The CWRU Film Society will host showings of Rififi (1955) Friday, March 24, at 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. All members of the Case Western Reserve University community and the general public are welcome to attend. Tickets are available for purchase through CampusGroups.
Directed by Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais, Carl Möhner and Robert Manuel.
Synopsis
Fresh out of jail after five years, master burglar Tony le Stéphanois returns to Paris to discover that his girl is now the mistress of a rival dope-dealing gangster. Tony reluctantly accepts the proposition of a quick smash-and-grab raid on a prestigious jewelry store, as long as he can turn it into an all-out jewel heist. The band of thieves stands a great chance of succeeding—but what if opening the safe is the robbery’s easiest part?