Jeff (1969 film)

1969 French film

Jeff

Directed by| Jean Herman
Written by| André-Georges Brunelin
Jean Cau
Produced by| Alain Delon
Starring| Alain Delon
Mireille Darc
Cinematography| Jean-Jacques Tarbès
Music by| François de Roubaix

Production
companies

Adel Productions
PECF (French)
Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC) (Italian)

Distributed by| Warner Bros-Seven Arts

Release date

* 25 April 1969 (1969-04-25)

Running time

| 92 minutes
Countries| France
Italy
Language| French
Box office| 1,074,600 admissions (France)[1]

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.

## Plot

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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

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* Alain Delon as Laurent
* Mireille Darc as Eva
* Georges Rouquier as Jeff
* Gabriel Jabbour as Zucci
* Nathalie Nerval [fr] as Mme Grunstein
* Robert Lombard as Grunstein
* Georges Jamin [fr] as Peter
* Henry Czarniak [fr] as Lescure
* Christian Melsen as Van Hoof
* Suzanne Flon as Mrs. de Groote
* Albert Médina [fr] as Merkès
* Frédéric de Pasquale as Diamant

## Production

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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

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

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Jeff at IMDb

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Alain Delon

* List of performances

Films directed|

* To Kill a Cop (1981)
* Le Battant (1983)

Films produced|

* Jeff (1969)
* Borsalino (1970)
* The Love Mates (1970)
* Easy, Down There! (1971)
* Tony Arzenta (1973)
* Two Men in Town (1973)
* Borsalino & Co. (1974)
* Flic Story (1975)
* The Gypsy (1975)
* Boomerang (1976)
* Monsieur Klein (1976)
* Armaguedon (1977)
* Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
* Le Gang (1977)
* Man in a Hurry (1977)
* Attention, the Kids Are Watching (1978)
* The Medic (1979)
* Three Men to Kill (1980)
* Parole de flic (1985)
* The Passage (1986)
* Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988)
* Dancing Machine (1990)
* The Return of Casanova (1992)

Miscellaneous|

* Marković affair
* "Paroles, paroles"

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