Le Samourai
(1967)
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Le Samouraï is a 1967 French-Italian crime film directed by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, starring Alain Delon as Jef Costello. The film is a classic of the noir catalogue and noted as a distinct action thriller, often repeated but never equaled. Delon's character is impervious and too obscure to form any kind of benchmark but the films and suspenseful rhythm is much celebrated.