Crime ·Drama · France · 1971 · 1h 35m

Angel's Leap

Le saut de l'ange

Director

Cast

Jean Yanne as Louis Orsini Senta Berger as Sylvaine Orsini Sterling Hayden as Mason / Custer Raymond Pellegrin as Diego Alvarez Gordon Mitchell as Henry Di Fusco Claude Cerval as Marc Orsini

Crew

Jean Boffety — Director of Photography Albert Jurgenson — Editor François de Roubaix — Original Music Composer Yves Boisset — Screenplay Richard Winckler — Screenplay Bernard-Paul Lallier — Novel

Tagline

A town comes alive with violence as one man seeks revenge!

Synopsis

In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne) has retired to a Thailand plantation with an Asian wife and child. Back in Marseilles, however, because a no-holds-barred gang war has broken out, Louis' large collateral family is wiped out, and he is family are slated for destruction.

Mood & Themes

revenge killer

Key Collaborators

Yves Boisset Director Jean Boffety Director of Photography Albert Jurgenson Editor François de Roubaix Original Music Composer Yves Boisset Screenplay Richard Winckler Screenplay Bernard-Paul Lallier Novel Raymond Danon Producer Théobald Meurisse Production Design

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