Borsalino (film)
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French film poster for Borsalino | |
| Directed by | Jacques Deray |
| Screenplay by | Jean-Claude Carrière Jean Cau Jacques Deray Claude Sautet |
| Based on | The Bandits of Marseilles 1959 novel by Eugene Saccomano |
| Produced by | Alain Delon Henri Michaud |
| Starring | Jean-Paul Belmondo Alain Delon |
| Cinematography | Jean-Jacques Tarbès |
| Edited by | Paul Cayatte |
| Music by | Claude Bolling |
Production companies | Adel Productions Marianne Productions Mars Film Produzione |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Languages | French Italian |
| Budget | FRF 14 million |
| Box office | $35.3 million $1.1 million (US) |
Borsalino is a 1970 French gangster film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon and Catherine Rouvel. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2009, Empire named it No. 19 in a poll of "The 20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen… Probably". A sequel, Borsalino & Co., was released in 1974 with Alain Delon in the leading role. The film is based on real-life gangsters Paul Carbone and François Spirito, who collaborated with Nazi Germany during the occupation of France in World War II (though this is not mentioned in the film).