L’insoumis (1964)

English Title: The Unvanquished

Also Known As: Have I the Right to Kill?

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Thomas Vlassenroot (Alain Delon) deserts the French Foreign Legion in Algiers and gets caught up in a terrorist kidnapping plot.

Purr Blurs: As Thomas waits on the street for the kidnapping to take place a car the with intended victim appears. What seem to be two black cats are sitting on the sidewalk at the end of the street.

The Unvanquished - Thomas Vlassenroot Alain Delon on street with black cats in background on sidewalk
The Unvanquished - car turning corner onto street with black cats on sidewalk

There may even be a third black cat, as something black barely comes into view from one doorway before the camera pans away.

The Unvanquished - car turning corner onto street with black cats on sidewalk

Final Mewsings: Cats don’t get involved.

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