Auguste Le Breton

Auguste Le Breton
Born18 February 1913
Lesneven, Finistère, Brittany
Died31 May 1999(1999-05-31) (aged 86)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
GenreFiction, crime

Auguste Le Breton (born Auguste Monfort; 18 February 1913 – 31 May 1999) was a Breton novelist who wrote primarily about the criminal underworld. His novels were adapted into several notable films of the 1950s, such as Rififi, Razzia sur la chnouf, Le rouge est mis and Le clan des siciliens. He wrote the dialogue for the noir film Bob le flambeur.