''Two Men in Town'' ( a.k.a. ''Two Against the Law'') is a 1973 Franco-Italian film directed by
José Giovanni
José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986.
A former collaborationi ...
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The film was
remade in 2014.
Synopsis
Germain Cazeneuve left the police to work as a prison trainer, teaching inmates how to live once out of jail and how to stay out. He stands guarantor when Gino Strabliggi, a printer by trade, is paroled two years before his twelve-year sentence for bank robbery expires.
Germain and his family offer friendship to Gino and his wife Sophie, who has waited faithfully for ten years, until two criminals racing along a country road kill Sophie by accident.
Gino gets a steady job as a printer and meets Lucy, a bank employee, who moves into his flat.
On a regular visit to the police station to renew his parole, he is seen by Inspector Goitreau who originally arrested him and immediately follows him. As he stops for petrol, some old associates spot him and give him the address of their hideout. Goitreau, suspecting Gino is part of their plans, arrests him and gets the address, but Germain gets him freed.
Thwarted, Goitreau starts harassing Gino, questioning his boss at the printers and his girl friend at the bank.
When the gang pull off a raid, Goitreau knows where they will meet up and arrests them all. He is sure Gino was part of the operation as well and breaks into the flat, where he finds Lucy and starts pushing her about. Gino comes in behind him and, going mad at his girl being assaulted, strangles Goitreau.
He is tried and condemned to death. His lawyer and Germain attend the execution by guillotine.
Cast
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Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including '' Pépé le ...
as Germain Cazeneuve
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Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of ...
as Gino Strabliggi
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Mimsy Farmer as Lucie
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Victor Lanoux as Marcel
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Cécile Vassort
Cécile Vassort (born 2 June 1941) is a French film actress. She has starred in 45 films between 1963 and 2001.
Partial filmography
* ''A Woman in White'' (1965) - La jeune mère
* ''Is Paris Burning? (film), Is Paris Burning?'' (1966) - Une j ...
as Évelyne Cazeneuve
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Ilaria Occhini as Sophie Strabliggi
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Guido Alberti as The owner of the printing shop
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Malka Ribowska as The lawyer
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Christine Fabréga as Geneviève Cazeneuve
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Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as ...
as A young gangster
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Robert Castel as André Vaultier
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Bernard Giraudeau
Bernard René Giraudeau (18 June 1947 – 17 July 2010) was a French sailor, actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.
Early life
He was born on 18 June 1947 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French na ...
as Frédéric Cazeneuve
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Michel Bouquet
Michel François Pierre Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for '' Toto the Hero'' in 1991 and two Best ...
as Inspector Goitreau
References
External links
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''Two Men in Town''at Letterbox DVD
1973 films
1973 crime drama films
Films about capital punishment
French crime drama films
Italian crime drama films
French neo-noir films
Films directed by José Giovanni
Films produced by Alain Delon
Films with screenplays by José Giovanni
Films scored by Philippe Sarde
1970s French films
1970s Italian films
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