Claude Sautet's The Big Risk was originally distributed to French theatres in 1960 as Classe tous risques.
Lino Ventura stars as a fugitive criminal who has left a loving family behind. Though he is able to elude the law, he cannot run away from himself. Cornered in Italy, he seeks the help of his French friends he helped set up in business. The reluctant gang hires a young thug to help him, and the two become friends. Making their way to France, the gangster confronts those who refused to help him directly. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide