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Alain Corneau (writer)
Michel Grisolia (writer)
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Release Date:
19 August 1981 (France) more
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Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Yves Montand ... Noel Durieux

Gérard Depardieu ... Mickey

Catherine Deneuve ... Nicole Durieux
Michel Galabru ... Bonnardot
Gérard Lanvin ... Sarlat
Jean-Claude Dauphin ... Ricky
Jean Rougerie ... Raymond Constantini
Christian Marquand ... Jean
Etienne Chicot ... Roland Davout
Richard Anconina ... Dany
Pierre Forget ... Serge Olivier
Roland Blanche ... Fernand
Marc Chapiteau ... Savin
Jean-Claude Bouillaud ... Andre
Antoine Baud
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Choice of Arms (USA)
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Runtime:
135 min | USA:114 min
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Spoilt For Choice ..., 24 November 2003
Author: writers_reign

.. of superlatives. This, the last of the three polars that Corneau made top-billing Montand, finds Montand retired from the mob and roughing it with Catherine Deneuve in a large country chateau where they breed thoroughbreds. Such an idyll can't last, natch, so, before you can say 'make my day, punk', enter Depardieu, hothead extaordinaire, on the lam and looking for a soft touch. Eventually we need the obligatory scene in which the ageing gunfighter dusts off the old six-shooter and wastes the wannabee new fastest gun, except, of course, that this isn't a Western but a very sophisticated and hugely enjoyable polar.It doesn't get any better than Montand and Depardieu (who had worked together earlier in Claude Sautet's 'Vincent, Paul, Francois et les autres' and would do so again in 'Jean de Florette') and with Corneau on bullhorn what's not to like. Post-war French policiers/polars are in a class of their own and provided your nose is in good working order the whiff of cordite can be identified at once as generated by Jean Pierre Melville, Alain Corneau, Tavernier, etc. This one is right out of the top drawer and would BE a top drawer on any screen it graced. Go see! Enjoy!

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