In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.
Acting
Delon and Belmondo: two egos so massive they had to be friends.
Production
Marseille recreated in period detail that practically smells of pastis and regret.
Costume
The fedoras. My god, THE FEDORAS.
Director
Jacques Deray
Jean-Paul Belmondo
François Capella
Alain Delon
Roch Siffredi
Catherine Rouvel
Lola
Françoise Christophe
Simone Escarguel
Corinne Marchand
Mrs. Rinaldi
Laura Adani
Mrs. Siffredi, Roch's mother
Nicole Calfan
Ginette
Hélène Rémy
Lydia
Odette Piquet
Singer
Mario David
Mario
Lionel Vitrant
Fernand
Dennis Berry
Nono
Jean Aron
Martial Roger, accountant
André Bollet
Poli
Arnoldo Foà
Marello
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Delon and Belmondo were huge rivals in real life; this was their only film together, and they allegedly fought over billing so hard the poster alternated their names by region.
The title refers to Borsalino hats, but the film itself became so iconic that the brand name became shorthand for this specific era of French masculine style—basically, Peak Cinema Drip.
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