Jean Gabin: a French screen legend remade.(ARTS & CULTURE)(FROM THE VAULTS)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: October 25, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Gary Arnold, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Every durable acting career needs to be reinvented every so often. The current revival of the 50-year-old French crime melodrama "Touchez pas au Grisbi," booked exclusively at the American Film Institute Silver Theatre, illustrates a third-act adjustment that flattered Jean Gabin. Although still a formidable name then, in his late 40s, he also was a performer in need of a distinctive new hit.

"Grisbi," directed by Jacques Becker, showcases Gabin as a Montmarte gangster who dignifies a sordid and treacherous criminal milieu by ...

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