"(A) lighthearted but rather beautiful as well as suspenseful film, somewhat underrated in the grand scheme of French cinema. It's actually a kind of Gallic beatnik movie, set as it is in Paris in the 1950s. Bob, played by Roger Duchesne, is a professional gambler who's done some hard time. He rolls around the city in a big Buick (I think) convertible, an American dragon, and cuts quite an impressive figure with his high wavy pompadour, smooth looks, and casual manner. He spots a girl (Isabelle Corey) on the street, a kind of lost soul, and lets her stay at his place...Bob is trying to stay clean but he gets roped into pulling off a casino heist at Deauville. The girl complicates things of course...The pull of this movie is the ambiance, the casual touch administered by Bob's demeanor, and the girl's lazy approach to life...(She's a) Jim Thompson female, a hell of a woman. The laidback jazz score suits her perfectly, and Duchesne's suave, self-assured but not arrogant Bob leavens the heat she injects." --Barry Gifford