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The Hole (The Night Watch)

Le trou

1960

Jacques Becker

Philippe Leroy, Marc Michel, Michel Constantin, Jean Kéraudy ...

8.4

13,374

Drama Year 1947. In France, a young man, Gaspard Claude, is convicted for the attempted murder of his wife, although he is innocent of the crime. He is sent to the notorious Santé Prison in Paris and is placed in a cell with four hardened criminals. The latter have decided to escape from the prison by digging their way out of their cell. Reluctantly, they take Gaspard into their confidence and labour intensely to effect their escape. Then, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety	"A tale of human endeavor and cooperation that transcends its actual locale"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The last great flowering of French classicism; the 'tradition of quality' here goes out with a masterpiece."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Milne Time Out	"Classical in its intense simplicity, this is certainly Becker's most perfectly crafted film."	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"It is amazing to find the subject handled again with genuine tension and even some originality."	POS
United Kingdom	Philip Horne Telegraph	"[A] magnificent masterpiece"	POS

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