---
title: 'Le Doulos (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Pierre Melville'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/le-doulos-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054821/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Le Doulos (1962)

1962 · 108 min · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · France, Italy


## Synopsis

Le Doulos is a 1962 French crime film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, adapted from the novel of the same name by Pierre Lesou. It was released theatrically as The Finger Man in the English-speaking world, but all video and DVD releases have used the French title. Intertitles at the beginning of the film explain that the French title refers both to a kind of hat and to the slang term for a police informant.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jacques Loussier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-loussier), [Paul Misraki](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-misraki)
- **Producer:** [Carlo Ponti](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ponti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicolas Hayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-hayer)

## Cast

- [Christian Lude](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-lude)
- [Charles Bayard](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bayard)
- [Philippe March](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-march)
- [Serge Reggiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-reggiani)
- [Jean Desailly](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-desailly)
- [Jean-Paul Belmondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-belmondo)
- [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff)
- [Carl Studer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-studer)
- [Dominique Zardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-zardi)
- [Robert Blome](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-blome)
- [Daniel Crohem](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-crohem)
- [Marcel Cuvelier](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-cuvelier)
- [Georges Sellier](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-sellier)
- [Michel Piccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-piccoli)
- [Charles Bouillaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bouillaud)

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