Top Billed Cast

Alain Delon
Jef Costello
François Périer
Superintendant
Nathalie Delon
Jane Lagrange
Cathy Rosier
Valérie
Michel Boisrond
Wiener
Catherine Jourdan
Locker Room Girl
Jean-Pierre Posier
Olivier Rey
Robert Favart
Bartender
Jacques Leroy
Walkway Man
Roger Fradet
Inspector #1
Carlo Nell
Inspector #2
Robert Rondo
Inspector #3
André Salgues
Garage Owner
André Thorent
Policeman / Taxi Driver
Jacques Deschamps
Policeman Speaker
Georges Casati
Damolini
Jacques Léonard
Garcia
Pierre Vaudier
Policeman of the night visit #1
Maurice Magalon
Policeman of the night visit #2
Gaston Meunier
Hotel Manager
Jean Gold
Night-Club customer #1
Georges Billy
Night-Club customer #2
Ari Aricardi
Poker Player
Guy Bonnafoux
Poker Player
Humberto Catalano
Inspector
Carl Lechner
Jef Lookalike
Maria Maneva
Girl with chewing-gum

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Mon Mar 03 2014

Magnifique. Le Samouraï, one of the most highly praised French films of the 1960s, and justifiably so. Having only just caught it for the first time, I'm not sure what more I can say about a film that has been discussed, dissected, praised and pored over for nearly five decades now. Plot is simplicity, hit-man Jef Costello (Alain Delon) enacts a hit but he is witnessed fleeing the scene and spends the rest of the film trying to make sure his alibi holds up. His employers want him erased so as to avoid detection themselves, the head detective on the case knows Jef did it but can't quite ...