Le Cercle Rouge

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

7.619702h 20m

Released

Crime

Thriller

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1970-10-19

Runtime2h 20m

LanguagesFrançais

CountriesFranceItaly

Keywords

Videos

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Trailer

THE RED CIRCLE (1970) | 4K Restoration | Official Trailer | Dir. by Jean-Pierre Melville

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Cast & Crew

Alain Delon

as Corey

Bourvil

as Commissioner François Mattei

Gian Maria Volonté

as Vogel

Yves Montand

as Jansen

Paul Crauchet

as The Receiver

Paul Amiot

as Marchand, Inspector General of Police

Pierre Collet

as Prison Guard

André Ekyan

as Rico

Jean-Pierre Posier

as Mattei's Assistant

François Périer

as Santi

Reviews

CRCulver

Sep 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 s…

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CinemaSerf

Jun 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 P…

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