Razzia sur la Chnouf (1955, FRA) B&W-105m. ** D: Henri Decoin. Starring Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Albert Rémy, Marcel Dalio, Lila Kedrova, Marcel Bozzuffi. Gangster drama, less masterful others. Gabin arrives in Paris and starts working as a drug peddler. His customer, especially ruthless Rémy, soon start wondering why there are more and more arrests. Moralizing, semi-documentarian attitude weighs film down, the stars cannot be blamed. Chnouf is the code word for heroin. Based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton (RIFIFI). Also known as CHNOUF.