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Le Cercle Rouge

Original title: Le Cercle rouge

No place to hide . . . nowhere to run . . .

1970 · NR · 2h 20m

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

7.6

TMDB audience score
769 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Alain Delon
    Corey

  • Bourvil
    Commissioner François Mattei

  • Gian Maria Volonté
    Vogel

  • Yves Montand
    Jansen

  • Paul Crauchet
    The Receiver

  • Paul Amiot
    Marchand, Inspector General of Police

  • Pierre Collet
    Prison Guard

  • André Ekyan
    Rico

  • Jean-Pierre Posier
    Mattei's Assistant

  • François Périer
    Santi

  • Yves Arcanel
    Committing Magistrate

  • René Berthier
    Judiciary Police Director

  • Jean-Marc Boris
    Jean-Marc, Santi's Son

  • Jean Champion
    Level-crossing guard

  • Yvan Chiffre
    Policeman

  • Robert Favart
    Salesman at Mauboussin

  • Roger Fradet
    Policeman

  • Édouard Francomme
    Billiard hall watchman