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Le doulos (1962)
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2 March 1964 (USA)
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Burglar Maurice Faugel has just finished his sentence. He murders Gilbert Vanovre, a receiver, and steals the loot of a break-in...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | ... | Silien |
| Serge Reggiani | ... | Maurice Faugel |
| Jean Desailly | ... | The Superintendant Clain |
| René Lefèvre | ... | Gilbert Varnove (as René Lefevre) |
| Marcel Cuvelier | ... | A police inspector |
| Philippe March | ... | Jean (as Aimé De March) |
| Fabienne Dali | ... | Fabienne |
| Monique Hennessy | ... | Therese |
| Carl Studer | ... | Kern |
| Christian Lude | ... | The Doctor |
| Jacques De Leon | ... | Armand |
| Jacques Léonard | ... | A police inspector (as Jack Leonard) |
| Paulette Breil | ... | Anita |
| Philippe Nahon | ... | Remy |
| Charles Bayard | ... | Old Man |
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108 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Norway:16 (1963) |
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut) |
West Germany:18 (original rating) (cut) |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:(Banned) (1965) |
Finland:K-18 (1967) |
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Revealing mistakes: When Fougel frantically drives in heavy rain to Silien's home, exterior shots of the car show the rain running straight down the door and window, instead of flowing backwards with the wind.
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References The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
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Le Doulos is not as well-known as Melville's later colour pictures, but very much undeservedly so. Gangster films rarely manage to surprise their audience with the plot (unless they sacrifice logic as so often in Raymond Chandler's stories), but here we have an exception. This one is entirely logical and entirely surprising; an extraordinary gangster story of trust, betrayal and code of honour. It is impossible to correctly guess the outcome even when you are through 2/3 of the film.
Highly recommended.