Le Cercle rouge

A Paris winter, the métro’s brake squeal slicing the damp air. A freshly paroled thief shakes a stranger’s hand across a bar—Vogel, still cuffed to his wrist. A broken cop named Jansen toasts the plan with cheap cognac. Melville’s heist trio glides through shadows like polished geometry.

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Jean-Pierre Melville directed Le Cercle rouge in 1970. See Jean-Pierre Melville's full filmography, where to start with Jean-Pierre Melville, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jean-Pierre Melville.

Le Cercle rouge was released in 1970 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 140 minutes.