The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)

October. 10,1962

6.1

| Comedy Crime

The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.

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Cast

Jean Gabin as Richard Briand-Charmery

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Louis de Funès as Gaspard Ripeux

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Madeleine Robinson as Maud

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Reviews

Unlimitedia

1962/10/10

Sick Product of a Sick System

Intcatinfo

1962/10/11

A Masterpiece!

Lollivan

1962/10/12

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Brainsbell

1962/10/13

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

tomquick

1962/10/14

I watch this from time to time; each time it's a little more entertaining. It's not as good as some of the other later Jean Gabin films - Touche Pas au Grisbi, or Traversee de Paris - but it's a lot more relaxed. Jean Gabin is a sad piece of gambling wreckage, living from horserace to horserace by bullying his clientele to take shoddy tips. His pride and bluster are still intact, though, and what baldfaced lies he gets away with! The snapshot views of 1962 Paris are nice too - the Bois de Boulogne walkers, French horseracing, even a woman learning to cook pheasant from a TV show (and I thought that "la bonne cuisine" was a French genetic trait.....).