Le Samouraï (1967)

Crime Thriller

In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef 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. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.

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paris, france bar jazz hearing garage hitman jazz club police canary treason danger stakeout french noir film noir last job professional assassin very little dialogue silent protagonist

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Runtime: 105 mins Revenue: $39,481 Rating: 7.9 Tag Line: His only friend was his gun!

Cast

Alain Delon

Jef Costello

Catherine Jourdan

La jeune fille du vestiaire

François Périer

Le diable / Ben Atkinson

Carlo Nell

2ème inspecteur

Michel Boisrond

Wiener

Nathalie Delon

Jane Lagrange

Cathy Rosier

Valerie, die Pianistin

André Thorent

Policier - chauffeur de taxi

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Crew

Henri Decaë

Director of Photography

Raymond Borderie

Producer

Jean-Pierre Melville

Director

Jean-Pierre Melville

Screenplay

Jean-Pierre Melville

Producer

François de Roubaix

Music

Georges Pellegrin

Screenplay

Georges Pellegrin

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