La Scoumoune
La Scoumoune is a 1972 French film directed by José Giovanni, starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale and Michel Constantin. It is an adaptation of Giovanni's novel L'Excommunié.
La Scoumoune is a remake of a 1961 French movie, A Man Named Rocca, directed by Jean Becker, also based on Giovanni's novel and starring Belmondo in the same part.
Plot
In the mid-1930s mobster Roberto La Rocca comes to Marseille to help his friend who was framed by the local crime bosses. Roberto is caught up in clashes between different gangs and as a result serves a long sentence in prison for the murder of several enemy gang members. Once in prison he begins to prepare his escape.Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo : Roberto Borgo
- Claudia Cardinale : Georgia Saratov
- Michel Constantin : Xavier Saratov
- Enrique Lucero : Migli
- Alain Mottet : Ficelle
- Michel Peyrelon : Handsome Charlot
- Philippe Brizard : Fanfan
- Aldo Bufi Landi : Villanova
- Jacques Debary : Carl
- Gérard Depardieu : Burglar
- Marc Eyraud : Bonnaventure
- Andréa Ferréol : The angry prostitute
- Henri Vilbert : Graville
- Jacques Rispal: Monsieur Dubois
- Nicolas Vogel : Grégoire
- Jean-Claude Michel : The lawyer
- Dominique Zardi : The convict
- Pierre Collet : The prison director
- Luciano Catenacci : friend of Villanova from Spain