About this release
"Corey (Alain Delon) is the young gun in the French underworld who has just been released from prison. Escaped convict Vogel (Gian-Maria Volonté) hides in the trunk of Corey's car. The two enlist the help of an alcoholic former cop (Yves Montand) for an elaborate jewelry-store robbery. Police inspector Mattei (Bourvil) whom Vogel escaped in the beginning of the film is on the case trying to recapture the criminals. He is not opposed to using blackmail techniques to get answers out of the unwilling witnesses and criminals brought in for questioning."
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Disc 1
UHD
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
140 min
ThrillerCrime
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.
Credits
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Writer
Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast
Alain Delonas Corey
Bourvilas Commissioner François Mattei
Gian Maria Volontéas Vogel
Yves Montandas Jansen
François Périeras Santi
Paul Crauchetas The Receiver
André Ekyanas Rico
Paul Amiotas Marchand, Inspector General of Police
Pierre Colletas Prison Guard
Jean-Pierre Posieras Mattei's Assistant
Cinematographer
Henri Decaë
Composer
Éric Demarsan
Editor
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Jean-Pierre Melville
Producer
Robert Dorfmann
Disc 2
BDLe Cercle Rouge (1970)
140 min
ThrillerCrime
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.
Credits
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Writer
Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast
Alain Delonas Corey
Bourvilas Commissioner François Mattei
Gian Maria Volontéas Vogel
Yves Montandas Jansen
François Périeras Santi
Paul Crauchetas The Receiver
André Ekyanas Rico
Paul Amiotas Marchand, Inspector General of Police
Pierre Colletas Prison Guard
Jean-Pierre Posieras Mattei's Assistant
Cinematographer
Henri Decaë
Composer
Éric Demarsan
Editor
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Jean-Pierre Melville
Producer
Robert Dorfmann
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 8, 2026