Deleon, as well, was a very fit choice for the role of Costello. The film carries very little dialog with a couple of exceptions, which gives Melville a chance to perfect his storytelling technique. The result is a blend of stylistic and thematic excellence, a suspense film where sometimes that aspect has to take a backseat to the psychological drama of the killer, and the side-story of the police procedural (headed by 'Superintendant' played by Francois Perier). Jean-Pierre Melville took the idea of the lone gunman (perhaps more akin to the western genre than the crime genre), and created a film with star Alain Delon as a ultra-calm, smooth-operating contract killer Jeff Costello in Paris, who may be at least a little insane. Reviewed by Quinoa1984 10 / 10 May be my favorite Melville film with a style that has inspired some, but is hard to match Jef seeks out who has hired him to revenge.-Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Free, he is betrayed and chased by the gangsters sent by the one who hired him and also by the police, not convinced of his innocence. His girlfriend Jane, her client and citizen above any suspicion Wiener and Valerie, the pianist of the club and main witness of the crime, provide the necessary evidence of his innocence supporting his alibi. However, his perfect alibi drops the accusation against him. He is hired to kill the owner of a club and becomes the prime suspect of the murder. In Paris, Jef Costello is a lonely hit man who works under contract.
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