Name: Le bal des voyous
Genre: Crime
Released: 1969-09-17
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Jean-Claude Bercq, Donna Michelle, Jean Distinghin

Henri Verdier, a young bank manager, met Karine, a very beautiful model. Robert, who said he was Karine's brother, forced Karine to introduce Verdier to him. It is to offer him an urgent matter : 50 million contribution for a purchase of uranium which, within a few days, should bring in double the amount. Blinded by passion, Verdier accepts and "takes" the necessary sum from his bank. It doesn't take him long to realize that he has been fooled. Karine is not Robert's sister and he is a gangster. Verdier finds their trace...

"Le bal des voyou " is also known as "playmates",which is a more appropriate title since there are plenty of them ; the first thirty minutes look like a succession of TV commercials;afterwards , the hero's attitude takes naiveté to new limits and the poor script boils down the would be thriller to a simplistic gangsters' story ,with shoot-outs, free-for-alls and playmates .

Michel le Royer is the only real actor in this mess but he is totally wasted ,though he enjoys the only real hot scene of the movie.

It was Jean-Claude Dague's debut as a director. He made three other films before committing a heist to try to save his production company from bankruptcy. He spent eight years in prison, an experience which he reported in his book Le Dénommé which he then adapted for the cinema, with mixed results,to put it mildly.

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