The best Raymond Pellegrin’s action movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Raymond Pellegrin’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Raymond Pellegrin.
The Knock Out Cop
6.7/10
This cop doesn't carry a gun - his fist is loaded!
Le Deuxième Souffle
7.9/10
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Shoot First, Die Later
6.6/10
Luc Merenda gives the performance of his career as a highly regarded police detective who is taking syndicate money in exchange for departmental favors. His father, a simple man, also works for the department but on a lower rung; he isn't jealous of his son, but rather proud of him, little knowing that he's a crooked cop. A series of events leads the young detective to ask his father for a favor (he wants a certain police report that is desired by the syndicate) and it doesn't take long for the detective's father to realize his son is on the take... which leads to numerous complications.
Le Complot
6.1/10
Paris 1960. DeGaulle determines to end a bitter war in Algeria by granting its independence. Millions oppose him, including a group of DeGaulle's disenchanted Arm Officers. In a desperate attempt to save the colony for France, they plan a daring jailbreak of their imprisoned leader. A network of snitches inform a tenacious detective leading to an explosive three-way cat-and-mouse game among the rebels, the Gaullist politicos and the police.
A Special Cop in Action
6.6/10
A school bus with young children being kidnapped. Commissario Betti will solve the case. High action is promised, including hostage, bank robberies, car chases, prison scenes and mafia bosses!
Manhunt in the City
6.5/10
A man contemplates revenge after his daughter is killed in a bank heist.
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
5.7/10
A secret agent is dispatched to find a rare and valuable drug.
Fear in the City
5.8/10
The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night picking off various informers and people they don't like. Murri investigates; hooking up with one of the criminal's nieces along the way. He uses his own methods; which mostly involve breaking all the rules, and thus comes under a lot of scrutiny from his superiors who don't take too kindly to the cop's way of working.
The Telephone Bar
5.8/10
A gangster (Daniel Duval) incurs the wrath of the patriarch of a well-established crime family.
