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Le Samouraï (Criterion Collection)

Le Samouraï (Criterion Collection)

Criterion/Voyager (1967)
Crime | Drama | Film Noir | Foreign | Mystery | Thriller
France | French | Color | 01:35
Blu-ray
PG (Parental Guidance)
715515206310
| 1 disc
Region A
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Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.


Cast View all

Alain Delon Jef Costello
François Périer Le Commissaire
Nathalie Delon Jane Lagrange
Cathy Rosier La pianiste
Jacques Leroy L'homme de la passerelle
Michel Boisrond Wiener
Robert Favart Le barman
Jean-Pierre Posier Olivier Rey
Catherine Jourdan La jeune fille du vestiaire
Roger Fradet 1er inspecteur
Carlo Nell 2ème inspecteur
Robert Rondo 3ème inspecteur
André Salgues Le garagiste
André Thorent Policier - chauffeur de taxi
Jacques Deschamps Policier speaker
Georges Casati Damolini
Jacques Léonard Garcia
Pierre Vaudier 1er Policier de la visite nocturne
Maurice Magalon 2ème Policier de la visite nocturne
Gaston Meunier Maître d'hôtel
Jean Gold 1er client Night-Club
Georges Billy 2ème client Night-Club
Ari Aricardi Un joueur de poker
Guy Bonnafoux Un joueur de poker
Humberto Catalano Un inspecteur

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Added Date Dec 26, 2017 21:32:58
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:32

Edition details

Screen Ratios Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks LPCM Stereo [French]
Subtitles English
Distributor Criterion
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Nov 14, 2017

Notes

Christmas 2017 gift from Beth

Disc Features
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Interviews from 2005 with Rui Nogueira, editor of Melville on Melville, and Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris
Archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier
Melville-Delon: D’honneur et de nuit (2011), a short documentary exploring the friendship between the director and the actor and their iconic collaboration on this film
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by film scholar David Thomson, an appreciation by filmmaker John Woo, and excerpts from Melville on Melville

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