His story opens with a long take of him smoking in bed accompanied by a quote from a text invented by the director of the film in which he appears, The Book of Bushido.
He memorably declares that he never loses at cards before he first sets foot in Martey's and uses the bathroom. Later he is involved in an elaborate exchange of clothes, primarily rain coats and hats, as the police try to pin him down. His eccentricities involve drinking only Evian, wearing white gloves, and carrying about an enormous ring of car keys. He keeps a bird in his room and, although he cares for his long time girlfriend and accomplice Jane, by the end of the film it is clear that he has fallen for Valerie, the piano player, who it turns out Olivier has hired him to kill. His story opens with a long take of him smoking in bed accompanied by a quote from a text invented by the director of the film in which he appears, The Book of Bushido. Played by Alain Delon, for 10 points, identify this fictional hit man with a warrior's code, the namesake of a 1967 film by Jean Pierre Melville.
He memorably declares that he never loses at cards before he first sets foot in Martey's and uses the bathroom.
Le Samourai or Jef Costello (either name is acceptable)