Rating: NR
Genre: Crime
Theatrical Release: 12/13/1962(Italy),
Release Date: 10/07/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 109 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

Confusion and wrong assumptions are the cause of tragedy in this stylish gangster noir by director Jean-Pierre Melville. Maurice (Serge Reggiani) and Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo) are friends going way back, and both have had a shady past. Silien wants to leave his illegal activities behind him -- but would he actually be in league with the police, as an informer? That is what Maurice suspects after he kills a fence who is responsible for the murder of one of his friends and then takes some jewels as an extra bonus. Doubts assail Maurice as well as others until it is finally decided that something has to be done about Silien.

~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Jean-Paul Belmondo - Silien
Serge Reggiani - Maurice Faugel
Monique Hennessy - Therese
Michel Piccoli - Nuttheccio
Jean Desailly - The Superintendant Clain
René Lefèvre - Gilbert Varnove

Production:
Jean-Pierre Melville - Director
Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard - Producer
Paul Misraki Jacques Loussier - Composer
Monique Bonnot - Editor
Jean-Pierre Melville - Screen Writer
Pierre Charron - Set Designer
Nicolas Hayer - Cinematographer
Charles Bitsch - First Assistant Director
Volker Schlöndorff - First Assistant Director
Daniel Gueret - Production Designer
Elisabeth Rappeneau - Screenplay Consultant
Pierre Lesou - Book Author

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