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Le Doulos
Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
1962 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 108 min · Drama · Thriller · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
Raw! Shocking! Savage!
Crew
- Screenplay: Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cinematography: Nicolas Hayer
- Edited by: Monique Bonnot
- Music: Paul Misraki
- Production design: Daniel Guéret
- Produced by: Carlo Ponti, Georges de Beauregard
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Silien
- Serge Reggiani as Maurice Faugel
- Jean Desailly as Superintendant Clain
- René Lefèvre as Gilbert Varnove
- Marcel Cuvelier as Police inspector
- Philippe March as Jean
- Fabienne Dali as Fabienne
- Monique Hennessy as Thérèse
- Carl Studer as Kern
- Christian Lude as Doctor
Production
- Country: France, Italy
- Language: French
- Studios: Rome-Paris Films, C. C. Champion
- Themes: jazz singer or musician, betrayal, weasel, french noir, betrayal by friend, belmondo, betrayed by a friend
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