Review of Le Doulos (1962) by Gregory C — 10 Apr 2011

Very stylishly shot in b&w, this film starts off very well, loses a bit of steam in the middle with some slightly long-winded scenes, reaches a clever denouement which is unfortunately rather too unclear to appreciate, then descends into an almost farcical ending.

This was probably a very good book up to about 90% of the way through. Even though Belmondo irritates me with his 'coolness', I'd give it 3.5 stars for the actual film and another half a star for some nice old cars and photography.