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• Un Flic | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (100.11%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The French Crime Classic From The True Master Of The Genre Coleman (Alain Delon) is a burned-out detective who has seen too much pain. His friend Simon (Richard Crenna) is a brilliant thief who fears no law. Between them is the beautiful woman (Catherine Deneuve) they both love. But when Simon plans the ultimate heist of a train full of mob money the two men find themselves hurtling towards a final showdown of fate friendship and betrayal. From the stunning opening bank robbery sequence through its powerful performances Un Flic is the work of a true master. This is the final film by the legendary Jean-Pierre Melville (Le Samourai Bob Le Flambeur) renowned as the creator of the modern gangster movie and credited as a major influence on such directors as John Woo and Quentin Tarantino.

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  A double bill of Jean-Pierre Melville classics including 'Bob Le Flambeur' and the hardboiled thriller 'Un Flic'. Bob Le Flambeur (1955): Once a renowned criminal Bob the Gambler now contents himself with gambling frequenting casinos in the shady districts of Paris. He is convinced his gangster days are over - until he meets up with an old accomplice who has news which interests him. The casino at Deauville has a safe which is loaded with several hundred million francs. Short of cash Bob decides to plan one last great robbery. He recruits a number of former fellow criminals and plans the theft to the greatest detail. Unfortunately on the day of the robbery things rapidly begin to go wrong. Bob's luck appears to have taken an unexpected turn - for the better. Un Flic: Melville's last film returns to the genre in which he made the classic Le Samourai. A band of crooks carry out a bank robbery and then an incredible hold-up on a train. When he investigates the crimes Parisian detective Commissaire Coleman discovers that they were masterminded by his friend - the night club owner Simon abetted by his seductive girlfriend Cathy...