Le Samouraï
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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.
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John Chard
March 3, 2014
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 …
CRCulver
September 1, 2018
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 t…
markavrelii
January 13, 2022
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.
badelf
October 11, 2026
**Summary: 8/10:** A masterclass in dialogue economy and atmosphere that hasn't lost its craft, only its element of surprise, having spent sixty years teaching every assassin movie that followed how to be cool, quiet, and doomed. A man lies motionless on a narrow bed in a room the color of a he…
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