Symphonie pour un massacre (1963)

Symphonie pour un massacre is a French crime film first released in 1963, directed by Jacques Deray.  The film stars Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni, Charles Vanel and Jean Rochefort.  It has also been released under the title: Symphony for a Massacre.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


Paoli, Clavet, Jabeke and Valoti run a gambling club which is, in truth, a cover for their illicit activities.  Repellini, a notorious Marseilles gangster, offers to sell them a large quantity of drugs, which they can sell for twice the price he is asking.   The offer is too good to turn down and the plan is that Moreau, the fifth member of the gang, will travel from Paris to Marseilles by train with a suitcase full of cash to buy the drugs.     However, Jabeke wants the money for himself, so he takes the same train, kills Moreu and returns to Paris with the suitcase.  A roller coaster of suspicion, betrayal and death quickly ensures...
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