Criterion Collection: Le Cercle Rouge

Heist classic from Jean-Pierre Melville ("Le Samouraï") features Alain Delon as a crook just out of the slammer who joins forces with suspect-on-the-run Gian Maria Volonté and alcoholic ex-cop Yves Montand to pull a crafty jewelry robbery. Out to stop them is André Bourvil, a police commissioner, who enlists nightclub owner and pimp François Périer for help. Restored, re-release version; 140 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; featurettes; interviews; theatrical trailers; more. In French with English subtitles. Two-disc set.