Le Doulos (1962)
THE LEFT HAND ENDEAVOR aka “Film Noir Month” is rolling along and you might call it “criminal” that we’re discussing only one French Noir. Ahhhh, the French. They coined the genre after its peak and plucked the inspiration for its 60s New Wave works and today’s feature is from a founding father in the French New Wave oeuvre. Our youngest movie discussion this month is this film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville from 1962 called, “LE DOULOS” and it stars Jean-Paul Belmondo & Serge Reggiani. “Le Doulas” means “The Hat” and it’s underworld slang for “police informant”. Maurice is fresh out of the…
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