Le Cercle Rouge

1970 140 min ★ 7.6 Crime, Thriller

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

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

Details

Director

Jean-Pierre Melville

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Production

Euro International Films, Les Films Corona, Selenia Cinematografica

Reviews

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CRCulver

September 1, 2018

★ 8/10

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...

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CinemaSerf

June 3, 2023

★ 7/10

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 ...