Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet,
Plot: 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.
Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le cercle rouge (1970): Criterion Blu-ray review
Criterion have re-released Jean-Pierre Melville’s masterful heist movie Le cercle rouge (1970) in a new dual-format 4K UHD/Blu-ray edition based on a 4K restoration by StudioCanal. Although there are no new extras (supplements adding up to […]