Farewell, Friend

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Alain Delon and Charles Bronson star in "Farewell, Friend" also known as Honor Among Thieves. I believe this film was originally in French, but Delon and Bronson dubbed their own English. The two men are home from the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. Franz Propp (Bronson) is a mercenary and invites Dino (Delon) to join him. Dino says no. Figuring he has something interesting on the horizon, Propp starts following him around, which infuriates Dino. He's supposed to help a woman who was a friend of his buddy replace a huge amount of bonds in a safe over Christmas break. The company she works for is in need of a doctor, which Dino is, and Dino takes the job and sets up a camera to record the numbers of the safe. He then finds out there is $2 million to be left there over Christmas. Unfortunately the camera only shows 3 numbers clearly of the combination. Propp, of course, wants the money and won't leave the premises. The two stay in the basement of this building for the Christmas weekend, with Dino desperate to get rid of Propp most of the time. They take turns trying safe combinations and as time goes on, play tricks on one another. Dino buys all the food in the vending machine and then hides it in a table; later, as they're hiding, guards take the table, thus leaving them both with no food. They lock each other in and out of places. Then their room becomes a sweat box when they are locked in and Propp tries to go through a wall and cuts the air conditioning wires by accident. This gives them an opportunity to remove their shirts so we can see their bodies. Needless to say they both look great. The questions are - can they open the safe, can they get out of the building when it opens on Tuesday, and the big one, can they live until Tuesday? This film, which looked to be an adventure/heist type of thing is actually very funny. Bronson and Delon work beautifully together and have a lot of chemistry. And they do learn they have one thing in common - loyalty. Someone said this film is slow - I didn't find it so. It's a real macho film with charming stars and a lot of humor. And the gorgeous Delon is given many closeups and at one point is in blue pajamas which emphasize his eyes. I enjoyed it.

Charles Bronson is the only American in the cast of Farewell Friend a French production where he co-starred with Alain Delon. Both are members of the Foreign Legion which was seeing some bad times in that period what with Dienbienphu and then the Algerian war for independence. They meet when both decide not to re-enlist and meet while processing out. Delon is a doctor who may have enlisted to prevent trial over some indiscretions. Bronson is a professional thief and is going back to his former trade. But both find themselves breaking into the same vault for different reasons. And Delon turns out to be a quick study in Bronson's trade. Some nice images of both Paris and Marseilles plus an extended sequence at Orly Airport mark this film. Our stars give it their best but there are some mighty stretches of dullness here. I hope Charles Bronson enjoyed this vacation in France. Good reason as any to make a mediocre film.

Alain Delon and Charles Bronson star as Dino Barran and Franz Propp, two French Foreign Legion veterans returned to Marseille after fighting in Algiers. Dino makes the acquaintance of a comely lass named Isabelle (Olga Georges-Picot), who entices him into a plan to return some stolen bearer bonds to a banks' vault. He will use his medical training as a cover, working as a doctor. But while hiding in the basement, waiting to make his move, he encounters Franz, who's there to rob the vault. The two men end up locked inside it, and while they wait for the building to open up again, they spend some time forming a friendship. The idea is that the two unlikely friends develop a strong enough bond that neither one will be willing to rat the other one out, even after Franz is later apprehended and grilled by the police. On the surface, this would seem to be a standard comic heist movie, but it's the initially antagonistic relationship between these mismatched characters that is the real heart and soul of the film. Delon had wanted to work with Bronson since seeing "Machine-Gun Kelly", and suggested him for the role of Franz. They have great chemistry, and are particularly funny in the early going when they keep trying to one-up each other. Offering fine support are lovely ladies Georges-Picot and Brigitte Fossey as bank employee Dominique, whom Dino turns to for help. Bernard Fresson is also great as determined police inspector Antoine Meloutis. Although a little over-extended at just under two hours, "Farewell, Friend" offers up a fair amount of fun and humour, as well as a bit of suspense. (Franz is often attempting a trick of submerging as many coins as possible in a drink before it will overflow the cup / glass.). It also has a bit of action, and some memorable and delicious twists late in the game. Delon is cool as always, and Bronson is just a joy: smiling, laughing, joking. If you're a fan of one or both of them, you'll have a pretty good time watching this one. Seven out of 10.

Adieu L'ami/Farewell,Friend is a near perfect film in which a viewer is assured that there is all possibility of entertainment guaranteed.This is because apart from strong men in the form of maverick actors namely Alain Delon and Charles Bronson,there are also good performances by beautiful women such as Brigitte Fossey and Olga Georges Picot.It is true that "Adieu L'ami" respects all the conventions of heist film genre but it cannot be classified as an ordinary heist film as it is only until the end that the viewers have to guess about the actual perpetrators of a financial crime.This effect has been created by treating everybody as a suspect.As a different type of heist film, the theme of men being overshadowed by women develops slowly.This gives viewers ample time to develop their loyalties.Before directing this film, Jean Herman had already made around 15 short films.As far as screenwriter is concerned, this is Sébastien Japrisot's second film.He is best remembered for having written "L'été Meurtrier" for Jean Becker (Jacques Becker's son) which starred Isabelle Adjani and Alain Souchon.

Talk about the can't can't. This is a very boring movie starring Alain Delon and Charles Bronson as two foreign legion members who decided after getting out that they're going to break into a vault in a skyscraper oh, and their very boring activities as they plot and execute this break-in. There were extremely long death a dialogue, and when they do talk, other than arguing over how they are going to pull this, they really have little to say to each other. The fact that this is nearly two hours makes it even far more painful, and I'd be more excited walking down my own office building corridors at 11 on a Saturday night then watching this.

