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Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about racism
Actors Sidney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, John McIntire, Juano Hernández, Marne Maitland, Patrick Allen
Rating52%
Obam (Sidney Poitier), brother of an indigenous resistance leader (Clifton Macklin) in British colonial Africa, returns to his troubled homeland after some years abroad, seeking a political post. However, domestic tensions have divided the country into two hostile camps, with many natives demanding the return of their ancestral lands - now farmed by European settlers. Britain and the local white administration are determined not to release their stranglehold; rather than adopting violence Obam seeks racial equality through peaceful means. His motives are frequently questioned by his own people, but with the assistance of an insightful spouse (Eartha Kitt) and sympathetic missionary Bruce Craig (John McIntire), this unlikely newcomer to African nationalism fights to make a meaningful difference before the situation deteriorates further.

, 1h36
Directed by Ray Milland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Barry Jones, Ray Milland, Victor Maddern, Bernard Fox, Ernest Clark, Melissa Stribling
Rating60%
Colley Dawson lives a quiet life at home with his mother, but his real life is lived as an expert safecracker at weekends, breaking into wealthy homes and stealing valuable art. When he's eventually arrested and convicted, Colley is approached in prison by Army Major Adbury. He's offered a deal by the Major in exchange for helping with the war effort. Colley will be given his freedom if he uses his safecracking expertise to perform a mission behind enemy lines. The dangerous mission is to break into a difficult safe in a Nazi chateau and steal a list of German spies operating in England. Colley agrees and soon finds himself being trained up as a commando and parachuted into Belgium for the caper of his life.

, 1h42
Directed by Nicholas Ray, Édouard Luntz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Political films
Actors Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin, Christopher Lee, Anthony Bushell
Rating66%
During the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, two officers are interviewed to command a dangerous commando mission far behind enemy lines in Benghazi. The South African Major David Brand is a regular army officer, but lacks experience of combat and of commanding men in the field. He does not speak Arabic and has only a limited knowledge of the area in Libya in which the patrol is to operate.

Directed by Lewis Seiler
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Betsy Palmer, Jack Lord, Barry Atwater, John Anderson, Gavin MacLeod, Richard Bull
Rating62%
In a prologue, Edmund "Pat" Brown, who was the California Attorney General at the time of the film's production, makes a statement directly to the viewer, attesting to the veracity of the film's story and to the societal scourge presented by drug trafficking.

, 1h52
Directed by William Fairchild
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Political films
Actors Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, John Clements, Michael Craig, Sid James, Alec McCowen
Rating65%
The story begins with a dramatisation of the Italian manned torpedo raid on Alexandria (1941) in which two British battleships were damaged. The British are worried that this new Italian tactic will give the enemy naval supremacy in the Mediterranean. From Spain, an Italian expert on underwater operations is secretly watching the British base in Gibraltar and planning new attacks.

, 1h47
Directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, Heidi Brühl, Ingrid Andree, Paul Dahlke, Ilse Steppat
Rating67%
L'ascension sociale du jeune Félix Krull. Employé d'hôtellerie à Paris le jour et joyeux noceur la nuit, il part ensuite en voyage sous l'identité et à la convenance du marquis de Venosta. La gent féminine, séduite par son charisme, contribuera à son élévation : Madame Houpflé, Zouzou, fille du professeur Kuckuck, l'un de ses compagnons de voyage, Zaza perdue ici et retrouvée là. Félix arrive toujours à s'extirper de situations insensées et semble se jouer de tous les obstacles, comme ces soupçons d'assassinat qui pèseront sur lui à un moment de sa vie.

Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating70%
Tom doit combattre les deux souris sans perturber le sommeil du Roi.

, 1h32
Directed by José Ferrer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Spy films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Histoire de France
Actors Anton Walbrook, José Ferrer, Viveca Lindfors, Leo Genn, Emlyn Williams, David Farrar
Rating71%
Accusé à tort d'espionnage, le capitaine Alfred Dreyfus fut dégradé et condamné à la déportation à vie.