Le Marginal

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| name = Le Marginal

| image = Le-marginal-poster.jpg

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| director = Jacques Deray

| producer = Alain Belmondo

| writer = Jacques Deray
Jean Herman
Michel Audiard

| starring = Jean-Paul Belmondo

| music = Ennio Morricone

| cinematography = Xaver Schwarzenberger

| editing = Albert Jürgenson

| studio = Cerito Films
Les Films Ariane

| distributor = Gaumont Distribution
Éditions René Chateau

| released = {{Film date|1983|10|26|France|df=yes}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross = 4,956,922 admissions (France)

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Le Marginal is a 1983 French crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. The music for the film was composed by Ennio Morricone.{{cite web|url=http://en.unifrance.org/movie/1837/le-marginal|title=Le Marginal|publisher=unifrance.org |accessdate=2014-07-05}}

Plot

Policeman Philippe Jordan works in Marseille. He intercepts the delivery of a shipload of heroin by jumping out of a helicopter onto a speedboat and throws all drugs into the sea. Drug lord Mecacci is desperate to get rid of Jordan and arranges an incident which leads to Jordan's disciplinary transfer. Jordan continues to fight against the drug cartel after all. He finds a valuable witness named "Freddy, the chemist" but Mecacci has Freddy killed before he can testify. When Mecacci's henchmen also murder Jordan's old friend Francis Pierron, Jordan retaliates immediately. Now Mecacci tries to lure him into a deadly trap. After Jordan has outsmarted Mecacci's killers he confronts their boss. The time for the final showdown has come.

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Philippe Jordan
Henry Silva as Sauveur Mecacci
Carlos Sotto Mayor as Livia Maria Dolores
Pierre Vernier as Inspector Rojinski
Maurice Barrier as Tonton
{{ill|Claude Brosset|fr|Claude Brosset}} as Antonio Baldi
Tchéky Karyo as Francis Pierron
Michel Robin as Alfred Gonet
Jean-Claude Dreyfus as The Transvestite

Reception

"Le Marginal" was described as a "typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle".{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/le-marginal-v105148|title=Le Marginal|publisher=allmovie.com|quote=In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman |accessdate=2012-12-16}} With 4,956,922 tickets sold, it was the third most watched feature film in France in 1983.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-paul-belmondo-c22691425/49|title=Box office Jean-Paul Belmondo - Le Marginal|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boxofficestory.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-02}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0085900}}
[http://www.lefilmguide.com/review/le-marginal-1983.html Le Marginal] at Le Film Guide
[http://www.cinema-francais.fr/les_films/films_d/films_deray_jacques/le_marginal.htm Le Marginal at Cinéma-Français] {{in lang|fr}}

Category:1983 films

Category:1980s crime action films

Category:1980s action thriller films

Category:1983 crime thriller films

Category:French crime action films

Category:French action thriller films

Category:French crime thriller films

Category:Films directed by Jacques Deray

Category:Films set in Marseille

Category:Films about organized crime in France

Category:Films about the illegal drug trade

Category:Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard

Category:1980s French-language films

Category:1980s French films

Category:French-language crime thriller films