Le Gang (lit. 'The Gang') is a 1977 crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon, Xavier Depraz, Roland Bertin, Adalberto Maria Merli, Maurice Barrier and Raymond Bussières.
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Plot
In the post-war France, the Gang of the Tractions Avant headlines by his burglars never causing loss of life.
Cast
Alain Delon as Robert "Le dingue" (lit. 'The Looney')
Xavier Depraz as Jo
Roland Bertin as Raymond
Adalberto Maria Merli as Manu
Maurice Barrier as Lucien dit 'Le Mammouth'
Raymond Bussières as Cornélius
Giampiero Albertini as Léon
Laura Betti as Felicia
Nicole Calfan as Marinette
Angès Château as Raymond's girlfriend
Dominique Davray as a prostitute
Catherine Lachens as Janine
Robert Dalban as ratcatcher
André Falcon as the jeweler
Henri Attal as Cornélius' customer
Production
Following the box office returns of Flic Story, director Jacques Deray put his project of adapting Boileau-Narcejac novel Opération Primevère on hold to do a sixth film with actor Alain Delon. Deray opted to again adapt a book by Roger Borniche.
Le Gang was a French and Italian international co-production between the Paris-based Adel Productions and the Rome-based Mondial Te.Fi. It was a predominantly French production with 70# of the 13 million francs budget being from Adel.
The film began filming its 13-week shoot on May 24, 1976.
Release
Le Gang was released in France on January 19, 1977. Roberto Curti and Frank Lafond, the authors of French Thrillers of the 1970s: Volume I, Crime Films said that Le Gang had "disappointing business in France after a deceptive start.", noting it led the French box office in the opening week before dropping after. It had 1,190,000 spectators making it Delon's second-highest viewed film of his four in 1977.
It was released in Italy as Le gang del parigino on February 10, 1977.