A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.
Direction
Melville's final film—pure, distilled, self-aware.
Cinematography
Shadows so sharp they could cut you.
Acting
Delon at his most opaque and magnetic.
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon
Commissioner Édouard Coleman
Richard Crenna
Simon
Catherine Deneuve
Cathy
Riccardo Cucciolla
Paul Weber
Michael Conrad
Louis Costa
Paul Crauchet
Morand
Simone Valère
Weber's Wife
André Pousse
Marc Albouis
Jean Desailly
Distinguished Man
Henri Marteau
Police Officer Instructor of Shooting
Philippe Gasté
Policeman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Melville's own nightclub, 'Un Flic,' appears in the film—he's literally haunting his own work.
The famous train heist uses miniatures so obvious they're practically abstract; Melville knew and didn't care.
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