Le Marginal

Le Marginal
Directed by Jacques Deray
Produced by Alain Belmondo
Written by Jacques Deray
Jean Herman
Michel Audiard
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography Xaver Schwarzenberger
Edited by Albert Jürgenson
Release dates
 26 October 1983
Running time
 100
Country France
Language French
Box office 4,956,922 admissions (France)[1]

Le Marginal is a 1983 French crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. The music for the film was composed by Ennio Morricone.[2]

Plot

Policeman Philippe Jordan works in Marseille. He intercepts the delivery of a shipload of heroin by jumping out of a helicopter onto a speedboat and throws all drugs into the sea. Drug lord Mecacci is desperate to get rid of Jordan and arranges an incident which leads to Jordan's disciplinary transfer. Jordan continues to fight against the drug cartel after all. He finds a valuable witness named "Freddy, the chemist" but Mecacci has Freddy killed before he can testify. When Mecacci's henchmen also murder Jordan's old friend Francis Pierron, Jordan retaliates immediately. Now Mecacci tries to lure him into a deadly trap. After Jordan has outsmarted Mecacci's killers he confronts their boss. The time for the final showdown has come.

Cast

Reception

“Le Marginal” was described as a "typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Box office information at Box Office Story
  2. ↑ "Le Marginal". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Le Marginal". allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-12-16. In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman

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