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  1. Roger Duchesne (27 July 1906, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône – 25 December 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1934 and 1957, but is best remembered for playing the lead in Bob le flambeur (1956). He was the first husband of French film actress Yvette Lebon.

  2. Roger Duchesne. Actor: Bob the Gambler. Roger Duchesne was born on 27 July 1906 in Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône, France. He was an actor, known for Bob the Gambler (1956), Tarass Boulba (1936) and Tempête sur l'Asie (1938).

    • January 1, 1
    • Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône, France
    • January 1, 1
    • Les Mureaux, Yvelines, France
  3. May 18, 2021 · What we know about the life of Roger Duchesne – actor, gambling addict, failed career criminal, suspected wartime collaborator, figure of demi-monde Montmartre – makes him appear more fiction than fact, more myth than reality. His only enduring screen performance, the title role of Jean-Pierre Melville’s slant, self-conscious meander into ...

  4. Bob le flambeur (English translation": "Bob the Gambler" or "Bob the High Roller") is a 1956 French heist gangster film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Roger Duchesne as Bob. It is often considered both a film noir and a precursor to the French New Wave , the latter because of its use of handheld camera and a single jump cut .

    • 24 August 1956 (Paris)
    • Jean-Pierre Melville, Serge Silberman
  5. Feb 6, 2003 · As the aging, broke, and broken gambler who decides to make one last bid for financial security by robbing a casino, Bob (Roger Duchesne) is the archetypal film noir hero - a world-weary urban loner.

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  7. Dec 25, 1996 · Roger Duchesne is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Bob le Flambeur, The Story of a Cheat, Gibraltar, The Golem, Prison Without Bars, The World Will Shake, Montmarte on the Seine, and Seven Men, One Woman.

  8. Sep 26, 1981 · It's a seemingly deadpan narrative about an incredibly cool, no longer young Paris gambler, Bob Montagne (Roger Duchesne), a reformed bank robber who slouches around Pigalle in a Jean Gabin ...