After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
Bourvil
- Le Commissaire Francois Mattei
- (as André Bourvil)
Gian Maria Volontè
- Vogel
- (as Gian-Maria Volonte)
François Périer
- Santi
- (as François Perier)
Anna Douking
- L'ancienne amie de Corey
- (as Ana Douking)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe heist sequence lasts for exactly 27 minutes and features no dialogue at all.
- GoofsWhen Mattei returns to his office after Le Receleur's son has overdosed, he pulls the door open. In the next cut from inside the office, Mattei is seen pushing the door open.
- Quotes
Le chef de la police: All men are guilty. They're born innocent, but it doesn't last.
- Crazy creditsThe movie's Opening Credits include an epigraph: "Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: 'When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle.'" This quote explains the title of the film.
- Alternate versionsAn alternate, 83-minute English-language version also exists, wherein most of the lead performers delivered their lines in (generally phonetic) English. This version was released to Korean home video under the title "Circle It In Red", although the actual onscreen title of the print reads "The Red Circle".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sous le nom de Melville (2008)
Featured review
Don't Sleep: Melville is the Man!
Jean-Pierre Melville is one of the most slept on directors of all time. A little too old to ride the crest of the French New Wave, Melville was respected by Godard, Truffaut and the rest but never caught the attention of the international film community like those who followed him did. Melville's crime tales are directed perfectly straight forward without the hipness that permeated the French New Wave . His protagonist of choice Alain Delon had the ability to portray either cop or crook and the audience would always side with him. "The Red Circle," is one of Melville's best collaborations with Delon--not as good as "Le Samourai" (1967) but superior to "Un Flic" (1971). Nowadays cats tend to say "they don't make movies like that anymore" but "they" weren't making films like Melville during his time--over thirty years ago. Don't sleep on Melville, he's the real deal. To put it simply, Melville was and still is the man.
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- Feb 17, 2001
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Le Cercle Rouge
- Filming locations
- Place du Panthéon, Paris 5, Paris, France(arrest of Santi's son)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $432,820
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,843
- Jan 12, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $473,646
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