Jean-Paul Belmondo

[The Silly Swede]

I was going through my collection tonight and found a DVD of Animal. (L'animal) I had forgotten how funny that film is. One of the best Belmondo comedies. (Low brow humor and a lot of stunts as he plays a.... wait for it.... stuntman)

Have you guys seen it?

[Alison Jane]

We did. A couple of months ago. That's the one where he was a movie star and has Raquel Welch in it, right? It was pretty funny from what I remember. A lot of silly adventure-type action scenes.

[The Silly Swede]

We did. A couple of months ago. That's the one where he was a movie star and has Raquel Welch in it, right? It was pretty funny from what I remember. A lot of silly adventure-type action scenes.

Thats the one, yeah. The scenes where he plays mentally handicapped to get welfare cracks me up just thinking about em!

[Alison Jane]

Thats the one, yeah. The scenes where he plays mentally handicapped to get welfare cracks me up just thinking about em!

Lacking empathy for sure, but still pretty funny if you can look past that.

[Ian Jane]

[Alison Jane]

One of the best!

[Ian Jane]

Coming June 8th on Blu-ray & DVD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Cartouche (1962) Sword of Blood

• 4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative
• Audio Commentary by Film Critic and Author Simon Abrams
• Adventure with a Capital "C" - Documentary with Alexandra de Broca & Journalist Thomas Morales
• Theatrical Trailer

Color 116 Minutes 2.35:1 Not Rated

Screen legends Jean-Paul Belmondo (Le Doulos, Le Professionnel) and Claudia Cardinale (Once Upon a Time in the West, Blindfold) star in the exciting swashbuckler Cartouche. Belmondo charms as 18th-century master thief, swordsman and rogue Louis-Dominique Bourguignon, alias Cartouche. But when Cartouche meets the beautiful bandit Venus (the luscious Cardinale), the pair launch a series of scandalous raids that rock the Parisian aristocracy. Can the most wanted man in France now steal the hearts of rich and poor alike or will he discover that true love may be the most dangerous caper of all? Jean Rochefort (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) and Jess Hahn (The Night of the Following Day) co-star in this sumptuous and surprising adventure co-written and directed by Philippe de Broca, the internationally acclaimed director of King of Hearts, That Man from Rio and Le Magnifique.