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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131141290
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 49485
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1975
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Great feel, not so great story
Melville is one of my favorite directors, and I love his other movies such as Le Cercle Rouge or Bob Le Flambeur, but this movie didn't have the same effect on me. If anything, his style is even more pronounced, which is all to the good. The almost completely silent robbery at the beginning is a thing of beauty, as is the train robbery. However, the plot just didn't hold together for me at all. It may be the fault of the subtitles, which I suspect were a somewhat poor rendition of the original ... Read More
Rating:  - Now I've seen it all.
I just watched this on DVD last night and it is the first Alain Delon film I've seen in color, even though I'm fond of his films, I guess I'm just not the film buff that most reviewers here are. The most intriguing thing about this film and the reason I selected it on Netflix is that Richard Crenna also has a starring role. Hard to imagine what that would look like - of course he was a lot younger in 1972 - so was I.
I liked the stylishness of the action and the plot was interesting, maybe ... Read More
Rating: - Melville's swan film
Sad to say the Jean-Pierre Melville did not leave this planet on a high note. Still, UN FLIC possesses some virtues beyond Melville's picturesque style. I found the two drawn-out heists, one right at the start and one in the middle, fascinating. And Catherine Deneuve, in a small supporting role, was the lovliest I've ever seen her.
This film also had the curious appearance of two American actors, Richard Crenna and Michael Conrad (better known later for his role in HILL STREET BLUES) - dubbed ... Read More
Rating:  - gee
I read about alain delon, he said about himself, "a pretty boy with beautiful face". I was watching this movie and I have a 20/10 vision and I still couldn't figure out, why he said that, his little face with little piggy eyes. The only thing that is really going for him is his shoes. All his movies, how do I put it softly, [I do not like]. He don't even understand what he is doing in the movie as long as camera is rolling, again Alain Delon said that he feels miserable when camera stops rolling and director ... Read More
Rating:  - Yawn
I'm no expert on film, much less French New Wave. I just like to explore a bit. So I picked this up because I heard it was considered to be influential, and because the idea of Richard Crenna being in something like this struck me as amusing. I liked the ocean/siren bit at the beginning quite a lot, but the ultra-slow pace lost me soon after that. It's also a bit difficult to watch the train/helicopter bit at the end with an unjaded eye. It just didn't captivate me.
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