Pete the Tender (1960)
In this crime drama, Michel Simon is cast as Pierrot, an elderly gangster who does not fit the stereotype -- he is soft-hearted. After a petty criminal betrays his cohorts by taking off with the loot from a big robbery, he is caught and sent to jail. Now he has served his time, and Pierrot is given the task of retrieving the stolen cash. The tyro criminal tries to use a pretty young woman who has fallen in love with him as a red herring for Pierrot's investigation. Everything backfires though, and Pierrot is left considering what to do with the loot, and with the criminal who does not yet realize he loves his attractive accomplice and could have a good life with her if he opts for walking the straight and narrow.
- Released
- 1960-11-30
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- François Villiers
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Michel Simon as Pierrot
- Claude Brasseur as Tony
- Dany Saval as 'Marie la Crèpe'
- Marie Daëms as The Patroness of Péché Originel
- Jean-Pierre Marielle as Emile
- Gène Villiers as Krishna
- Michel Jourdan as Pierrot's sidekick
- Simone Duhart as Owner of the cafe
- Harry-Max as Notary
- Jacques Danoville as Inspector
- Maurice Biraud as Maternati
- Jany Clair as Hair salon customer
More like this
- Guardian Angels (1995)
- Hold-up (1985)
- Umbrella Coup (1980)
- Cloportes (1965)
- There Once Was a Cop (1972)
- Wrong Cops (2013)
- Let's Not Get Angry (1966)
- Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)
- Johnny Dangerously (1984)
- Deadly Circuit (1983)
- Cop or Hood (1979)
- One Night at McCool's (2001)