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Any Number Can Win

1963 · 122 min

A slow-burning, detail-rich heist that trades glamour for tension, leaving a bitter aftertaste of futility.

Tagline
Don't tell the ending...nobody'll ever believe you!
Overview
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • class
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime
Directed by
Henri Verneuil
Written by
Albert Simonin
Starring
Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval, Viviane Romance, Henri Virlogeux, Jean Carmet, José Luis de Vilallonga, Rita Cadillac
Music
Michel Magne
Cinematography
Louis Page
Runtime
122 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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