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Jeff (1969)     Crime / Thriller / Drama      
Dir: Jean Herman    
Overview
Jeff is a French thriller film first released in 1969, directed by Jean Herman.  The film stars Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Georges Rouquier, Gabriel Jabbour and Nathalie Nerval.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


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Synopsis
Having successfully pulled off a meticulously planned jewel robbery, five crooks meet up at an agreed rendez-vous.  There, they await with growing impatience the arrival of their chief, Jeff, who will decide how the spoils of the robbery are to be shared.  When Jeff fails to turn up, the crooks suspect they have been betrayed.  Only Laurent, his young protégé, remains convinced of Jeff’s fidelity.  Is he right?  Time is running out…


Film Review
This typically Delonesque crime thriller is a curiously artificial, non-committal affair.  Shunned by the public and slated by the critics, it represents among the first in a series of major commercial failures for the actor-producer Alain Delon.

Delon himself made the decision to cast Mireille Darc as his co-star in the film; the actress would become his partner for 15 years afterwards.

© James Travers 2006

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Credits
  • Director: Jean Herman
  • Script: André G. Brunelin, Jean Cau
  • Photo: Jean-Jacques Tarbès
  • Music: François de Roubaix
  • Cast: Alain Delon (Laurent), Mireille Darc (Eva), Georges Rouquier (Jeff), Gabriel Jabbour (Zucci), Nathalie Nerval (Mme Grunstein), Robert Lombard (Grunstein), Georges Jamin (Peter), Henry Czarniak (Lescure), Christian Melsen (Van Hoof) Suzanne Flon (Mrs. de Groote)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 92 min


 
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