Story Line
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
“To reach you at last, what a strange path I had to take.”
Top Cast
Martin LaSalle
Michel
Marika Green
Jeanne
Jean Pélégri
Lead Inspector
Dolly Scal
The Mother
Pierre Leymarie
Jacques
Kassagi
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1959-12-16
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
CrimeDrama
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User Reviews (3)
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/4/2022Martin LaSalle is really quite effective here as the small time pickpocket ("Michel"), who just about manages to get by, from day to day, wearing the same suit and living in his one room garret where even the door doesn't lock. He spends his time wit...
James
7/10
•3/24/2024I
James
7/10
•3/24/2024I