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Le Samouraï
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
1967 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 105 min · Crime · Thriller · Drama · 42 frames
Tagline
His only friend was his gun!
Crew
- Screenplay: Georges Pellegrin, Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cinematography: Henri Decaë
- Edited by: Yolande Maurette, Monique Bonnot
- Music: François de Roubaix
- Production design: François de Lamothe
- Produced by: Eugène Lépicier, Raymond Borderie
Cast
- Alain Delon as Jef Costello
- François Périer as Superintendant
- Nathalie Delon as Jane Lagrange
- Cathy Rosier as Valérie
- Michel Boisrond as Wiener
- Catherine Jourdan as Locker Room Girl
- Jean-Pierre Posier as Olivier Rey
- Robert Favart as Bartender
- Jacques Leroy as Walkway Man
- Roger Fradet as Inspector #1
Production
- Country: France, Italy
- Language: French
- Studios: Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, TC Productions
- Box office: $215,245
- Themes: paris, france, police, hitman, jazz club, treason, stakeout, french noir, contract killer, mysterious, professional assassin
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