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Le Cercle Rouge

No place to hide . . . nowhere to run . . .

7.6(762)19702h 20m5

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • prison
  • corruption
  • paris, france
  • escape
  • police
  • pimp
  • ex-cop
  • heist
  • thief
  • gang
  • murderer
  • criminal

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Behind the camera

Produced in

France, Italy

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNRNew York City premiere 28 Sept 1993
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG11 Nov 1971
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical3 Jan 1971
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical22 Jan 1971
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical23 Aug 1971
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical29 Oct 1971
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP19 Oct 1970
    • PhysicalDVD3 Mar 1999
    • PhysicalBlu-Ray14 Sept 2010
    • Digital / OTTVOD17 Oct 2017
    • Physical4K UHD25 Nov 2020
    • TVParis Première14 Apr 2026
    • TVPolar+25 Jun 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical16West Germany 16 Sept 1971
    • TVEast Germany 23 Dec 1974
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical (limited)K12Panorama of European Cinema10 Oct 2004
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1228 Jan 1989
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG15 Sept 1972
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical17 Dec 1970

Frequently asked questions

Le Cercle Rouge was released on 19 October 1970.

Audience reviews

2
  • C

    CRCulver

    9/1/2018

    8/10

    Jean-Pierre Meville's 1970 film <i>Le Cercle rouge</i> (The Red Circle) is a crime caper based on the interplay of several initially unacquainted individuals. As Melville's fake quote from the Buddha that serves as the intertitle goes, "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." These …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/3/2023

    7/10

    Though it takes quite a while to get going, and I constantly wanted to rub that annoying moustache from the face of Alain Delon ("Corey") I really rather enjoyed this crime caper. Delon recruits the dapper ex-cop with a drink problem - "Jansen" (Yves Montand), and the recently escaped "Vogel" (Gian Maria Volontè) into his plan to rob an exclusive Parisian jewellers. Situated on the top floor of a town house with stat…

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