Le Samouraï
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France, Italy · 1967
1h 45m
Director Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier
Genre Crime, Thriller
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Jef Costello is a contract killer that lives alone and likes to keep it cool. After going through various rituals, he kills a nightclub owner. In a rare misstep, Jef realizes there is an eyewitness to the murder. As he works to escape the police, Jef must build an alibi and outrun cops on the Paris metro.
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