canicule have the distinct aroma of tax write off and trip to france for lee marvin in one of his last and least film of his career . marvin play american bank robber jimmy cobb who be on the run and now in france . the french authority want this guy bad and theyre even arm to the teeth . the beginning be a homage to sam peckinpaugh and the wild bunch with a shootout on the paris streets where a whole lot of people get themselves kill in a botched attempt to take marvin . lee on the loose with the loot from a bank job that be obviously commit in america because it in dollar a oppose to franc . but he manage to get to the normandy countryside where he fall into the hand of a family of farmer who have get their own idea about him and his loot and his reputation . and by no mean be it unanimous . canicule be a french attempt to make an american style gangster film and theyre not bad at it when do thing like lemmy caution with american expatriate eddie constantine . this one could have use the real sam peckinpaugh however direct this mostly french cast of player with lee marvin and tina louise . the dubbing and editing be hardly first rate . marvin be in bad health which the camera plainly show . a another reviewer state gorky park be a far good film . that and death hunt be the last two really great film lee marvin make .