Le Marginal

Le Marginal
Directed by	Jacques Deray
Produced by	Alain Belmondo
Written by	Jacques Deray Jean Herman Michel Audiard
Starring	Jean-Paul Belmondo
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Xaver Schwarzenberger
Edited by	Albert Jürgenson
Release dates	26 October 1983
Running time	100
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	4,956,922 admissions (France)

Le Marginal is a French crime film directed by Jacques Deray.

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: Philippe Jordan
• Henry Silva: Sauveur Mecacci
• Carlos Sotto Mayor: Livia Maria Dolores
• Pierre Vernier: Inspector Rojinski
• Maurice Barrier: Tonton
• Claude Brosset: Antonio Baldi
• Tchéky Karyo: Francis Pierron
• Michel Robin: Alfred Gonet
• Jean-Claude Dreyfus: The transvestite

Reception

“Le Marginal” was described as a "typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle".

External links

• Le Marginal at IMDb
• Le Marginal at Cinéma-Français (French)