In a career-defining performance, the late, great Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.

An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, LE SAMOURAI is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.

Restored in 4K by Pathé and the Criterion Collection at L’Immagine Ritrovata from the 35 mm original camera negative.

"Minimal and breathtaking, Jean-Pierre Melville's 'Le Samourai' features an icy and smoldering lead performance from one of the most beautiful human beings to ever grace the big screen: Alain Delon." (Cinapse)

"Cold, masterly, without pathos, and not even particularly sympathetic; it has the noble structure of accuracy." (New Yorker)

"Fedoras and trench coats. Film noir in cool blues and greens. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 film Le Samourai is the real deal." (Austin Chronicle)

Sunday, September 1
Doors 4:45 pm | Movie 5:15 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.

LE SAMOURAI (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967 / 105 mins / NR / French w/EST) After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.