Vincent Cassel cuts a menacing yet charismatic figure as the notorious Jacques Mesrine and proves once again he knows how to play a tough guy like no other. His bold choice of roles throughout his ...

The director of Mesrine, Jean-François Richet, discusses the making of his film about France's most notorious criminal and explains how he financed an early film through gambling. 06 August 2009 • ...

One of France’s best loved actors, Vincent Cassel has always refused to court Hollywood. And with his latest performance as one of France’s most notorious criminals, tinseltown may not be neccessary.

He made an unforgettable impact in La Haine in 1995 and since then French actor Vincent Cassel, 42, has appeared in more than 30 films, including Eastern Promises and the Ocean's Eleven trilogy.

John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson -- Hollywood has long had a love affair with real-life gangsters. A few decades ago, there was a crime boss in France who made that ...

Ludivine Sagnier, one of the leading actresses from acclaimed French films 'Mesrine: Killer Instinct' and 'Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1' talk to RTÉ.ie. Born in a bourgeois Paris suburb, Ludivine ...

In “Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1,” notorious bank robber and kidnapper Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), France’s most-wanted man, urges an acquaintance to quit smoking, saying he’s done so and that ...

A critically acclaimed biopic about France's former public enemy number one, a charismatic bank robber, kidnapper and killer, starring Vincent Cassel (pictured), has finally hit US cinemas over two ...

Neither director Jean-Francois Richet's style nor gangster Jacques Mesrine's swagger falters in Public Enemy Number One, the exhilarating followup to Mesrine: Killer Instinct. With its shoot-outs, ...

BankrobberBankrobber and serial prison escapee Jacques Mesrine had many names during his two-decade criminal career in the 1960s and 70s, reports The Observer. In disguise and on the run from police, ...

Richard Maibaum, now best known for scripting the best James Bond movies, ran into censorship problems in 1949 when adapting The Great Gatsby for Alan Ladd. The Hays Office thought the film ...