Charles Bronson is the only American in the cast of Farewell Friend a French production where he co-starred with Alain Delon. Both are members of the Foreign Legion which was seeing some bad times in that period what with Dienbienphu and then the Algerian war for independence. They meet when both decide not to re-enlist and meet while processing out.

Delon is a doctor who may have enlisted to prevent trial over some indiscretions. Bronson is a professional thief and is going back to his former trade. But both find themselves breaking into the same vault for different reasons. And Delon turns out to be a quick study in Bronson's trade.

Some nice images of both Paris and Marseilles plus an extended sequence at Orly Airport mark this film. Our stars give it their best but there are some mighty stretches of dullness here.

I hope Charles Bronson enjoyed this vacation in France. Good reason as any to make a mediocre film.

appears to have been later reworked into John Wayne's "The Train Robbers" "Adieu l'ami" (also known as "Farewell, Friend" and "Honor Among Thieves") is a French film that stars Alain Delon and Charles Bronson. Both dubbed French language and English language versions of the film were released.

The movie begins with two soldiers in the Foreign Legion coming back from North Africa (Bronson and Delon). They don't particularly like each other and Bronson is a larcenous sort. Later, Delon is approached by a woman who has a ridiculous story--she claims she needs him to break into a safe to put some bonds BACK before they are discovered missing. Why he agrees to help her, I have no idea. Once inside, he meets Bronson--who has followed Delon because he thinks Delon is going to rob the place. However, BOTH get locked in the place and can't get out or get to the safe. When they finally do get out much later, they find a dead guard and some other person stole the money. I would have ended the film here, but it goes on for about 40 more minutes--leading to a bloody shootout.

All in all, a decent film but it seemed a bit rough in spots. I also didn't appreciate the macho histrionics when the pair got locked in together--their punching each other seemed pretty silly. A decent time-passer but that's all--thanks to a lackluster script.

FAREWELL, FRIEND is a French bank heist thriller with a starring role for France's favourite leading man, Alain Delon. The film is essentially a two-hander with Delon trapped in a bank vault alongside the great Charles Bronson for much of the running time. The two men bicker and fight a lot but eventually have to work out a way to escape together. Overall this is a stylish but sluggish production which has a good premise but goes on and on and on, particularly at the climax which really drags. It's certainly promising and has plenty of interest for fans of the two actors, but it's not particularly memorable.