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The Hole (French: Le Trou) is a 1960 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker. It is an adaptation of José Giovanni's 1957 book The Break. It was called The Night Watch when first released in the United States, but is released under its French title today.
Feb 14, 1997 · The Hole: Directed by Jacques Becker. With Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier. Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.
Currently you are able to watch "The Hole" streaming on Criterion Channel. Synopsis Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell.
Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme. Just as four cell-mates are about to launch their elaborate escape from a tiny cell, a detainee from a cell-block under repair is transferred in.
The Hole is a 1960 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker. It is an adaptation of José Giovanni's 1957 book The Break. It was called The Night Watch when first released in the United States, but is released under its French title today.
Watch The Hole. NR. 1960. 2 hr 12 min. 8.5 (20,074) In this action film, four prisoners sentenced to life in a work prison decide they have had enough and want to escape. Painstakingly, they begin to build a tunnel out of their cell. A new convict starts sharing the cell so they must clue him in.
In a Paris prison cell, five inmates use every ounce of their tenacity and ingenuity in an elaborate attempt to tunnel to freedom. Based on the novel by José Giovanni, Jacques Becker’s Le trou (The Hole) balances lyrical humanism with a tense, unshakable air of imminent danger.
