Honor Among Thieves | 
| Actors: Michel Barcet, Charles Bronson, Andre Dumas, Marianna Falk, Brigitte Fossey
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 46395
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: LGED21408D
UPC: 012236214083
EAN: 0012236214083
ASIN: B000OY9V9I
Theatrical Release Date: 1968
Release Date: June 19, 2007
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/09/2008 Run time: 115 minutes Rating: Ur
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HONOR AMONG THIEVES June 22, 2009
David E. Schabacker
I REMEMBER SEEING THIS FILM WHEN I WAS IN MY TEENS, AND, LIVING IN GERMANY. I'VE ALWAYS FOUND CHARLES BRONSON TO BE A GREAT "TOUGH GUY" ACTOR, AND AT THAT TIME, I REMEMBERED IT AS BEING VERY SUSPENSEFUL. I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO FIND IT ON TAPE OR DVD, SO, WHEN IT BECAME AVAILABLE, I GOT IT RIGHT AWAY. I WILL ADMIT THAT IT LOSES A LITTLE DUE TO THE ERA IT WAS MADE, BUT, I STILL THINK IT'S A GOOD PERIOD PIECE THAT STANDS UP PRETTY WELL. IF YOU'RE A BRONSON FAN, YOU WILL PROBABLY ENJOY THIS FILM, IN SPITE OF THE OLD 70S STYLES!
 Honoe Amomg Thieves June 5, 2009
R. Hicks
Great Alain Delon movie.Excellant story plot.Only really bad thing is the nude scenes were totaly unnecessary and they should of not had it in this movie. Could of come up with better than that
 Farewell Friend February 17, 2008
Trevor Willsmer (London, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Farewell Friend aka Adieu L'Ami/Honour Among Thieves isn't perfect but it is a neat and entertaining thriller that sees mismatched demobbed French Algerian War veterans Alain Delon and Charles Bronson trapped in the same basement vault, one to return stolen bonds, the other to clean out the two million in wages sitting there over the Christmas weekend. Naturally things aren't quite that simple even after they open the vault, leading to some neat twists and turns. On the debit side, there's a very bizarre striptease scene in a car park, Bronson has a very irritating Fonzie-like catchphrase he uses at the most inopportune moments, Brigitte Fossey, sporting perhaps the most hideously misconceived hairstyle of the 60s (it makes her look like a bald woman whose wig is blown back off the top of her head by a high wind), is something of a liability - her "I'll cook spaghetti! I'll learn to make love well! I'll read Shakespeare!" speech is hysterical in all the wrong ways - and it's a shame about the horrible last line/shot, but otherwise this is a surprisingly entertaining and unpretentious number that's worth checking out if you can find a decent print.
While LionsGate's Region 1 NTSC DVD is fullscreen, those with multi-region might want to seek out Cinema Club's UK PAL DVD, released as 'Farewell, Friend.' It only offers the English soundtrack, but since Delon voices himself and the rest of the cast are fairly well dubbed that's no great problem, especially since the widescreen transfer is pretty good quality.
Full screen DVD. Someone tell Lionsgate this is 2007 not 1997. June 30, 2007
Ollie (Ireland)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Updated *** At the time this review was originally written, Amazon had this DVD listed with an aspect ratio of Fullscreen. However the DVD is now listed with an aspect ratio of 1.66:1 ***
A classic 4 star old style 1960's thriller with good performances from Alain Delon and Charles Bronson. However, do not be fooled by Lionsgate's marketing department DVD cover art, this is in no way a Bronson action film such as The Mechanic, Mr Majestyk, Stone Killer, Death Wish or any number of other 1970's/1980's action rolls Bronson took on. This movie is for one third of its running time, a two man show with Alain Delon and Charles Bronson trapped inside a bank vault with little dialogue at times. Honor Among Thieves is one of four 1968 movies Bronson made in Europe after his big break in The Dirty Dozen the previous year. This one was made in France and as such is very typical of the type of movies being made in that time period. Honor Among Thieves is a small scale thriller reliant on characters with little to no action but does show that Bronson as an actor had more to offer than the simple action man roles that he ended up being type cast in. If you enjoyed other non action Bronson outings such as Twinky, Someone Behind The Door or Cabo Blanco then you will probably enjoy Honor Among Thieves also.
This movie has been out on Region 2 DVD for 3 years now under its European title "Farewell Friend". The Region 2 DVD is from a Studio Canal master with an excellent transfer to DVD with an Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen. This Lionsgate DVD has been presented in full screen.
It's good to see semi-respectable studio releases of some of these lesser know Bronson outings on DVD and perhaps Lionsgate may also get the distribution rights with decent DVD transfers for Rider On The Rain, Guns For San Sabastian, You Can't Win'Em All, Telefon or the two Bronson movies Paramount Pictures hold the rights to, When Hell Broke Loose and Villa Rides. This is 2007, 10 years since DVD first hit the market and still we have not seen DVD releases of Run Of The Arrow, Target Zero or A Thunder Of Drums.
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