Alain Delon
Actor
Christine (1958)
- Dir. Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Feat. Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Micheline Presle
- Vienna set classic love triangle between an unfaithful man, his current love interest (played by darling French actress Romy Schneider) and an…
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot…
- An uncompromising, richly detailed portrait of an impoverished family who travel to Milan where they are beset by violent misfortune.
Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) (1960)
- Dir. Rene Clement
Feat. Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet
- The original adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's gripping novel 'The Talented Mr Ripley', who is here embodied by a sleek Delon in only his third…
L'eclisse (1962)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal, Alain Delon
- The final part in the Italian trilogy begun by L’AVVENTURA, set during a stock–market crash in Rome, this finds Monica Vitti disengaging…
Leopard, The (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale…
- An Italian classic, concerning the decline of the 19th century Sicilian aristocracy – represented by Burt Lancaster– that fulfils its…
Yellow Rolls-Royce, The (1964)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Omar Sharif…
- Star–studded omnibus following three consecutive owners of a cute Rolls Royce Pantom II. An English aristocrat, a Chicago gangster and a…
Lost Command (1966)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal…
- Atypical war movie follows Anthony Quinn's realpoliticking officer through French colonial defeats from Dien Bien Phu to Algeria. Tough action film…
Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?) (1966)
- Dir. Rene Clement
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron…
- An international cast grace this lengthy war drama, set in 1944 Paris as the retreating Germans prepared to burn the city to the ground on Hitler's…
Texas Across The River (1966)
- Dir. Michael Gordon
Feat. Dean Martin, Alain Delon, Rosemary Forsyth…
- Gag–heavy Western spoof sees Joey Bishop get painted up 'native' and Dean Martin and Alain Delon facing off for the love of Rosemary Forsyth's…
Le Samourai (The Samurai) (1967)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon
- Alain Delon plays an ultra–cool assassin whose flawless disposition is impenetrable to the Gendarmerie but not to a sexy key witness. Steely…
French Screen Icons: Alain Delon 1 (Diabolically Yours, The Burned Barns, The Widow Coudrec, Shock Treatment) (1967-1973)
- Feat. Alain Delon
- Four films starring French leading–man Alain Delon.
Diabolically Yours (Diaboliquement vôtre) (1967)
- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Alain Delon, Senta Berger, Sergio Fantoni
- Creepy thriller has amnesiac Delon recovering in his opulent mansion with beautiful wife Berger, living the good life. Trouble comes when he begins…
Girl on a Motorcycle (1968)
- Dir. Jack Cardiff
Feat. Marianne Faithful, Alain Delon
- Straight out of the late 60s ethos of freedom, rebellion, psychedelics and women’s liberation, a leather–clad Marianne Faithful speeds away…
Farewell, Friend (Honor Among Thieves) (1968)
- Dir. Jean Herman
Feat. Alain Delon, Charles Bronson
- Dependable French caper, centered on an elaborate heist, with warhorses Branson and Delon thick as thieves in vying to crack the same high security…
Spirits of the Dead (Histoires Extraordinaires) (1969)
- Dir. Louis Malle, Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Terence Stamp, Alain Delon…
- A classy compendium of three Edgar Allan Poe stories directed by Europe's finest.
Metzengerstein (Dir. Roger Vadim) – Jane and Peter Fonda…
Borsalino (1970)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Michel Bouquet
- Delightful seriocomic film of two likeable hoods who become gangland chieftains in 1930s Marseilles. Music by Claude Bolling.
Cercle Rouge, Le (The Red Circle) (1970)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand…
- A precisely–crafted colour 'noir' from the French master, dir. Melville, which rejigs the usual ingredients into an exemplary heist…
Widow Couderc, The (La veuve Couderc) (1971)
- Dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre
Feat. Alain Delon, Simone Signoret
- Rustic thriller with Delon as a brooding stranger embroiled in a torrid affair with hard–bitten widow Signoret.
Witty adaptation of a George…
Red Sun (1971)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune…
- Exotic western with samurai elements that boasts an international cast. The plot involves a munhunt to retrieve a ceremonial Japanese sword from a…
Dirty Money (Un Flic) (1972)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve
- Final film by the suspense–specialist Melville (LE SAMOURAI), spins a familiar tale of cops and bank–robbers involving Alain Delon,…
Scorpio (1973)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield…
- Burt Lancaster plays the CIA agent in this solid suspense yarn set at the height of the Cold War. Plotwise this is a little overcomplicated, but…
Shock Treatment (Traitement de Choc) (1973)
- Dir. Alain Jessua
Feat. Alain Delon, Annie Girardot
- Pointed medical chiller set in an anti–aging clinic overseen by Delon. This minor genre film is memorable for Girardot and Delon's risque beach…
Burned Barns, The (Les granges brulées) (1973)
- Dir. Jean Chapot
Feat. Alain Delon, Simone Signoret
- Moody provincial drama of death and betrayal reunites Delon and Signoret, this time on opposite sides of the law.
More a character study than a…
Zorro (1974)
- Dir. Luciano Martino
Feat. Alain Delon, Sir Stanley Baker
- Transposed from California to South America, the masked, sword–wielding hero (Alain Delon) maintains his reputation for exciting…
French Screen Icons: Alain Delon 2 (Icy Flesh, The Gypsy, Like a Boomerang, A Crime) (1974-1993)
- Feat. Alain Delon
- Four films starring French leading–man Alain Delon.
Icy Flesh (Icy Breasts; Les seins de glace) (1974)
- Dir. Georges Lautner
Feat. Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Claude Brasseur
- Alain Delon potboiler, with the French leading man succumbing to the wiles of an alluring, if deadly femme fatale. Better known as 'Icy Breasts'.
Best French Crime Flicks (1975-1981)
- Dir. Georges Lautner, Jose Giovanni, Alain Corneau
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Yves Montand
- Three seminal French crime dramas in one collection: THE PROFESSIONAL (1981), THE GYPSY (1975), and CHOICE OF ARMS (1981).
Gypsy, The (Le Gitan) (1975)
- Dir. Jose Giovanni
Feat. Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Paul Meurisse
- Alain Delon humours the plight of the gypsy as a gangster with a nomadic past. An obscure, moody crime vehicle.
Mr. Klein (1976)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau
- A dark, dread–inducing moral tale, with Delon fleecing vulnerable Jews under German–occupied–France, only to be mistaken by…
Boomerang (Comme un boomerang) (1976)
- Dir. Jose Giovanni
Feat. Alain Delon, Carla Gravina, Dora Doll
- French crime film with Alain Delon playing an ex–gangster and father of a delinquent teen, who is determined to clear his son's name after he…
The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner…
- The final gasp of the AIRPORT series of disaster thrillers, which still attracted top stars right up to this nadir. Here, the titular supersonic…
Swann in Love (1984)
- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon…
- Lavish filming of Proust's novel 'Remembrance of Things Past' which centres around a high class man who risks everything for his erotic obsessions.…
A Crime (Un Crime) (1993)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Alain Delon
- Vintage courtroom vehicle for the ice cool Delon, sturdy in its workmanlike screenplay and no–nonsense attitude.
Asterix at the Olympic Games (Astérix Aux Jeux Olympiques) (2008)
- Dir. Frederic Forestier, Thomas Langmann
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Benoit Poelvoorde…
- Fairly loose adaptation of the original comic follows the oddball duo as they try to win the Olympic Games in order to set their friend up with a…