Le Marginal

Le Marginal is a 1983 French crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. The music for the film was composed by Ennio Morricone.^[2]

Le Marginal
Directed by	Jacques Deray
Written by	Jacques Deray Jean Herman Michel Audiard
Produced by	Alain Belmondo
Starring	Jean-Paul Belmondo
Cinematography	Xaver Schwarzenberger
Edited by	Albert Jürgenson
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production companies	Cerito Films Les Films Ariane
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution Éditions René Chateau
Release date	26 October 1983 (1983-10-26) (France)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	4,956,922 admissions[1] (France)

Plot

Policeman Philippe Jordan works in Marseille. He intercepts the delivery of a shipload of heroin by jumping out of a helicopter onto a speedboat and throws all drugs into the sea. Drug lord Mecacci is desperate to get rid of Jordan and arranges an incident which leads to Jordan's disciplinary transfer. Jordan continues to fight against the drug cartel after all. He finds a valuable witness named "Freddy, the chemist" but Mecacci has Freddy killed before he can testify. When Mecacci's henchmen also murder Jordan's old friend Francis Pierron, Jordan retaliates immediately. Now Mecacci tries to lure him into a deadly trap. After Jordan has outsmarted Mecacci's killers he confronts their boss. The time for the final showdown has come.

Cast

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Philippe Jordan
• Henry Silva as Sauveur Mecacci
• Carlos Sotto Mayor as Livia Maria Dolores
• Pierre Vernier as Inspector Rojinski
• Maurice Barrier as Tonton
• Claude Brosset [fr] as Antonio Baldi
• Tchéky Karyo as Francis Pierron
• Michel Robin as Alfred Gonet
• Jean-Claude Dreyfus as The Transvestite

Reception

"Le Marginal" was described as a "typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle".^[3] With 4,956,922 tickets sold, it was the third most watched feature film in France in 1983.^[1]