Le Samourai (1967)

Synopsis: When a stoic, icily professional assassin is witnessed leaving the scene of a nightclub "hit" by a barroom pianist who doesn't let on to the cops, he discovers that he's being set up for something... When a stoic, icily professional assassin is witnessed leaving the scene of a nightclub "hit" by a barroom pianist who doesn't let on to the cops, he discovers that he's being set up for something worse than jail. New wave noir from Melville, the tough-guy darling of the "Cahiers du Cinema" crowd. Based on the novel "The Ronin" by Joan McLeod. [More]

Starring: Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Francois Perier, Caty Rosier

Starring: Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Francois Perier, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Boisrond

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Composer: Francois De Roubaix
Story: Joan McLeod

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