Mesrine, Killer instinct

Resource Information

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Label

Mesrine, Killer instinct

Title part

Killer instinct

Statement of responsibility

Thomas Langmann présente ; sous le direction de Jean-François Richet ; scénario, Abdel Raouf Dafri ; une coproduction ... La Petite Reine ... [et al.]

Title variation

• Killer instinct
• Mesrine
• Mesrine

Creator

• Instinct de mort (Motion picture)

Contributor

• France, Cécile de, 1975-
• Music Box Films
• Mesrine, Jacques, 1936-1979
• Richet, Jean-François
• Cassel, Vincent, 1966-
• Depardieu, Gérard, 1948-

Actor

• France, Cécile de, 1975-
• Cassel, Vincent, 1966-
• Depardieu, Gérard, 1948-

Director

• Richet, Jean-François

Subject

• Bank robberies -- Québec (Province) -- Drama
• Biographical films
• Crime films
• Criminals -- France -- Drama
• Criminals -- Québec (Province) -- Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Gangster films
• Gangsters -- France -- Drama
• Gangsters -- Québec (Province) -- Drama
• Mesrine, Jacques, 1936-1979 -- Drama
• Mesrine, Jacques, 1936-1979 -- Film adaptations
• Bank robberies -- France -- Drama

Genre

• Gangster films
• Biographical films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Crime films
• Drama

Language

• fre
• eng
• eng
• fre
• fre

Summary

The first of two parts charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine, the legendary French gangster of the 1960s and 1970s who came to be known as French Public Enemy No. 1 and the Man of a Thousand Faces. Infamous for his bravado and outrageously daring prison escapes, Mesrine carried out numerous robberies, kidnappings, and murders in a criminal career that spanned continents until he was shot dead in 1979 by France's notorious anti-gang unit

Member of

• Mesrine saga, pt. 1

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Robert Gantz ; original music, Éloi Painchaud

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong brutal violence, some sexual content and language

Language note

French or English dialogue with optional English subtitles

PerformerNote

Vincent Cassel, Gérard Depardieu, Cecile de France, Gilles Lellouche

Runtime

113

Series statement

Part 1 of the Mesrine saga

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action