not have see this film in quite some time and we catch with it not long ago in the nicely transfer criterion dvd . le cercle rouge be a film that owe a lot to other movie and a it keep remind u about rififi and the asphalt jungle and among others and because they all deal with caper that take center stage in the movie and reproduce it in great detail . unfortunately and one know that old adage that crime do not pay and and from the start and these men involve in it be doom from the onset . jean pierre melville be a director of few word . he do not fill his picture with a lot of dialog and a it the case here . yet and for not be talky and they have a style of their own a prove with le dolous and le samurai and and his masterpiece and bob le flambeur and among others . mr. melville have a sense of style that come across in everything he do . in this film and work with his cinematographer and henri decae and he take u along for a ride through the street of paris that show the vibrant city mainly at night and the bleak winter in france . the score be by eric demarsan that emphasize a jazzy music that accompany most of the action . although the film show alain delon and a corey and at the center of the action and it be however and the smart inspector mattei who be the real hero of the movie . a play by the great bourvil and he be a man that show a lot of patience because he have figure from the begin how to catch vogel and and in the process he get involve in the investigation of the jewel heist in which he know the escaped man he be tail loom large behind it . bourvil give an enormously satisfying performance a mattei show equal part of determination and tenderness and a it the case with the three cat he adore . alain delon always respond with interesting performance his appearance in mellville picture . in here he be corey and the man who be first see leave prison and promising himself he would not go back and but he can not pass a good thing when he decide to go ahead and participate in the robbery . his association with vogel and jansen and pay off in the way they get the job do and but it will also prove a mistake in the way they will not be able to dispose of the loot a the fence they have rely on have a change of heart . gian maria volonte and yves montand be see a vogel and jansen and respectively . they be excellent actor who blend well in the action of the film . both actor be at their best moment when they take the role in the film and it show . mr. montand have the more complex character to play a we witness him in his first moment in front of the camera a a man with many demon inside his head . jean pierre mellville get wonderful result from his cast and crew in a film and that although feel a bit longer and but still succeed in show his style in one of the most memorable picture from the director .