The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
316 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Pierre MelvilleDirector
- Jean-Pierre MelvilleScreenplay
- Paul MisrakiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean-Paul BelmondoSilien
- Serge ReggianiMaurice Faugel
- Jean DesaillySuperintendant Clain
- René LefèvreGilbert Varnove
- Marcel CuvelierPolice inspector
- Philippe MarchJean
- Fabienne DaliFabienne
- Monique HennessyThérèse
- Carl StuderKern
- Christian LudeDoctor
- Jacques De LeonArmand
- Jacques LéonardPolice inspector
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Themes
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