Overview:
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.| Original Title: | Le Cercle rouge |
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| Status: | Released (1970-10-19) |
| BoxOffice: | $432,820 |
| Screen: | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Productions: | Euro International Films, Les Films Corona, Selenia Cinematografica |
| Production Countries: | France, Italy |
| Spoken Languages: | Français |
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Casts
- 15135: Alain Delon - Corey
- 37131: Bourvil - Commissioner François Mattei
- 14276: Gian Maria Volonté - Vogel
- 2565: Yves Montand - Jansen
- 27440: François Périer - Santi
- 35003: Paul Crauchet - The Receiver
- 70349: André Ekyan - Rico
Crews
- 3831: Jean-Pierre Melville - Director - Directing
- 40532: Robert Dorfmann - Producer - Production
- 39338: Éric Demarsan - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1657: Henri Decaë - Director of Photography - Camera
- 66272: Marie-Sophie Dubus - Editor - Editing
- 3831: Jean-Pierre Melville - Editor - Editing
- 32072: Jacques Dorfmann - Line Producer - Production
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Reviews
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Review text:
Jean-Pierre Meville's 1970 film <i>Le Cercle rouge</i> (The Red Circle) is a crime caper based on the interplay of several initially unacquainted individuals. As Melville's fake quote from the Buddha that serves as the intertitle goes, "When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day ....
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Though it takes quite a while to get going, and I constantly wanted to rub that annoying moustache from the face of Alain Delon ("Corey") I really rather enjoyed this crime caper. Delon recruits the dapper ex-cop with a drink problem - "Jansen" (Yves Montand), and the recently escape ....
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