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Tag Archives: Jean-Pierre Melville
The Samurai (1967) Le samouraï

After killing a night-club owner, professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses. Read More »
The Finger Man / Le doulos (1962) Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly

Fresh out of prison and hell-bent on revenge, the recently paroled burglar, Maurice Faugel Read More »
The Red Circle / Le cercle rouge (1970) Jean-Pierre Melville, Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè

On the eve of his release after five years imprisoned, the thief Corey is contacted by one guard Read More »
Bob the Gambler AKA Bob le flambeur (1956) Jean-Pierre Melville, Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy

Bob, an old gangster and gambler is almost broke, so he decides in spite of the warnings of a friend, a high official from the police, to rob a gambling casino in Deauville. Read More »
Second Breath (1966) Jean-Pierre Melville, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin

Gustave Minda, better known as Gu, a dangerous gangster, escapes from jail. Read More »
Magnet of Doom (1963) Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier

When French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet looses his last fight he decides to quit boxing. Read More »
Les Enfants Terribles (1950) Jean-Pierre Melville, Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Drama

In a snowball fight between schoolboys the handsome Dargelos hits the chest of Paul, who drops unconscious to the ground. Read More »
Quand tu liras cette lettre / When You Read This Letter (1953) Jean-Pierre Melville, Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson, Drama

Juliette Greco plays Therese, a nun-in-training who returns to “civilian” life to care for her young sister Denise (Irene Gatter). Read More »
Army of Shadows / L’armée des ombres (1969) Jean-Pierre Melville, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Drama, War

France, 1942, during the occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is one of the French Resistance’s chiefs. Given away by a traitor, he is interned in a camp. He manages to escape, and joins his network at Marseilles, where he makes the traitor be executed…
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