Fresh
Though not among Melville's classics, "Un Flic" is a pleasure to experience.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Overview
A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Melville Director
- Alain Delon as Commissaire Edouard Coleman
- Richard Crenna as Simon
- Catherine Deneuve as Cathy
- Simone Valère as Mme Weber
- Riccardo Cucciolla as Paul Weber
- Paul Crauchet as Morand
- Jean Desailly as l'homme distingué
- Michael Conrad as Louis Costa
- André Pousse as Marc Albouis
- Valérie Wilson as Gaby
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Delon and Crenna paint an idealized portrait of masculine camaraderie, one that's exposed at the end of Melville's bracing last testament as a soul-shattering illusion.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Fresh
A fitting final act for noir master Jean-Pierre Melville ...
Simon Abrams, Village Voice
Rotten
A murky disappointment.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Mr. Melville's obsession with technical information is sometimes taken to lengths that border on the crazy.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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