New on Blu-ray: HIT MAN / LA SCOUMOUNE (1972) Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale

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Product Description: In La scoumoune a.k.a Hit Man, 1930s mobster Roberto La Rocca (Jean-Paul Belmondo) moves to Marseille to avenge his pal Xavier (Michel Constantin), who has been framed by the local crime bosses. Rocca gets caught up in clashes between different gangs and as a result serves a long stretch in prison, where he plots his daring escape. Superstar Belmondo (Breathless) shares sizzling scenes with another icon of cool, Claudia Cardinale (The Pink Panther), in this Euro-crime classic written and directed by Jose Giovanni (Le trou, Classe tous risques) and featuring a wildly original soundtrack by François de Roubaix. This 1972 film was the second adaptation of Giovanni’s source novel. The first, 1961’s A Man Called Rocca, was directed by Jean Becker and starred Belmondo in the same role.

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New on Blu-ray: BIRDS OF PREY / LE RAPACE (1968) Starring Lino Ventura

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Product Description: Iconic tough guy Lino Ventura stars in this ravishing action-thriller from author/filmmaker José Giovanni, whose hard-boiled novels Classe tous risques and Le deuxième souffle became Ventura-led screen classics. In 1938 Central America, a cynical hitman (Ventura) is hired to assassinate a head of state. Accompanied by a young revolutionary, he moves into a house opposite the presidential palace. As the assassin awaits his target, an unlikely friendship grows between the two men. Featuring vivid landscapes and a score by François de Roubaix, this unique France-Italy-Mexico co-production blends elements of a political thriller with a Spaghetti Western for a thoroughly entertaining genre concoction.

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BOOMERANG aka COMME UN BOOMERANG (1976) - Blu-ray Release of Crime Drama Starring Alain Delon

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Product Description: International icon Alain Delon (Un Flic, Icy Breasts) delivers a fine dramatic performance in Boomerang (Comme un boomerang), a compelling father-and-son story from the famed crime-novelist/filmmaker José Giovanni (Birds of Prey, Last Known Address, Scoumoune). While under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques (Delon), pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman’s widow…until the press reveals that Jacques is an ex-gangster who has spent time in prison. The film’s title refers to the cyclical nature of violence and retribution, and how a man’s past actions can reverberate through future generations. Co-written by Delon himself, Boomerang features Carla Gravina (The Antichrist), Charles Vanel (The Wages of Fear) and a musical score by the great Georges Delerue (The Day of the Jackal, The Day of the Dolphin).

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