Man Named Rocca 06/26 Blu-ray (Rental)

In this cold-blooded crime tale, a man named Roberto La Rocca (Jean-Paul Belmondo) goes to Marseille to help his friend Xavier (Pierre Vaneck), who has been imprisoned after a frame-up by his associate. Unflappably cool, Rocca sets out for some good old-fashioned revenge—and his own piece of the action. Teaming the newly-minted superstar Belmondo (Breathless), debuting director Jean Becker (One Deadly Summer) and a source novel by Jose Giovanni (Le trou, Classe tous risques), 1961's A Man Named Rocca is a noir gem riding the crest of the radical French New Wave. A decade later, Giovanni would go on to direct his own adaptation, La scoumoune a.k.a Hit Man, starring Belmondo in the same role. 4K Restoration by Universal Pictures from the 35mm Nitrate Print provided by the Wyler Estate and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restoration services conducted by StudioPost, A NBCUniversal Company. Special Features: • 2021 4K Restoration by StudioCanal • New Audio Commentary by Mystery Writer and Filmmaker Max Allan Collins with Film Historian and Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast, Heath Holland • Dual-Layered BD50 Disc • Lossless 2.0 Audio • In French with Optional English Subtitles