Classe Tous Risques Page #2

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:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
1960
103 min
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I'll go even further.

Riton can't either....

Nor can I actually.

It is not for us to do this.

You can be sure of it though,

I'd like going too.

Some people could talk.

We're known as his friends.

What we need...

is someone who won't

attract attention.

But some really trustworthy guy.

There aren't many of those.

We don't need fifty. Just one !

It should be possible to find.

Yes, maybe...

but we must look for him

straight away.

That's it.

And you centralize it all at my place.

Right... You'll go to Nevada's.

I'll call him at his bar.

For the rest, trust me.

We'll buy an ambulance with

all the legit paperwork.

No use getting excited.

Bye.

- Bye, Jeannot. See you later.

I know them. I know them all.

Your Fargier will send you on a goose

chase to avoid getting involved.

Of course, he won't.

Abel hadn't got his phone number.

Otherwise, he would have phoned him.

Why didn't you give him

his number ?

Too late for that.

Give him and we'll leave

for the country.

That way, Fargier will have

to give back what he owes.

I owe him one too.

This place...

If Abel had not given me

the money, it wouldn't be mine.

Yes, but Fargier owes Abel his life.

Abel got him out of prison.

I know what I have to do.

I too know Fargier well.

I'll let him think things over.

When Fargier thinks things over,

it's never bad.

As for us,

we'll walk behind.

- Several of you will drive down there ?

- No, I don't think so.

Jeannot can't do it...

As for Riton...

He'd drive down there if I did.

And I won't.

What are you saying ?

Listen, Sophie. I said I wouldn't go.

But he'll come back here all the same.

Safe and sound.

Once he's in Paris,

I'll personnally take care of him.

Like a brother.

Come on, Daniel !

- Yes !

- Take your balloon !

Here they come !

Hello, children !

Hello, Sir !

You come here !

Know what I'll do with you ?

A package....

And do you

where I'll throw this package ?

Do you know ?

- Stop it ! he'll get dirty !

My balloon does not fly any more !

It does not ? I'll inflate it if

you help me putting on the plates.

Go get the plates !

Hurry !

Where the boats are,

why doesn't the sea move ?

It's done on purpose !

So that they won't bump

into each other

and won't be damaged.

- Because it's a harbour.

- That's it. It's called a harbour !

The phone, Abel...

when you're ready...

Thank you. I'll go now.

There's no answer, Sir.

Right...Thank you.

Not bad, is it ?

How much ?

- 450

- 'Morning.

- Hello.

That's all I could find.

Not new. But fast enough.

It's good. Quite good.

To hide a kid...

Or a Stein.

That's it.

We only need a driver.

And what does Nevada say ?

He says they're not easy to find.

In the beginning, if I had been

told, it'd come to that,

I wouldn't have believed it.

But we've got to face it,

Now, the cops visit

the hotels 3 times a day.

You know, Abel,

they say I'm trustworthy...

It's the truth.

No one ever got into trouble

at my place.

But you...

you know, Abel...

You can't remain unnoticed.

Sure... you're very cautious.

But people have eyes everywhere.

And a man alone with kids...

People talk.

You can't stop people from talking.

I should never have

accepted the money for the room.

Your case.... is not a matter of money.

You did what you could.

Dad !

What's the matter ?

Shall we stay here long ?

No.

When will they come and get us ?

Soon.

Where shall we go afterwards ?

To Paris.

My name's Stark,

Eric Stark.

Nevada told me about you.

So... I came

May I ?

Mr Nevada....

Raoul Fargier.

I have someone here who

says you sent him.

Yes.... All right...

Thanks.

You'll excuse me.

It's no small matter.

So, you're one of us.

In a way...

I work alone.

It has a few advantages.

You heard about me?

- Hardly.

- I'm Abel's friend.

His best friend.

We used to be partners.

At the time, we took

decisions for everyone else.

No one has ever taken

decisions in my place.

Depends on who you deal with.

That's the past.

Today, you shouldn't be here.

I should be driving the ambulance.

But it's impossible.

Absolutely impossible.

There would be too much to explain.

What you do is your own concern,

only yours.

We're talking.

And I haven't thanked you yet.

I'm grateful, you know.

Really, I am.

Good !

You know Abel ?

- By name.

- I'll give you a photograph.

You'll meet him

at the Grimaldi Post Office, at 4 p.m.

Old meeting place.

I must tell you...

In case of police road block...

Abel, now, has got no choice...

That's part of the trip.

To a guy we'd pay,

we'd tell stories...

but with a man like you,

I had no right to.

Right... So ?

So when would you leave ?

Any time.

- At once ?

If you want.

- But tell me... if I understand...

you're always available.

For some things, I am.

Right... Come on....

I'll introduce you to Riton.

and to the ambulance.

Fargier is sending me.

I've got the ambulance.

Let's go out.

What's your name ? Stark ?

Eric Stark.

What about the others ?

- They're waiting.

You're working with Fargier ?

- No.

Why are you here ?

Nevada told me Fargier

was looking for someone.

And you came.

For a guy you don't even know.

For nothing.

A man on the run with his 2 kids...

that's pitiful, right ?

I had a friend whose name

was Raymond Naldi.

You knew Raymond ?

In Paris, they don't know that.

I didn't want to tell you either but...

with all the thoughts you have,

I think it's better.

You know...

It was time you came.

But it was not for

you to come.

I'm glad I'm here.

You'll get through all this.

Now, we'll go and get the kids.

With them I always tried to laugh.

So we should try to go on having fun.

There's no reason why

it shouldn't go on.

Take this.

- Thanks !

I'd never been

in an ambulance before.

At a time, people said

you were in Switzerland.

At the very beginning, I was.

In Geneva...

And afterwards

we went across to Italy.

You've never been able

to settle down somewhere

At a time, I thought I would...

When Daniel was born.

We were living beside a lake,

near Lugano.

Looked like a postcard.

There was a guy

who was making boats.

We were getting along.

I even worked for him.

And... well...

What do you think of Fargier ?

Fargier ?

A cautious guy.

Leave me alone !

Something wrong ?

Mind your own business.

We need no one.

We do.

Hey, watch out !

What's good with me...

is my left one.

I can't stay here.

Where were you going ?

He was going to Nice.

I was going to Paris.

You've got a suitcase ?

- Yes.

Let's go get it.

So you're an actress...

- Yes.

He was a road manager.

I didn't want any more.

And he did want.

What are your plans ?

- Same job with different people.

I hope you won't get

into trouble because of me.

If you left, I think

the kid would wake up.

Would you like helping me ?

Yes.

The guy in the back

had problems with his wife.

It's not the first time.

But she shot him this time.

She loved him like crazy and

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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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