
7.8/10
|FR
|fr
|105 min
Release Date: 1967-10-25
Overview - After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
John Chard
9/10
Magnifique. Le Samouraï, one of the most highly praised French films of the 1960s, and justifiably so. Having only just caught it for the first time, I'm not sure what more I can say about a film that has been discussed, dissected, praised and pored over for nearly five decades now. Plot is simplicity, hit-man Jef Costello (Alain Delon) enacts a hit but he is witnessed fleeing the scene an...
Read full review →CRCulver
8/10
Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 film <i>Le Samouraï</i> is the story of a hired assassin who slips up on a hit and his race against time to set things right. Jef Costello (Alain Delon) is given a contract to kill a nightclub owner, but on the way out he is seen by the club's pianist (Cathy Rosier) and then gets himself picked up in a police sweep. He finds himself pursued by both a cunning detective (...
markavrelii
Amazing movie! Withstood the test of times. Was watching it with a great interest unlike many movies of this era. Delon is magnifique! Unexpected plot and ending, but the title should have prepared me for it.
Read full review →
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
⭐ 5.1

Dusting Cliff 7
⭐ 4.6

Shares in Murder
⭐ 8.0

Kill Dil
⭐ 5.2

Palmetto
⭐ 5.9

Mike's Murder
⭐ 5.4

Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
⭐ 6.4

The Accidental Tourist
⭐ 6.3

Boy 7
⭐ 5.5

Body Count
⭐ 5.4

Les Siffleurs
⭐ 0.0

Cléo & Paul
⭐ 6.0

Kwaidan
⭐ 7.7

Code Unknown
⭐ 6.7

Killer
⭐ 7.6

The Man from London
⭐ 7.1

Ivan's Childhood
⭐ 7.8

Making Plans for Lena
⭐ 5.6

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
⭐ 8.1

The Tree of Wooden Clogs
⭐ 7.6