Le Cercle Rouge

Synopsis

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

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Cast

Alain Delon

Corey

Bourvil

Commissioner François Mattei

Gian Maria Volonté

Vogel

Yves Montand

Jansen

Paul Crauchet

The Receiver

Paul Amiot

Marchand, Inspector General of Police

Pierre Collet

Prison Guard

André Ekyan

Rico

Jean-Pierre Posier

Mattei's Assistant

François Périer

Santi

Yves Arcanel

Committing Magistrate

René Berthier

Judiciary Police Director

Jean-Marc Boris

Jean-Marc, Santi's Son

Jean Champion

Level-crossing guard

Yvan Chiffre

Policeman

Anna Douking

Corey's old girlfriend

Robert Favart

Salesman at Mauboussin

Roger Fradet

Policeman

Édouard Francomme

Billiard hall watchman

Jean Franval

Hotel keeper

Crew

Art

• Pierre Charron Set Decoration
• Théobald Meurisse Production Design
• Marc Desages Assistant Decorator
• René Albouze Property Master

Camera

• Henri Decaë Director of Photography
• Jean-Paul Cornu Second Assistant Camera
• François Lauliac First Assistant Camera
• Charles-Henri Montel Camera Operator
• André Perlstein Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Colette Baudot Wardrobe Designer

Crew

• Claude Ermelin Score Engineer

Directing

• Jean-Pierre Melville Director
• Jacqueline Parey Script Supervisor
• Bernard Stora First Assistant Director
• Bernard Girard Assistant Director
• Pierre Tati Assistant Director

Editing

• Marie-Sophie Dubus Editor
• Jean-Pierre Melville Editor
• Christine Grenet Assistant Editor
• Elizabeth Sarradin Assistant Editor

Production

• Robert Dorfmann Producer
• Jacques Dorfmann Line Producer
• Alain Quefféléan Production Manager

Sound

• Éric Demarsan Original Music Composer
• Jean Nény Sound Director
• Jacques Carrère Sound Engineer
• Guy Chichignoud Sound Recordist
• Victor Revelli Boom Operator
• George Arvanitas Musician
• Éric Demarsan Conductor
• Raymond Guiot Musician
• Daniel Humair Musician

Writing

• Jean-Pierre Melville Writer