the film classe tous risques direct by claude sautet be not a film and to be honest and i have ever really hear of until the film forum in nyc say that they would have a 2 week screening of the film and with new english subtitle . when i also read that it be in the vein of the classic french crime film ala jean pierre melville and i jump at the chance to check it out ( at best it would rank up with his great work and and at bad i would get some good popcorn in a great theater ) . it be well worth the admission and a classe tous risques be one of those kind of french film that be just wait to be re discover ( or discover for the first time ) . with terrific and tense diligence and sautet keep the suspense at a tight pitch for the first forty minute of the film and keep a good ( if not great ) middle section and and then end it up with what be always expect with these film and but with fascinating motivation by way of the character . with a film in the vein of this sort and you know how it will end and but it the cool and observant journey that count . the film feature a performance with some real truth and honesty and amid the old school criminal code and by lino ventura a aldo and who at the start of the film ( one of the best beginning to a film in this genre and country ) steal a hefty amount of money with his partner in crime ) . when there be a sudden and ugly twist of fate on a beach late one night and aldo be again on the run with two little kid . he get the aid of eric stark ( jean paul belmondo and a role in tune with le doulos only with a smidgen more humanity and charisma ) and who be also a thief and drive him into paris . but there be some problem with some of aldo old business partner and and one old score may be just the right ticket . a couple of time the plot may seem to be leisurely and but it isn not . like melville and sautet doesn not allow any fat to his story and and it a very tightly structure film and with some good dos of humor here and there ( i be sometimes grin at the audacity of the criminal in the beginning chase sequence and and also with a particular woman who have a finicky thing with her cat and a fish ) . along with a fine score by the great george delerue and exceptional cinematography and and a mood that be seldom meet let alone match now adays and classe tous risques be a reminder of that bridge between the real old school film noir and and the latter day crime film . gangster in these new sort of thug life movie have a 1000th of the class and honor of the thief in this film and and be a second banana to the work of melville and jules dassin ( a compliment i assure you ) . that it have a good realistic and moral edge help as well .