--- product_id: 177956531 title: "Rififi (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]" price: "£28.48" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/177956531-rififi-the-criterion-collection-dvd store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Rififi (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] **Price:** £28.48 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Rififi (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] - **How much does it cost?** £28.48 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/177956531-rififi-the-criterion-collection-dvd) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City, the blacklisted director Jules Dassin went to Paris and embarked on his masterpiece: a twisting, turning tale of four ex-cons who hatch one last glorious robbery in the City of Light. Rififi is the ultimate heist movie, a mélange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor that was an international hit, earned Dassin the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and has proven wildly influential on the decades of heist thrillers that have come in it's wake. Review: Rififi - This is one of the best heist film noirs ever made. It is in black and white , in French with English subtitles. Directed by Jules Dassin and released in 1955. Review: Tough Guys Don't Dance - This film is probably solely for people interested in the history of film and its development. Don't get me wrong, it is a great film, but I doubt it is for a general audience of modern viewers. I have wanted to see this film for many years after having once seen the previews in some theatre when I was very young. It never played on cable, and was unavailable in any medium (VHS, DVD)....at least when I was looking for it. So, I am very grateful that Criterion has brought out this beautiful edition. Having grown up in the 50's I can see why this film was such a sensation. It is tough and gritty, no nonsense, frank and nonchalant about sex (no one today can know how refreshing that was in 50's America, and how people craved foreign films for that reason among others). This film takes its place with the great Asphalt Jungle and The Killing (of roughly the same period) about thieves falling-out and meticulous plans coming undone. Dassin's audacity in filming the robbery sequence without music track or dialogue still looks pretty courageous today. The robbery itself looks somewhat dated only because it has been copied and elaborated on by so many, including Dassin himself who satarized it in Topkapi. Like the old Frankenstein, or King Kong, or It Happened One Night, or Stagecoach, or any original genre classic, I enjoy seeing the work of the guy who did it first. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Jules Dassin's Rififi has been imitated many times. I was glad to finally see the original in this pristine copy. The Criterion DVD is fine. My copy had no problems with subtitles or anything else, so I don't know what happened with the other reviewer's complaint. The interview with Dassin is quite good, and will remind the viewer of not only the effects of the blacklist (Dassin was Blacklisted) but also how excellent films can come out of strange and humble origins. I must mention Jean Servais, the lead in Rififi. He is simply great, with his gravelly voice and his lived-in face, and his mournful yet tough, been-there-done-that eyes. He is the epitome of a Bogart-like French tough guy. All in all, a real treat for the discerning viewer. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | Jules Dassin, Magali Noël;Carl M hner;Magali No l;Perlo Vita;Robert Manuel | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 624 Reviews | | Format | NTSC, Widescreen | | Genre | Mystery & Suspense | | Language | French | | Runtime | 1 hour and 58 minutes | ## Images ![Rififi (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Jpc8FahWL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rififi *by A***E on March 5, 2026* This is one of the best heist film noirs ever made. It is in black and white , in French with English subtitles. Directed by Jules Dassin and released in 1955. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tough Guys Don't Dance *by G***. on May 1, 2001* This film is probably solely for people interested in the history of film and its development. Don't get me wrong, it is a great film, but I doubt it is for a general audience of modern viewers. I have wanted to see this film for many years after having once seen the previews in some theatre when I was very young. It never played on cable, and was unavailable in any medium (VHS, DVD)....at least when I was looking for it. So, I am very grateful that Criterion has brought out this beautiful edition. Having grown up in the 50's I can see why this film was such a sensation. It is tough and gritty, no nonsense, frank and nonchalant about sex (no one today can know how refreshing that was in 50's America, and how people craved foreign films for that reason among others). This film takes its place with the great Asphalt Jungle and The Killing (of roughly the same period) about thieves falling-out and meticulous plans coming undone. Dassin's audacity in filming the robbery sequence without music track or dialogue still looks pretty courageous today. The robbery itself looks somewhat dated only because it has been copied and elaborated on by so many, including Dassin himself who satarized it in Topkapi. Like the old Frankenstein, or King Kong, or It Happened One Night, or Stagecoach, or any original genre classic, I enjoy seeing the work of the guy who did it first. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Jules Dassin's Rififi has been imitated many times. I was glad to finally see the original in this pristine copy. The Criterion DVD is fine. My copy had no problems with subtitles or anything else, so I don't know what happened with the other reviewer's complaint. The interview with Dassin is quite good, and will remind the viewer of not only the effects of the blacklist (Dassin was Blacklisted) but also how excellent films can come out of strange and humble origins. I must mention Jean Servais, the lead in Rififi. He is simply great, with his gravelly voice and his lived-in face, and his mournful yet tough, been-there-done-that eyes. He is the epitome of a Bogart-like French tough guy. All in all, a real treat for the discerning viewer. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I really liked you 'Macaroni'. But you know the rules....." *by D***L on January 16, 2006* This review is for the 2001 Criterion DVD. Jean Servais stars as Tony le Stéphanois, a recently paroled convict living in Paris who decides to pull off an incredible jewelry heist by teaming up with his nephew Jo and several others including Milanais, played by director Jules Dassin. The planning is meticulous and brilliant. Stéphanois also has a score to settle with a lowlife club owner named Grutter who shamelessly exploited his wife while Tony was in prison. This sets up the rest of the movie for one of filmmaking's most captivating robbery scenes with an incredibly climatic aftermath. Even though this is a French movie with English subtitles, it was a very easy film to follow based on the actions and emotions of the characters. At first it looked like it was going to be a lot like "The Aspalt Jungle" but went into a completely different direction with a gutch-wrenching segment involving a "minor character" in the plot (sorry I won't spoil it). What I also enjoyed was the energy and charisma of the characters plus using ageless Paris as a backdrop for this noir movie. The nightclub acts in this film were also very unique and entertaining and the jewelry heist was also original, lasting for at least 20-25 minutes without a single word being spoken. The robbery also used some innovative ideas for accessing the safe and jewels. Finally, there is an emotionally charged scene near the end with some very original film editing. A nice bonus added on the DVD by Criterion is a 2000 interview with director Jules Dassin with very informative and at times humorous antedotes. Of course Dassin was blacklisted from Hollywood and was in France out of work and flat broke. Fortunately, someone convinced him to make this movie, which was based on a French book and he did it on a shoe-string budget with either has-been actors or unknowns. The rest is history and arguably his best film. The DVD B&W picture quality is near pristine and the sound is extremely good for a 50 year old film. Criterion did another splendid job with this production. If you love post World War II noir movies, you won't be disappointed. 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