Henri Verneuil was no Jean-Pierre Melville and "The Sicilian Clan" is no "Le Doulos" or no "Le Cercle Rouge" but it has its own delights, mainly in the form of Jean Gabin and Alain Delon, (the crooks), and Lino Ventura, (the cop on their heels), and a plot that involves the hi-jacking of a plane carrying a fortune in jewels. It's a very sixties crime caper, beautifully photographed in wide-screen by Henri Decae. The version I saw was in English and I'm guessing it was only partly dubbed and very well at that. The plot may be a bit on the preposterous side but Verneuil pulls out all the stops and while it is far from the greatest of heist movies, it is still very enjoyable.
Review of The Sicilian Clan
