Pete the Tender
Pierrot la tendresse
Release: 1960-11-30
·Runtime: 75m
·★ 5.4
Crime
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Films Caravelle
Cast
Claude Brasseur
as Tony
Dany Saval
as 'Marie la Crèpe'
Marie Daëms
as The Patroness of Péché Originel
Harry-Max
as Notary
Jean-Pierre Marielle
as Emile
Simone Duhart
as Owner of the cafe
Jany Clair
as Hair salon customer
Ermanno Casanova
Michel Simon
as Pierrot
Michel Jourdan
as Pierrot's sidekick
Maurice Biraud
as Maternati
