Charles Bronson’s Brown Suit in Farewell, Friend

Charles Bronson in Farewell, Friend (1968) Vitals Charles Bronson as Franz Propp, opportunistic thief, pimp, and former French Foreign Legion sergeant Paris, December 1963 Film: Farewell, Friend (French title: Adieu l’ami) Release Date: August 14, 1968 Director: Jean Herman Costume Designer: Tanine Autré WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Charles Bronson was a steady supporting tough-guy presence in films like The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), and The Dirty Dozen (1967), though the western Pennsylvania-born actor found his first major breakthrough fame in Europe after starring opposite French superstar Alain Delon in the Franco-Italian heist caper Adieu l’ami (Farewell, Friend), released this month in 1968. Bronson stars as Franz Propp, an American crook who served in the French Foreign Legion during the Algerian War, where he met regular Army doctor Dino Barran (Delon). Circumstances reunite Propp and Barran just before Christmas 1963, when the alluring Isabelle…