Le Doulos The Finger Man
Just out of prison, Maurice (Serge Reggiani) murders a man and steals the loot of a break-in. Preparing another heist, he asks his friend Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo) for help. But Silien is an informer and warns the police; Maurice is wounded. Furious, he seeks revenge.
Nominated for Best Film at the Mar del Plata Film Festival.
"As good as Melville's setups are, the joys of the movie keep returning to Belmondo, then and now the king of effortless cool." - John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
"Even back in 1962, Melville made the usual suspects feel new by wrapping them in gorgeous desolation." - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Running Time
109 mins
Year
1962
Kanopy ID
6481000
Filmmakers
Features
Aime de March, Carl Studer, Christian Lude, Fabienne Dali, Jack Leonard, Jean Desailly, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marcel Cuvelier, Michel Piccoli, Monique Hennessy, Philippe March, Philippe Nahon, René Lefèvre, Serge Reggiani
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Watch for the full reel interrogation scenes al la Hitchcock's Rope.