Le Samouraï
His only friend was his gun!
Overview
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.
- Revenue
- $215,245
- Production
- Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, TC Productions
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Cast
Alain Delon
Jef Costello
François Périer
Superintendant
Nathalie Delon
Jane Lagrange
Cathy Rosier
Valérie
Michel Boisrond
Wiener
Catherine Jourdan
Locker Room Girl
Jean-Pierre Posier
Olivier Rey
Robert Favart
Bartender
Roger Fradet
Inspector #1
Carlo Nell
Inspector #2
Robert Rondo
Inspector #3
André Thorent
Policeman / Taxi Driver
Jacques Deschamps
Policeman Speaker
Georges Casati
Damolini
Jacques Léonard
Garcia
Pierre Vaudier
Policeman of the night visit #1
Maurice Magalon
Policeman of the night visit #2
Georges Billy
Night-Club customer #2
Guy Bonnafoux
Poker Player
Humberto Catalano
Inspector
Crew
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Producers
- Raymond Borderie,Eugène Lépicier
- Cinematography
- Henri Decaë
- Composer
- François de Roubaix
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John Chard
March 3, 2014
Magnifique. Le Samouraï, one of the most highly praised French films of the 1960s, and justifiably so. Having only just caught it for the first time, I'm not sure what more I can say about a film that has been discussed, dissected, praised and pored over for nearly five decades now. Plot is simplicity, hit-man Jef Costello (Alain Delon) enacts a hit but he is witnessed fleeing the scene and spends the rest of the film trying to make sure his alibi holds up. His employers want him erased …
CRCulver
September 1, 2018
Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 film <i>Le Samouraï</i> is the story of a hired assassin who slips up on a hit and his race against time to set things right. Jef Costello (Alain Delon) is given a contract to kill a nightclub owner, but on the way out he is seen by the club's pianist (Cathy Rosier) and then gets himself picked up in a police sweep. He finds himself pursued by both a cunning detective (François Périer) and by his disappointed employers. As the film progresses, Costello manages to elud…
markavrelii
January 13, 2022
Amazing movie! Withstood the test of times. Was watching it with a great interest unlike many movies of this era. Delon is magnifique! Unexpected plot and ending, but the title should have prepared me for it.