Classe Tous Risques

Synopsis: Abel Davis is a criminal, hunted in Italy. The police are closing in, so he and his pal Raymond arrange to flee back to France with Abel's wife, Thérèse, and their two young sons. Abel and Raymond commit a brazen robbery to get funds, killing two men; in the escape, more die. Abel arrives in Nice with the boys, calls his pals in Paris, and gets the brush-off. Reluctantly, they send a stranger, Eric Stark, to bring Abel to Paris, but he's getting the message he's on his own. Honor, friendship, and debt now count for little. What can Abel, a wanted man with two small children and only Stark as a friend, do? "Never give ground," he tells Eric, but how long can he hold to his code?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Claude Sautet
Production: Rialto Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
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NOT RATED
Year:
1960
103 min
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Why don't you take

the train with us?

Because I'm leaving by car

with your dad.

Pierrot... When we're back in France,

we won't travel any more

and we'll stay together.

We'll stay together all the time.

You understand ?

You know... We might

arrive before you do.

You'll buy us 2 shirts.

- I won't forget it.

Don't worry.

Everything will be fine.

O. K. ?

She would have liked

to tell him to be cautious.

But it would have been no use.

Since she'd been packing and unpacking,

she had stopped speaking.

Or almost.

The children followed.

They were well cared for.

But did not go to school.

For this last trip,

she was travelling light.

In her bag, she had

what money was left.

But to leave Italy,

to get across the border,

much more money was needed.

And the two men knew only

one way to get money.

He was Abel Davos, sentenced

to death in absentia.

On the run for several years,

Davos had almost no money left,

and because of anxiety he moved

from one place to another.

The Italian police getting

nearer every day,

going back to France

seemed better.

They might have forgotten him there.

The other man was

Raymond Naldi, his friend.

To them the city was neither

pleasant nor unpleasant,

they didn't see it.

And they didn't see the people either.

In any case,

we've got no choice.

Can't be worse than in Torino.

How much ?

Is that all ?

Yes.

That'll be enough for the trip.

We won't stay in Ventimiglia

long anyway...

We're not there yet.

We'll make it.

We'll do as we said...

- Where did you leave the motorbike ?

In front of Conte Maggiore.

You filled her up, didn'tyou ?

Yes.

Tails.

Heads. You lose.

I won.

Call control 4.

Have them close Road 6.

Come this way.

He must have gone to the village.

We're the best !

Bus stop.

Mummy ! Look !

Can I get into the water ?

No, darling.

Mummy !

Here they are !

I was really worried, you know.

Well... We're here!

Where's Ferruci ?

- He's waiting at home.

I'll go there.

How much did they say there was ?

Six or seven million.

Without those road blocks

it would have been very simple.

In 4 days' time, you'd

have got through without risk.

I had planned it all.

Now, it's not possible any more.

But waiting here, near the border,

is more dangerous.

... and you can't go back either.

I think San Remo would

be the best now.

there's plenty of tourists there.

What does he say ?

He says we should try

by way of San Remo.

Let's try San Remo.

Come inside, darling....

We'll go into the sailor's house.

Right ?

- Yes.

Pierrot... go inside too.

Come on !

There... Menton !

Go to the right !

They're sleeping.

- Let them.

We'll wake them up

when we arrive.

Slow down a little.

Because of the noise.

What shall we do with the boat ?

Once we're off, we'll block

the tiller and make it go offshore.

Stop the engine.

Come on, Thrse !

Pierrot... you watch Daniel, o.k. ?

-Yes.

Hey there !

What are you doing ?

Leave your hands where they are

and come this way.

Before going to Italy,

he was working with Crazy Pierrot.

A good shot.

- Yes.

What about the woman ?

I don't know.

The first time,

we saw them in Rome.

They mugged a collector.

One dead.

Then in Genova and Torino.

Two dead.

Give a description.

He was tall,

with wide shoulders.

Dark hair, a square face.

He was dressed in blue.

He had a child with him... 7 or 8...

The other one.... 4 or 5.

