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A Man Named Rocca (1961)

A Man Named Rocca poster
Original title
Un nommé La Rocca
Directed by
Jean Becker
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
TP
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A convicted criminal returns to his old neighborhood after serving time. He gets entangled with former associates and faces threats from the local underworld.

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What happens

A Man Named Rocca (French: Un nommé La Rocca, Italian: Quello che spara per primo) is a 1961 French-Italian crime-thriller film directed by Jean Becker and starring Jean Paul Belmondo. It is based on the 1958 novel L'Excommunié by José Giovanni. Belmondo appeared in another film version of this novel in 1972, directed by Giovanni, called Bad Luck. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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