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Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Corey (Alain Delon - BORSALINO) is the young gun in the French underworld who has just been released from prison. Escaped convict Vogel (Gian Maria Volonte – FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE) hides in the trunk of Corey's car. The two enlist the help .. Read more

Starring	Alain Delon, Andre Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand
Director	Jean-Pierre Melville
Genres	Thriller, World Cinema

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- - 16
  - 5
  Fine piece of film noir
  
  Released prisoner Corey (Alain Delon) teams up with an escaped convict and ex-cop to pull off an jewellery heist but hot on their trail is the experienced ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Clucky
  - Cardiff, Wales
  - 26 Jul 2004 at 13:51
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- - 1
  - 0
  Nostalgia at its best
  
  Wonderful stuff. Really dated but still good. It captures the 70's fashion for men really well too - macs !!! It is a classic and film noir and thoroughly ... read more »
  
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- - Minny
  - 488 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Oct 2011 at 10:10
- - 1
  - 0
  Formidable et cool!
  
  Great film noir. As other reviewers have said, there is so much that modern day film-makers could learn from this.
  
  It's amazing that it was made ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 08 Apr 2011 at 21:19
- - 0
  - 9
  Did I see the same movie as the other reviewers?
  
  Having seen some of the adulatory reviews on this site I can only wonder if we were watching the same movie! What I saw was dull and routine, just like an ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - South East England
  - 26 Aug 2010 at 10:17
- - 1
  - 1
  yep ...pretty cool...
  
  Not quite as good as some of the other great french classics of the era...BUT...superb none the less...the space..the silences, the low key nature of it all, ... read more »
  
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- - fastfreddy
  - 15 reviews
  - Bishop's Stortford
  - 08 Aug 2010 at 12:33
- - 1
  - 1
  Another French Classic!
  
  All I can say is that it should be part of all Hollywood Directors training to study the French art of how to make a Thriller. They do it so well, the budgets ... read more »
  
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- - bodee
  - 30 reviews
  - Kirkcaldy
  - 23 Sep 2009 at 11:49
- - 0
  - 1
  red circle
  
  Really nice film. Much better than the Sky-High film I was sent this week. American high school movies - be afraid, be very afraid. I can't get into my list... read more »
  
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- - frustrationisthewrongvideo
  - 3 reviews
  - Stockport
  - 26 Jul 2009 at 00:40
- - 0
  - 1
  This film is beautiful.
  
  This film is beautiful.
  
  The filming uses distance, foreground, colour ... everything ... with a discreet assurance which you barely register; ... read more »
  
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- - Nigel Wilson
  - Helmsley, North Riding of Yorkshire
  - 31 May 2009 at 21:59
- - 0
  - 1
  Dark, stylish and surreal
  
  AD is one of my favourite actors anyway so off to a good start, but LCR is a marvellous and compelling drama based around the fortunes of a French hood (AD) who... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Watford
  - 23 Jan 2009 at 23:58
- - 0
  - 1
  Much more than a heist movie
  
  I loved the slow pacing of this film, with its strict rationing of music in the soundtrack, and ample use of silence. I really enjoyed the out-of-character role... read more »
  
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  - Preston
  - 30 Nov 2008 at 23:45
- - 0
  - 1
  La Cercle Rouge
  
  A cold as ice thriiler - one of the best.
  
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- - a customer
  - Coventry
  - 29 Oct 2008 at 16:44
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- - 16
  - 5
  Fine piece of film noir
  
  Released prisoner Corey (Alain Delon) teams up with an escaped convict and ex-cop to pull off an jewellery heist but hot on their trail is the experienced ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 12351
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Clucky
  - Cardiff, Wales
  - 26 Jul 2004 at 13:51
- - 10
  - 2
  Smart, slick, but very subdued
  
  Jean-Pierre Melville's talent lay in giving classic American genres a suitably Gallic twist, and "Le Cercle Rouge" is a good example of a gangster... read more »
  
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- - Tinderbox
  - England
  - 02 Aug 2004 at 04:03
- - 5
  - 2
  Minimalist crime masterpiece
  
  Expertly refined gangster thriller concerning a parolee and an escapee who team up with Montand’s drunkard ex-cop to rip off a jewelers.
  
  Along ... read more »
  
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- - gordoncrombie
  - Manchester
  - 02 Jul 2004 at 15:16
- - 4
  - 2
  If it ain't broke...
  
  As with many Melville films the centre of this film revolves around a group of thieves, a heist and pursuing police all shot in steely blue and grey hues with ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - manchester
  - 04 Sep 2004 at 14:43
- - 2
  - 1
  Customer Review
  
  Definitely a pre-Dirty Harry, French Connection etc thriller; tame and rather stagey, no great sense of milieu. Delon sleepwalks through the film. What there is... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
  - 0
  Formidable et cool!
  
  Great film noir. As other reviewers have said, there is so much that modern day film-makers could learn from this.
  
  It's amazing that it was made ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 980338
- - a customer
  - 08 Apr 2011 at 21:19
- - 1
  - 0
  Nostalgia at its best
  
  Wonderful stuff. Really dated but still good. It captures the 70's fashion for men really well too - macs !!! It is a classic and film noir and thoroughly ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1052181
- - Minny
  - 488 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Oct 2011 at 10:10
- - 0
  - 0
  cops and robbers tale from the french master Melville
  
  Alain delon is back as Melville produces another exellent crime drama exploring his usual themes, get this I have not been dissapointed by anthing Melville has ... read more »
  
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- - cheebaism
  - brighton
  - 05 Mar 2006 at 04:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Quiet, understated crime film
  
  The plot of this French classic is very similar to hundreds of Hollywood films, but there the similarity ends. There is no unnecessary glamour or hype - the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Catford, London
  - 06 Mar 2006 at 21:28
- - 0
  - 0
  Despite all appearances, I'm not a professional.
  
  Melville's measured, moody gangster flick places an impeccable jewel heist between the central themes of duty, friendship, loyalty and betrayal among men... read more »
  
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- - ChesterDent
  - 121 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Aug 2006 at 16:31

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  Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Corey (Alain Delon - BORSALINO) is the young gun in the French underworld who has just been released from prison. Escaped convict Vogel (Gian Maria Volonte , FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE) hides in the trunk of Corey'...

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  Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Corey (Alain Delon - BORSALINO) is the young gun in the French underworld who has just been released from prison. Escaped convict Vogel (Gian Maria Volonte – FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE) hides in the trunk of Corey'...