Classe Tous Risques (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

After hiding out in Milan for nearly a decade, fugitive gangland chief Abel Davos (Lino Ventura) sneaks back to Paris with his children despite a death sentence hanging over his head. Accompanied by appointed guardian Eric Stark (Jean-Paul Belmondo, fresh off his star turn in Breathless) and beset by backstabbing former friends, Abel begins a journey through the postwar Parisian underworld that's both throat grabbing and soul searching. A character study of a career criminal at the end of his rope, this rugged noir from Claude Sautet (Un coeur en hiver) is a thrilling highlight of sixties French cinema.

Starring: Jacques Dacqmine, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Bernard Dheran, Cheung Lung, Claude Cerval, Marcel Dalio, Michel Ardan, Queen Kong, Tong Tin Sze