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)
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Masterful
After leaving prison, master thief Corey (Alain Delon) crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
The movie has its critics, particularly those who think it is too slow. And, indeed, even when cut down to 99 minutes and dubbed in English, critic Vincent Canby still found it to be a tad slow. Most of the film has no music, which keeps the pace slower, and there is the notorious heist scene featuring no dialogue for thirty minutes. For some, that may be intolerable.
Melville is a master, and possibly the most underrated director of his era. His name means nothing to so many people, and yet he never made a bad film. Even when relying on cliché (such as crossing a river to avoid detection), he does it with finesse.
The movie has its critics, particularly those who think it is too slow. And, indeed, even when cut down to 99 minutes and dubbed in English, critic Vincent Canby still found it to be a tad slow. Most of the film has no music, which keeps the pace slower, and there is the notorious heist scene featuring no dialogue for thirty minutes. For some, that may be intolerable.
Melville is a master, and possibly the most underrated director of his era. His name means nothing to so many people, and yet he never made a bad film. Even when relying on cliché (such as crossing a river to avoid detection), he does it with finesse.
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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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