Jeff (1969 film)

Jeff is a 1969 French-Italian crime film financed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.[2] Starring Alain Delon and Mireille Darc, it tells the story of a gang of thieves who fall out after a robbery and start killing each other off.

Jeff
Directed byJean Herman
Written byAndré-Georges Brunelin
Jean Cau
Produced byAlain Delon
StarringAlain Delon
Mireille Darc
CinematographyJean-Jacques Tarbès
Music byFrançois de Roubaix
Production
companies
Adel Productions
PECF (French)
Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC) (Italian)
Distributed byWarner Bros-Seven Arts
Release date
  • 25 April 1969 (1969-04-25)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office1,074,600 admissions (France)[1]

Plot

In Paris, a gang rob a diamond merchant after abducting his wife and killing his chauffeur. The loot is given to Jeff, their leader, who will take it to a fence in Antwerp and then return to share out the cash proceeds. But he never returns. All of the gang believe he has cheated them, apart from Laurent who still trusts his leader. They leave one member to guard Laurent and go to Jeff's apartment, where they torture his mistress Eva.

Laurent kills his guard, rescues Eva, and sets off with her to Antwerp. There they find the fence, who says Jeff has the money. The other members find the fence, kill him, and abduct his wife, who they force to tell Eva that Jeff has cheated everybody. Laurent meanwhile has found Jeff's hideaway and kills him. Going to meet Eva, who spent the previous night with him, he finds she has been abducted by a gang member who guns him down.

Cast

Production

It was the first film from Delon's production company, Adel Productions. During the making of the film, Delon began a romantic relationship with Mireille Darc which lasted for fifteen years.[3]

Reception

The film was a relative disappointment at the French box office.

References
  1. "Box office information for film". Box Office Story.
  2. Martin, Betty. (Feb 15, 1969). "MOVIE CALL SHEET: Goulet 'Underground' Star". Los Angeles Times. p. b7.
  3. "Mireille Darc & Alain Delon". The Red List.
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