Leather And Nylon

Gabin is a crook turned legitimate businessman in this caper film. Bored with his peaceful life, he lets himself get talked into a bank robbery by American adventurer Stack. The heist is successful, but drug dealers who have been giving Gabin a hard time kidnap his wife and demand the loot as ransom. Stack and Gabin rescue her, though at the cost of Stack's life. Gabin is his usual able self, and Stack gives his usual wooden performance. This was the type of action feature that caused the youthful French cinema critics of the 1950s to categorize talented director Delannoy (THE ETERNAL RETURN) as "emotionally frigid."