Any Number Can Win (1963) Rating: Starring: Maurice Biraud, Claude Cerval, Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Carla Marlier, Viviane Romance Director: Henri Verneuil Category: Foreign, Drama Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: English Length: 103 mins     French cinema legends Jean Gabin (The Grand Illusion) and Alain Delon (Purple Noon) team up to steal the show in this noir heist drama from award-winnin director Henri Verneuil (The Sicilian Clan). Charles (Gabin), a professional thief just released from a five-year prison term, has decided to retire, but not before he pulls off the most audacious and lucrative theft of his career.For this job he recruits his former cell-mate, Francis (Delon), and together they head for Cannes, playground for the glamorous and wealthy.Charles has obtained the blueprints to a chic casino and devised a way to sneak into the heavily guarded vault.To pull off the heist, the duo will need every detail of the meticulous plan to go off without a hitch, with perfectly synchronized timing. The weeks of tense preparation, fake identities and scrutiny of fine details finally pays off when the night of the heist arrives and everything goes as planned.Almost               Critic's Reviews Christopher Null FilmCritic.com Read Review