Le Cercle Rouge
Le Cercle rouge
"No place to hide . . . nowhere to run . . ."
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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.
🎬 DirectorJean-Pierre Melville
📅 Release1970-10-19
🌍 CountryFrance, Italy
🗣 LanguageFrench
🏢 StudioEuro International Films, Les Films Corona, Selenia Cinematografica
🗳 Votes717
🔥 Popularity3
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🎭 Cast
Alain Delon
Corey
Bourvil
Commissioner François Mattei
Gian Maria Volonté
Vogel
Yves Montand
Jansen
François Périer
Santi
Paul Crauchet
The Receiver
André Ekyan
Rico
Paul Amiot
Marchand, Inspector General of Police
Pierre Collet
Prison Guard
Jean-Pierre Posier
Mattei's Assistant
Yves Arcanel
Committing magistrate
René Berthier
Judiciary Police Director
Anna Douking
Corey's old girlfriend
Jean-Marc Boris
Jean-Marc, Santi's Son
Robert Favart
Salesman at Mauboussin
🎥 Crew
Editor
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Director of Photography
Henri Decaë
Original Music Composer
Éric Demarsan
Producer
Robert Dorfmann
Editor
Jean-Pierre Melville
Line Producer
Jacques Dorfmann
Set Decoration
Pierre Charron
Sound Director
Jean Nény
Costumer
Colette Baudot
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🏷 Keywords
prisoncorruptionparis, franceescapepolicepimpex-copheistthiefgangmurderercriminal
💬 Reviews
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, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the…
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 escaped "Vogel" (Gian Maria Volontè) into his plan to rob an exclusive Parisian jewellers. Situated on the top floor of a…
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