Cool is an understatement when describing this chilly work by master of intrigue Jean-Pierre Melville, ice-cold is more like it. Alain Delon is Jeff Costello, a fedora-clad contract killer caught in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with the strong arm of the law and the way of the gun. If there’s any wonder as to how this one film could influence everyone from John Woo to Jim Jarmusch, there won’t be once the credits roll.