It wasn’t an instant winner, and I frequently felt like I wanted to remove Alain Delon’s ("Corey") mustache, but overall I found this crime story quite agreeable. Delon brings in a stylish former police officer struggling with alcohol – "Jansen" (Yves Montand) – along with the recently freed "Vogel" (Gian Maria Volontè), for a scheme to steal from an upscale Parisian jewelry store. Located on the upper level of a res…

Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1970 movie *Le Cercle rouge* (The Red Circle) centers on a group of people who don't initially know each other. As an intertitle proclaims, quoting a fabricated statement from the Buddha, "When men, even without realizing it, are destined to meet, whatever their circumstances or paths in life, they will inevitably converge at the red circle." The story involves Corey (Alain Delon), recently fre…