Le Cercle Rouge/The Red Circle (Film 1970 - ENG SUB)

Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle) is a 1970 French crime film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It stars Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, François Périer and Yves Montand. Audio in French with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles).

After leaving prison, master thief Corey encounters a notorious escapee and an alcoholic ex-cop. The trio plots an elaborate heist.

The film is known for its climactic heist sequence which is about half an hour in length and has almost no dialogue. The film's title means "The Red Circle" and refers to an epigraph which translates as:

Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: "When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle."

Melville made up the quote, just as he did with the epigraph in Le Samouraï. It was the fifth most popular film of the year in France.

Cast & Characters:
Alain Delon as Corey
André Bourvil as Inspector Mattei
Gian Maria Volonté as Vogel
Yves Montand as Jansen
Paul Crauchet as the receiver
Paul Amiot as Chief of Police
Pierre Collet as prison guard
André Ekyan as Rico
Jean-Pierre Posier as Mattei's assistant
François Périer as Santi (as François Perier)
Yves Arcanel as committing magistrate
René Berthier as Judiciary Police Director
Jean-Marc Boris as Jean-Marc Santi
Jean Champion as level-crossing guard
Yvan Chiffre as a policeman
Anna Douking as Corey's old girlfriend (as Ana Douking)
Mireille Darc as the flower girl in Santi's night club
Stéphanie Fugain as the cigarette girl in Santi's night club
Robert Favart as Mauboussin's clerk
Roger Fradet as a policeman
Édouard Francomme as billiard hall watchman (as Edouard Francomme)
Jean Franval as hotel receptionist
Jacques Galland as train conductor
Jean-Pierre Janic as Paul, Rico's henchman
Pierre Lecomte as Internal Affairs Deputy
Jacques Léonard as a policeman
Jacques Leroy as a policeman
Jean Pignol as court registry clerk
Robert Rondo as a policeman