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Aug 19, 2024 · Le Doulos. 1962. My first time with Melville, and I'm already in love? I'm a sucker for sleek, black-and-white gangster flicks, and Le Doulos is easily one of the coolest blueprints of the genre.
- Jean-Pierre Melville
Sep 3, 2024 · Le Doulos has plenty of well-staged action: a safecracking robbery, some point-blank murders, the killing of a police detective. Police Superintendent Clain (Jean Desailly) can’t shake the truth out of either Silien or Flaugel.
Aug 25, 2024 · From 1930s classics like Scarface and The Public Enemy to French films like Le Doulos and Rififi, these are the best old-school gangster movies.
- Jeremy Urquhart
Aug 26, 2024 · Adapted from a 1957 novel by Pierre V. Lesou, Le Doulos boasts a somewhat opaque narrative. The story revolves around the lives of several criminals and police, most prominently the fresh-out-of-prison Maurice (Serge Reggiani) and his friend Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo).
Aug 20, 2024 · Legendary French film star Alain Delon had a remarkable career, yet only two of his movies have perfect Rotten Tomatoes scores.
- Witney Seibold
Aug 16, 2024 · Doulos (Le) AKA The Finger Man AKA Doulos: The Finger Man (Blu-ray 4K) (1963) Burglar Maurice Faugel has just finished his sentence... Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Aug 26, 2024 · With an atmospheric setting, a story full of surprises and twists, and Jean-Pierre Melville's unmistakable sense of pessimism, The Doulos embodies a certain style of French crime drama that was grittier and more authentic than their American counterparts.
