Le Cercle rouge (1970)
À peine libéré de prison, Corey, un truand monte un fabuleux hold-up avec l’aide de Vogel, un gangster évadé et de Jansen, un ancien policier alcoolique. Le coup réussit. Le receleur, effrayé par l’importance du butin, leur recommande de s’adresser à un spécialiste. Ce dernier n’est autre que le commissaire François Mattei chargé de l’enquête. Çakyamuni le Solitaire, dit Sidarta Gautama le Sage, dit le Bouddah se saisit d'un morceau de craie rouge, traça un cercle et dit : « Quand des hommes, même s'ils l'ignorent, doivent se retrouver un jour, tout peut arriver à chacun d'entre eux et ils peuvent suivre des chemins divergents. Au jour dit, inéluctablement, ils seront réunis dans le cercle rouge. »
Directeur: Jean-Pierre Melville
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Alain Delon as Corey |
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Bourvil as Commissioner François Mattei |
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Gian Maria Volonté as Vogel |
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Yves Montand as Jansen |
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Paul Crauchet as The Receiver |
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Paul Amiot as Marchand, Inspector General of Police |
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Pierre Collet as Prison Guard |
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André Ekyan as Rico |
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Jean-Pierre Posier as Mattei's Assistant |
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François Périer as Santi |
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Yves Arcanel as Committing Magistrate |
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René Berthier as Judiciary Police Director |
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Jean-Marc Boris as Jean-Marc, Santi's Son |
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Jean Champion as Level-crossing guard |
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Yvan Chiffre as Policeman |
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Anna Douking as Corey's old girlfriend |
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Robert Favart as Salesman at Mauboussin |
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Roger Fradet as Policeman |
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Édouard Francomme as Billiard hall watchman |
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Jean Franval as Hotel keeper |
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Jacques Galland as Train conductor |
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Jean-Pierre Janic as Paul, Rico's henchman |
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Pierre Lecomte as Deputy of the I.G.S. |
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Jacques Léonard as Policeman |
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Jacques Leroy as Policeman |
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Jean Pignol as Court registry clerk |
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Robert Rondo as Policeman |
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Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Santi's Doorman (uncredited) |
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Stéphanie Fugain as Cigarette seller (uncredited) |
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Guy Henry as Guardian (uncredited) |
| Editing | Marie-Sophie Dubus | Editor |
| Directing | Jean-Pierre Melville | Director |
| Camera | Henri Decaë | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Éric Demarsan | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Robert Dorfmann | Producer |
| Editing | Jean-Pierre Melville | Editor |
| Production | Jacques Dorfmann | Line Producer |
| Art | Pierre Charron | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Jean Nény | Sound Director |
| Art | Théobald Meurisse | Production Design |
| Writing | Jean-Pierre Melville | Writer |
| Directing | Jacqueline Parey | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Bernard Stora | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Bernard Girard | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pierre Tati | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jacques Carrère | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Guy Chichignoud | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Jean-Paul Cornu | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | François Lauliac | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Charles-Henri Montel | Camera Operator |
| Production | Alain Quefféléan | Production Manager |
| Art | Marc Desages | Assistant Decorator |
| Sound | Victor Revelli | Boom Operator |
| Camera | André Perlstein | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colette Baudot | Wardrobe Designer |
| Editing | Christine Grenet | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Elizabeth Sarradin | Assistant Editor |
| Art | René Albouze | Property Master |
| Sound | George Arvanitas | Musician |
| Sound | Éric Demarsan | Conductor |
| Sound | Raymond Guiot | Musician |
| Crew | Claude Ermelin | Score Engineer |
| Sound | Daniel Humair | Musician |