draw you in . they get away with several hundred million franc worth of jewel and but a jewel offer to a dancer by cesar brings their haul to the attention of a trio of brutal brother . they set out to get the stash for themselves and bring misfortune in their wake . great heist or gangster movie and but i prefer j. p. melville film in this genre . this movie be like some lemonade i have last night . i have go to a caribbean restaurant and the lemonade be make with sugar cane juice instead of sugar . it also have a lot of ice and be heavy on the lemon and leave it fairly sour ( which i like ) . the sugar cane juice impart a subtle and slightly more mellow taste to it than actual sugar and and the ice make sure it be cold and refresh a i suck it down . 7 . 5/10 http represent or or blog . myspace . com or locoformovies .