Some questions regarding the ending (SPOILER obviously)

1 - I think he simply means that if he just says run, he'll run - whereas if he says "this is a cop" or something, he'll delay, think about the situation, and possibly stay to fight it out with his friend or take some other course of action which is not running.

2 - according to the subtitles, he's alluding to the cops still being stupid - I assume because Mattei had no idea he was involved. It's kind of a "no *beep* Sherlock" moment I thought.


"Clothes are the enemy! Without clothes, there'd be no sickness. There'd be no war!"

2. He is saying "toujours aussi con la police."

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The English subtitles have "So, stupid as ever on the force, huh?"

When I listen closely with headphones to the murmur he utters, I hear "Alors, [qu'lo] si con [à] la police, hein?" or "Alors, [qu'l] aussi con [à] la police, hein?".

The [à] is dubious, but certainly possible.

The [qu'lo] or [qu'l] sounds are of course not proper French, but they represent anyway the sounds Montand is uttering.

Notice the absence of any sound resembling the word 'toujours'. Is everyone really sure their version of the film has a 'toujours' sound??

Trying to make sense of this: We know that Jansen was a former policeman who had left the force for dubious reasons. So at least he himself had been 'con à la police' before. This time he managed to get shot by the police, so for him it is the second time 'con à la police'.

So isn't Jansens role a vital one in the development towards the end of the movie? Suddenly he doesn't want his share - yet joins Corey, unnecessarily, in an attempt to sell the loot. The police received an anonymous note about the names of the burglars, but I haven't noticed that tne identity of the sender is revealed. To me it seems that Jansen, in making up for his failures, was helping Mattei to find the crooks - and nevertheless manages to get shot in the end. Now that's really 'con'.

Michel Couzijn