Thank you.

We'll send you the report.

All right.

So... the stations, the roads,

the airports and the hotels.

From here to Marseilles.

Kids must have their

meals at regular hours...

and they need to sleep a lot.

Tragic gunfight between

Customs officers and mobsters.

One of the murderers

is on the run with 2 kids.

The man is

on the run with his 2 children.

Every necessary measure has

been taken so that

the fugitives can't leave the area.

Pierrot... Listen carefully

because

what I'm going to tell you

is very important.

In the streets,

we can't walk together

as we did before.

You'll have to walk behind.

You'll have to hold

Daniel's hand.

You'll walk 10 yards behind me.

From here to that column there.

Can you see ?

- Yes.

And if I don't call you...

And if I don't call you,

you mustn't come.

And if one day...

you see men surrounding me,

you mustn't come near.

Or cry out. Nothing.

You'll go in the other direction,

with your brother.

Where shall we go ?

As here, in a church.

You'll ask for the parish priest.

But don't worry...

it won't happen.

Now, we'll go out, I'll phone

my friends and they'll come for us.

So... we do as we said.

- Yes.

Paris is on, Sir.

- Thank you.

I'd like to talk to

Henri Vintran, please.

- Who is it ?

- Is that you, Riton ?

- Yes.

- Abel speaking.

Abel ! No... really..

it's you ?

Yes... I'm calling from Nice.

I'm very ill

And with the children.

Can you hear me ?

- Of course.

Therese is dead.

Bloody hell ! The whole story,

down there... that was you...

Yes. It's urgent.

Bloody hell !

- I don't know where I can go.

Let's see...

You've still got some cash ?

Yes.

- Benazet.

- What ?

- Be-na-zet. Quai de Lunel.

Yes, but you must come.

You must come at once.

With an ambulance.

Or something like it.

As for the meeting place...

we'll meet where we used to.

where we used to meet.

Yes, I can hear you.

Where we used to, yes...

Don't worry !

You see everyone, Jeannot,

Fargier, all our friends....

They're still there, aren't they ?

Yes... We're there, all of us.

Don't worry !

All right. I'll call you

again in two days' time.

O.K. ? Ciao !

Ciao ! See you... In 2 days' time.

Don't worry too much !

Between the Porte St Denis

and the Porte St Martin,

there were 50 Ritons. But

there was only one Riton of the Porte.

And Riton of the Porte was not one

to think cheaply of friendship.

His business was done

A beer.

A beer.

What's wrong ?

Nothing.

Denise...

- Yes...

When Jeannot comes,

tell him to meet me at Fargier's.

At his hotel.

The whole story, starting

in Italy, that was him....

It was.

Where's the meeting place ?

The Grimaldi Post office.

As it used to be.

A former safe-cracker, Raoul Fargier

owned a hotel and a house in Le Vsinet.

He still got involved from time to

time. But he was very cautious.

Jean Martin, aka Little Jeannot,

still active, was an unlucky guy.

And in 2 days' time,

he'll phone me.

You already said it.

Such a situation

requires thinking things over.

I don't think so.

It's a simple enough situation.

You always find things simple.

Well... we drive down with an ambulance,

a machine-gun,

and we bring the kids back.

Didn't he ask for this ?

Yes. But what does "we drive

down" mean ?

I can say it too.

You forget one thing :

For a start, you can't go.

He's on probation.

Well... Jeannot, I don't get it :

what are you saying ?

Your leaving Paris for 2 days

is out of the question.

If you're summoned by the judge,

what'll you do ?

We can't send Abel a man

who risks being arrested.

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José Giovanni

José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was sentenced to death, Giovanni often drew his inspiration from personal experience or from real gangsters, such as Abel Danos in his 1960 film Classe tous risques, overlooking that they had been members of the French Gestapo. In his films as well as his novels, while praising masculine friendships and advocating the confrontation of the individual against the world, he often championed the underworld but was always careful to hide his own links with the Nazi occupiers of France during World War II. more…

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