Mort d'un pourri

Alain Delon is amazing as always in this classic French crime thriller.

A surprise to find Georges Lautner's leisurely paced but well-made political thriller-film noir here! Alain Delon and Maurice Ronet from PURPLE NOON reunite to play old military buddies who get embroiled in a murderous scandal involving a note-folder that has kept track of all the skeletons in the closet of French politicians. Witnesses and potential clues begin to be killed off as Delon investigates. I enjoyed it quite a bit, although unfortunately the soundtrack is badly dubbed and Philippe Sarde's amazing jazz score sounds tragically canned. Really should have offered the French audio & English subttile option. On the other hand, ithe visuals are showcased in a superbly clean HD transfer and I still recommend it to any fans of these French stars and cynical, '70s Eurocrime films.

The great Alain Delon is in his prime and gives a tremendous performance. But sadly the movie hasn't aged very well since it deals with political corruption that might have been more relevant back in the 1970's ,furthermore the convoluted story about the inner working of the French bureaucracy has little appeal to the non French . The mystery itself is not very believable and too conveniently resolved at the end. It's still a good movie for Delon's fans. iTunes how about Mr.Klien?