"Murder Investigation." . . . . . . . "\"Jef Costello, un tueur à gages, reçoit pour mission de liquider le patron d'une boîte de jazz. En dépit d'un alibi parfait, un commissaire de police se lance à ses trousses.\" (Source : jaquette)." . . . "Film adaptations" . . . . . . . . "\"Jef \"Le Samouraï\", est un tueur professionnel, méthodique, froid et efficace, vêtu d'un trench-coat au col relevé et coiffé d'un chapeau... ... Un superbe film policier dans un monde glacé et implacable, la solitude des maudits, un rôle superbe pour Alain Delon...Un grand Melville souvent copié..." . "Drama" . . . . "French films" . . . . . . . "Samouraï (Film)" . . . . "Films noirs" . . . "Der eiskalte Engel" . . . . "Gangster films" . . "A thriller about a professional killer who was shot dead in a night club." . . "A steely-eyed and enigmatic hitman is hired to do away with the boss of a nightclub, which places him under total surveillance by police. At the same time, he discovers that the man he is working for has marked him for death. His faultless planning of the hit and concrete alibi make it impossible for police to charge him. However, when he falls in love with a key witness, he becomes vulnerable." . . "Video recordings" . . . "Le samourai" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A hired assassin who lives by a code of self-sufficiency betrays himself by falling in love with the woman who witnessed his murder of a night-club owner. [c.f. Halliwell's]." . . . . . . . . "Le Samouraï Samurai" . . "Le Samouraï" . . . "A steely-eyed and enigmatic hitman is hired to do away with the boss of a nightclub, which places him under total surveillance by police. At the same time, he discovers that the man he is working for has marked him for death." . . . "Delinqüència" . "Samouraï (Pel·lícula cinematogràfica)" . . . . "Feature films" . . . . . . . "Quand la femme s'en mêle" . "Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nightclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal." . "Detective and mystery films" . . . . . "Un tueur à gages, Jef Costello, doit se garder à la fois de la police et du milieu." . . . . "Le Samourai̇" . . "Le Samourai" . . . . "Eiskalte Engel" . . "French language materials" . "DVDs" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Films à suspense" . . "Le samouraï" . . . . . . . "Samurai, The" . . "Thrillers (Motion pictures)" . . "Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nighclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal." . . . . "ronin" . . "Godson, The" . . . "Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï" . . . . . . . . . "Video recordings for the hearing impaired" . "A steely-eyed and enigmatic hitman is hired to do away with the boss of a nightclub, which places him under total surveillance by police. At the same time, he discovers that the man he is working for has marked him for death." . . . . . "Fiction policière (fiction)" . . . . "Godson" . "Samurai [videorecording]" . . . . "Le samouraï (film)" . . . . . . . "Foreign films" . . "Hitman Jeff Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner." . . "French language films" . . . "Entre otras cualidades, \"Le samouraï\" es un poema desgarrador del hombre solo. Es también, y ante todo, una película policiaca. Este \"samurai\", Jeff Costello, no es sino un asesino a sueldo del hampa parisina. Engañado por sus socios, tiene que defenderse en dos frentes: contra la policía y contra sus cómplices. Se organiza entonces una implacable caza, todos contra un solo hombre. El héroe irrisorio de este combate nocturno triunfará. En la muerte, claro está. Una muerte deseada, organizada, como una apoteosis." . . . . . . . . . "Motion pictures" . "Ronin [videorecording]" . . "Policier/Thriller" . . . . "Leading players: Alain Delon, Francois Perier, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Michel Boisrond." . "Cinéma" . "Le samouraï = Der eiskalte Engel" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A steely hitman is hired to kill a nightclub owner, and discovers that the man he is working for has marked him for death." . . . "Frank Costello, faccia d'angelo" . . "Hitman Jeff Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught ..." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Drames" . . . . . "SUMMARY: 'When a stoic, icily professional assassin is witnessed leaving the scene of a nightclub \"hit\" by a barroom pianist who doesn't let on to the cops, he discovers that he's being set up for something worse than jail. New wave noir from Melville, the tough-guy darling of the \"Cahiers du Cinema\" crowd. Based on the novel \"The Ronin\" by Joan McLeod.' (www.rottentomatoes.com)" . "fiction policière (fiction)" . "Crime" . . "Samurai" . . . . . "Samouraï (film)" . . . . "Godson [videorecording]" . . . . . . "Le samouraï The samurai" . . . . . . "Criterion Collection (Firme)" . . "Film noir." . . "Foreign films." . . "Fida (Firm)" . . "Cinéma France." . . "Feature films France." . . "Films policiers." . . "Películas cinematográficas Videodiscos." . . "Gangster films." . . "Filmel (Firm)" . . "aGangster films." . . . . "Feature films, French." . . "Longs métrages France." . . "Criterion Collection (Firma comercial)" . . "Asesinato Investigaciones Drama Videodiscos." . . "Murder Investigation Drama." . . "Films." . . "Fida cinematografica." . . "Criterion Collection (Firm)" . . "Motion pictures, French." . . "Assassins Drama." . . "Asesinos Drama Videodiscos." . . "C.I.C.C. Films." . . "Películas francesas Videodiscos." . . "Motion pictures France." . . "Cinéma France 1960-1990." . . "Assassins." . .