Le Choc

Le Choc
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobin Davis
Screenplay byRobin Davis
Alain Delon
Dominique Robelet
Claude Veillot
Based onThe Prone Gunman
by Jean-Patrick Manchette
Produced byAlain Sarde
Alain Terzian
StarringAlain Delon
Catherine Deneuve
CinematographyPierre-William Glenn
Music byPhilippe Sarde
Distributed byUGC Distribution
Release date
  • 28 April 1982 (1982-04-28)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office11.3 million

Le Choc (lit.'The Shock') is a 1982 French crime thriller film directed by Robin Davis and starring Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, and Philippe Léotard. Based on the novel The Prone Gunman (La position du tireur couché) by Jean-Patrick Manchette, the film is about a hitman who wants to retire from his life in organized crime and flees to the country where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful woman.