The Red Circle Page #3

Synopsis: A strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something of a family curse, as each generation thereafter bears the same sign, which in turn leads to blackmail and murder.
 
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6.2
Year:
1960
92 min
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You slipped up. I have to use it.

Even if it's against your nature,

you have to help me.

If not, I promise you,

you'll be in deep water.

All police have informers.

You know that.

You read the papers,

listen to radio, watch television.

Find me Vogel.

Is that all!

I don't even know him.

And this...

He a look-alike?

So you'll hear about him.

After this visit, I doubt it.

I repeat, tell them

it concerns your affair.

If you like, I can help out. I can

have you hauled in for 48 hours.

That way

your honor is intact.

Vogel never dealt with the Mob.

But he will now.

To lay low, he'll ask for help.

You'll hear about it. And so will I.

See you tomorrow.

Where to?

You, wherever you like.

Me, I'm going to bed.

I've been dying to for 48 hours.

I know...

A job coming from a prison guard

sounds dubious.

But we can start by checking it out.

That'll prove nothing.

But it'll be something to go by.

OK. Let's say we decide

to go ahead with the job.

We still need a marksman.

That's why I'm talking to you.

Me? Get it out of your head.

Between shooting two men

six feet away

and hitting a target at 100 feet,

there's a certain difference.

It's the difference between

an amateur and a professional.

And, despite appearances,

I'm no professional.

I knew a really good marksman

A policeman.

A crack policeman.

One of the best shots on the force.

But the corruption of his work

environment finally got to him.

Between my prison guard and

your cop, aren't we overdoing it?

Go see him. We'll run the risk.

Talk to him.

I remember his number.

He may not have moved.

Mister Jansen?

Speaking.

Excuse me, I was in the shower.

Who's this?

You don't know me.

A friend of a friend.

Can we meet?

Yes. Of course.

When and where?

I don't know...

Around midnight?

Sure. Where?

Fine.

They killed each other

over a few thousand francs.

If we find out whose money it is

we'd make sense of the killings.

We'd also have to track down

the other car.

If its driver has anything to do

with the money,

we'd have a better fix.

Think there's a connection

with Vogel?

Who knows?

He escapes in the morning

between Marseille and Paris,

and the next day, two guys

are found dead on the same route.

- Well?

- The tire casts of the 2nd car.

The car's not new.

Probably a '66 or a '67 model.

- What make?

- Ford, Chevrolet, Plymouth?

Anyone asks for me, my name

is Corey. I'll be over there.

Car Registration

This friend wants to keep

a low profile.

I want you to meet him

to discuss a job.

Two whiskeys.

No, thanks.

I never touch it.

A double.

You're real scum...

Insulting an officer

in the exercise of his duties.

Don't make things worse.

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Edgar Wallace

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was an English writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at age 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London, and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines such as The Windsor Magazine and later published collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author. After an unsuccessful bid to stand as Liberal MP for Blackpool (as one of David Lloyd George's Independent Liberals) in the 1931 general election, Wallace moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a script writer for RKO studios. He died suddenly from undiagnosed diabetes, during the initial drafting of King Kong (1933). Wallace was such a prolific writer that one of his publishers claimed that a quarter of all books in England were written by him. As well as journalism, Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories, and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films have been made of Wallace's work. He is remembered for the creation of King Kong, as a writer of 'the colonial imagination', for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, and for The Green Archer serial. He sold over 50 million copies of his combined works in various editions, and The Economist describes him as "one of the most prolific thriller writers of [the 20th] century", although few of his books are still in print in the UK. more…

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