---
title: 'Le Samouraï (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Pierre Melville'
released: '1967-10-25'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/le-samourai-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062229/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Le Samouraï (1967)

1967 · 98 min · Drama, Crime · France, Italy


## Synopsis

Le Samouraï is a 1967 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier. A Franco-Italian production, it depicts the intersecting paths of a professional hitman (Delon) trying to find out who hired him for a job and then tried to have him killed, and the Parisian commissaire (Périer) trying to catch him.

## 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:** [François de Roubaix](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-de-roubaix)
- **Producer:** [Raymond Borderie](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-borderie)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae)

## Cast

- [Roger Fradet](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-fradet)
- [Jacques Léonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-leonard)
- [Adrien Cayla-Legrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrien-cayla-legrand)
- [Jacques Deschamps](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-deschamps)
- [Nathalie Delon](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathalie-delon)
- [André Thorent](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-thorent)
- [Michel Boisrond](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-boisrond)
- [Georges Billy](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-billy)
- [Cathy Rosier](https://cinepixo.com/people/cathy-rosier)
- [Robert Favart](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-favart)
- [Gaston Meunier](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaston-meunier)
- [Catherine Jourdan](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-jourdan)
- [Carlo Nell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-nell)
- [Jean Gold](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-gold)
- [Maurice Magalon](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-magalon)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/le-samourai-1967
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