Pierre Grasset was a French actor and director known for his supporting roles in classic crime and thriller films such as Jules Dassin's Rififi and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Deuxième Souffle. Active primarily from the 1950s through the 1970s, he appeared in numerous genre pictures and directed features like When the City Awakes.
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Pierre Grasset was a French actor and director recognized for his prominent character roles in mid-century European crime and thriller cinema.
He is best known for his acting work in classic films such as Rififi (1955) and Le Deuxième Souffle (1966), as well as directing When the City Awakes (1975).
He specialized in gritty crime thrillers, police dramas, and classic French genre cinema.