FAREWELL, FRIEND is a French bank heist thriller with a starring role for France's favourite leading man, Alain Delon. The film is essentially a two-hander with Delon trapped in a bank vault alongside the great Charles Bronson for much of the running time. The two men bicker and fight a lot but eventually have to work out a way to escape together. Overall this is a stylish but sluggish production which has a good premise but goes on and on and on, particularly at the climax which really drags. It's certainly promising and has plenty of interest for fans of the two actors, but it's not particularly memorable.

appears to have been later reworked into John Wayne's "The Train Robbers" "Adieu l'ami" (also known as "Farewell, Friend" and "Honor Among Thieves") is a French film that stars Alain Delon and Charles Bronson. Both dubbed French language and English language versions of the film were released. The movie begins with two soldiers in the Foreign Legion coming back from North Africa (Bronson and Delon). They don't particularly like each other and Bronson is a larcenous sort. Later, Delon is approached by a woman who has a ridiculous story--she claims she needs him to break into a safe to put some bonds BACK before they are discovered missing. Why he agrees to help her, I have no idea. Once inside, he meets Bronson--who has followed Delon because he thinks Delon is going to rob the place. However, BOTH get locked in the place and can't get out or get to the safe. When they finally do get out much later, they find a dead guard and some other person stole the money. I would have ended the film here, but it goes on for about 40 more minutes--leading to a bloody shootout. All in all, a decent film but it seemed a bit rough in spots. I also didn't appreciate the macho histrionics when the pair got locked in together--their punching each other seemed pretty silly. A decent time-passer but that's all--thanks to a lackluster script.

Hi, May be because I am not a Theater major or a sophisticated movie watcher ... I think this movie is "Boring" and "Dumb". I rented this movie because of Charles Bronson and it's title ... but boy what a waste of time ... just watching 2 guys sitting in a vault and talking ... The movie on this DVD was so "DARK" ... I had hard time watching the darn movie ... I realize it is a 1968 movie ... but they are putting it on a DVD then they should do some digital remastering. Also, I was totally surprised to see these high marks on IMDb for this movie ... like I said before I am not as sophisticated as the other folks who commented on this movie earlier.

It is an interesting drama/thriller plenty of thrills , taut , intrigue , twists and turns . This thriller does have its moments as the stars carry out the risked task by stealing a safe . After an abroad deployment , and subsequently serving together in the overseas French Foreign Legion , a two-fisted but likable mercenary named Franz (Charles Bronson , his voice was purposely dubbed with a very strong American accent ) and a sober doctor called Dino (Alain Delon) leave the military service from Algiers and follow their separate ways . Later on , they are joined once again by a simple coincidence . Asked for a beautiful woman (Olga Georges-Picot) the doctor has made a promise to an old friend which involves his breaking into a safe to return some improperly removed bearer bonds . However, a lot of twists , turns and surprises await for Franz and Dino and in the final to straighten everything out. This crime thriller packs intrigue , suspense , noisy action with moving heist , explosive excitement , thrills and lots of violence . Thrilling movie with plenty of nail-biting tension , suspense and action about the very deadly rivalry between two extreme contenders : two former French Foreign Legion members plan to break into the vault of a French corporation , however they eventually reunited and joining forces , both must rely on the honor among robbers , though they are eventually double-crossed . Of course , highlight of the movie results to be the thrilling and exciting hold-up , when Dino hides in an office building to accomplish his mission , he is followed by Franz , who is out to steal the contents of the safe. The film is pretty well , but there is a long intermission in which both protagonists locked inside the building together, as they reluctantly agree to cooperate in cracking the safe. This is a Charles Bronson show , playing in his usual style adding a likable interpretation . In fact , here Bronson doesn't give his usual stoic acting but displaying efficiently his sympathetic skills . Alain Delon had admired his secondary role in Magnificent Seven and Machine Gun Kelly , two of the first Bronson's starring vehicles, and Delon as co-producer along with Serge Silverman invited Bronson to co-star with him in "Adieu, L'Ami". Bronson at the time to play a lot of notorious roles in Western genre as in "From noon till three", "Chato", "Red Sun" , "Villa rides" , "Valdez" , "Nevada Express" , "White Buffalo" and especially : "Magnificent Seven" and "Once upon the time in the West" . The great duo starring are well accompanied by a nice support cast such as : Olga Georges-Picot , Bernard Fresson, Guy Delorme and Brigitte Fossey. It contains an adequate and evocative musical score by François de Roubaix . Superbly photographed by Jean-Jacques Tarbès on various locations , this cameraman when he's given the chance is awesome . Being shot on various locations fromrly Airport, Orly, Val-de-Marne, Marseille, Viaduc de Corbière, L'Estaque, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Place de Breteuil, Paris, Île-de-France,La Défense, Hauts-de-Seine, France. The motion picture was well directed by Jean Herman who was born on May 17, 1933 in Pagny-sur-Moselle, France and died in 2015 as Jean Georges Hubert Herman. He was married to actress Anne Doat. He was a writer and director, known for Farewell friend (1968) , Jeff (1969) , Decameron 69 (1969) ,Popsy Pop contra Papillón (1971) ,Flic ou voyou (1979) , Le guignolo (1980) ,The Inquisitor (1981) ,Le marginal (1983), Canicule (1984) , and Under suspicion (2000). Rating : 6.5/10 . Better than averge. Well worth watching . The picture will appeal to Charles Bronson and Alain Delon fans.