If Jean-Paul Belmondo had only appeared in Breathless (1959) he would have earned the title of icon.

Hailed as a talent combining the lone-wolf menace of Humphrey Bogart with the youthful rebellion of James Dean, he became one of the biggest stars of French cinema in the Sixties. This great collection of five titles spans his 50-year career and includes one of his best performances as real-life rogue Stavisky (1974) and the action hit Le Professionel (1981).