Check out one of the most notoriously cool hitman movies of all time as our May Is For Mobsters series presents LE SAMOURAÏ in its new 4K restoration, paired in an optional double feature Friday & Monday with spiritual counterpart GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI.

In a career-defining performance, 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 samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology. (Criterion Collection)

“It combines stylish direction, an intelligent script, first-rate performances, and overpowering atmosphere into one of the most tense and absorbing thrillers ever to reach the screen.” – ReelViews

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