Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï (French pronunciation: [lə sa.mu.ʁa.i]; lit. 'The Samurai'), is a 1967 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier. A Franco-Italian production, it depicts the intersecting paths of a professional hitman (Delon) trying to find out who hired him for a job and then tried to have him killed, and the Parisian commissaire (Périer) trying to catch him.

Le Samouraï
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJean-Pierre Melville
Screenplay by
  • Jean-Pierre Melville
  • Georges Pellegrin
Produced by
  • Raymond Borderie
  • Eugène Lépicier
Starring
CinematographyHenri Decaë
Edited by
  • Monique Bonnot
  • Yolande Maurette
Music byFrançois de Roubaix
Production
companies
  • Filmel
  • Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)
  • Fida Cinematografica
  • T.C. Productions
Distributed by
  • S.N. Prodis (France)
  • Fida Cinematografica (Italy)
Release date
  • 25 October 1967 (1967-10-25)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office1.9 million admissions (France)
$72,302 (US re-release)

The film was released on 25 October 1967, and it sold over 1.9 million tickets in France. It received positive reviews, with particular praise given to Melville's screenwriting and atmospheric direction, and Delon's performance. An English-dubbed version of the film was released in the U.S. in 1972 as The Godson, a title selected to capitalize on the recent success of The Godfather.

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