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Le marginal

  • 1983
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  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
3.8K
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Le marginal (1983)
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The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.

  • Director
    • Jacques Deray
  • Writers
    • Jacques Deray
    • Jean Herman
    • Michel Audiard
  • Stars
    • Jean-Paul Belmondo
    • Henry Silva
    • Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
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    • Director
      • Jacques Deray
    • Writers
      • Jacques Deray
      • Jean Herman
      • Michel Audiard
    • Stars
      • Jean-Paul Belmondo
      • Henry Silva
      • Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor
    • 10User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Jean-Paul Belmondo
    Jean-Paul Belmondo
    • Commissaire Philippe Jordan
    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • Sauveur Meccacci
    Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor
    • Livia Maria Dolores
    • (as Carlos Sotto Mayor)
    Pierre Vernier
    Pierre Vernier
    • Inspecteur Rojinski
    Maurice Barrier
    Maurice Barrier
    • Tonton
    Claude Brosset
    Claude Brosset
    • Antonio Baldi
    Tchéky Karyo
    Tchéky Karyo
    • Francis Pierron
    Jacques Maury
    Jacques Maury
    • Maître Cappa
    Roger Dumas
    Roger Dumas
    • Inspecteur Simon
    Gabriel Cattand
    • Contrôleur Dumas
    Michel Robin
    Michel Robin
    • Alfred Gonet 'Freddy le chimiste'
    Jacques David
    Jean-Louis Richard
    Jean-Louis Richard
    • Antoine
    Didier Sauvegrain
    • Un tueur de Meccaci…
    Stéphane Ferrara
    • L'indic assassiné
    Daniel Breton
    • Un homme de main de Meccacci
    Jean-Roger Milo
    • Le gardien du squatt
    Dany Kogan
    • Director
      • Jacques Deray
    • Writers
      • Jacques Deray
      • Jean Herman
      • Michel Audiard
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    8stuka24

    Another winner!

    With Belmondo as with many of the things that matter, either you love him or you don't. I do, and it comes in the family, so be forewarned :).

    There are films that demand not to be analyzed. This is one. Belmondo is a cop who behaves like a gangster to, well, get the gangsters behind bars. His code of ethics wouldn't win medals in any police academy, even a Third World's. Speaking of which, the way we see Marseille, it could well be Turkey or Bolivia :). Facts are not stylized, our hero kills and fails to be killed just by chance. You feel the danger, for instance, when he gets into a squatter's den in order to rescue the daughter of somebody whom he put into jail. He's a hardened man, always with a good blunt answer: "You should have thought about this before!" is what he says to this man when he moans that his daughter has been caught by this delinquents. But then, he gets the victim out of trouble, from an environment that makes his real "nemesis" look less menacing.

    Morricone's score doesn't disappoint, as usual. "Beautiful, elegant, tense, suffocating and full of melodrama" (written by Paul Werkmeister "miser42" on Amazon).

    It's difficult not to compare this to the masterwork of the genre: THE PROFESSIONAL. While it remains at the top, this would make a great 2nd best, specially if you don't want to get emotional at the end.

    Pierre Vernier makes a great if unusual (and thus, welcome) sidekick. Like Jordan, sometimes he doesn't need to utter a word to answer. Henry Silva is finely cast.

    Enjoy!
    6Bunuel1976

    THE OUTSIDER (Jacques Deray, 1983) **1/2

    Just as Jean-Paul Belmondo's THE PROFESSIONAL (1981) recalled the Charles Bronson 'loner' action vehicles, this one evokes memories of Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" cop shows…which, by extension, connects it to the Italian poliziotteschi – of which the American co-star of THE OUTSIDER, Henry Silva, was a regular! Anyway, Belmondo is a maverick cop up against drug kingpin Silva: he intercepts a consignment of heroin (chasing the speedboat transporting it via helicopter), but the criminal's influence with city officials gets him transferred from Marseille to a low-life district! As was the case with the earlier film, the credits take care to establish the fact that the ageing star performed his own (often dangerous) stunts; in fact, every fifteen minutes or so, he's seen getting into a scuffle, a chase or a shoot-out – without necessarily advancing the main plot.

    Still, in spite of the protagonist's superficial nonchalance, he's shown to have a heart: befriending a hooker, saving a convict's teenage daughter from life as a junkie, and paternally overseeing the 'legitimate' activity of a young small-time crook; when the latter opposes Silva's offer of 'protection' and winds up dead, the conflict between policeman and racketeer becomes a personal one. Mind you, the overall handling is anything but subtle – and blatantly commercial (why else would we be treated to the excess of sleaze on display, including an irrelevant excursion at a gay club?)! The film features another Ennio Morricone score which virtually hinges on a single catchy riff, though it's not quite as haunting as his work on THE PROFESSIONAL. The R2 DVD I rented also featured an Audio Commentary by director Deray which was, unfortunately, unsubtitled and enticing theatrical trailers for two other films Belmondo made for director Philippe De Broca, LE MAGNIFIQUE (1973) and L'INCORRIGIBLE (1975).
    7profkringsconsulting

    Guilty pleasure

    This film is a guilty pleasure. It is by no means a very good film but it works. You get straight into the action when Belmondo's tough guy cop is sent from Paris to clean up Marseilles with his very unconventional methods. They backfire and he is put on the backburner. However, in a good cop movie, the cop never lets go. The story is rather pointless (and funnily enough a lot of villians in 80s Belmondo films have the same name) but the action works really well. Henry Silva as the villain makes the film stand out from the rest. And watch out for the red Fiat 131 that was used in every film Belmondo made in the 80s.
    searchanddestroy-1

    Dirty Philippe

    After the success of LE PROFESSIONAL and the likes of PEUR SUR LA VILLE and L'ALPAGUEUR - major action crime flicks - and before the failure of his last action film - LE SOLITAIRE- Jean-Paul Belmondo gave us this one, directed by Jacques Deray, with whom he made BORSALINO, PAR UN BEAU MATIN D'ETE, and LE SOLITAIRE. It is obviously inspired by the DIRTY HARRY fashion, the tough, rough cop - Philippe Jordan - who applies his own methods, against all codes, rules, except his very own ones. Henry Silva plays the villain, this American actor who already played in Daniel Vigne's LES HOMMES and jean Claude Roy's L'INSOLENT, two gritty French crime flicks. The Paris car chase, under the aerial subway line, is of course a tribute to BULLITT, or FRENCH CONNECTION - also car chase under the New York aerial subway line - scene.
    4godsnames

    An incomprehensive mishmash, better to forget

    The four star I have given to it is just because of the camerawork. That is (was) very good. However, even Ennio Morricone went way bellow of his standard with this one.

    The script is so bad, full of holes, you wonder 'How did we get here?' Broad shoulders, balls dividing in tight jeans, and that famous grin after beating up criminals.

    This is Belmondo at his lowest.

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      Belmondo once again beats his own record for opening week admissions in Paris with 468,000 tickets sold.
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    • Release date
      • October 26, 1983 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Outsider
    • Filming locations
      • Boulevard Auguste Blanqui, Paris 13, Paris, France(car chase under the metro)
    • Production companies
      • Cerito Films
      • Les Films Ariane
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 43m(103 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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