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Directed by Jules DassinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Spy,
CrimeThemes Spy films,
Films about families,
Political filmsActors Conrad Veidt,
Frank Reicher,
Ann Ayars,
Dorothy Tree,
Ivan F. Simpson,
William TannenRating67%
The U.S. has not yet entered World War II when kindly stamp dealer Otto Becker (Conrad Veidt) is unexpectedly visited by his twin brother, Baron Hugo von Detner (also played by Veidt), the new German consul to the U.S. and one of the leaders of a spy ring engaged in sabotage. The brothers have not seen each other in years, but now von Detner wants to use Becker's shop to transmit and receive secret messages. Becker refuses, until von Detner threatens to have him deported back to Germany as an illegal immigrant and reveals that Becker's assistant, Miss Harper (Dorothy Tree), is actually a German agent., 1h31
Directed by Jules DassinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Sports films,
Children's filmsActors Richard Widmark,
Gene Tierney,
Googie Withers,
Hugh Marlowe,
Herbert Lom,
Francis L. SullivanRating78%
Harry Fabian (Widmark) is an ambitious American hustler and conman operating in London, always looking for a better deal. He maintains a fractured relationship with the honest Mary Bristol (Tierney), nightclub owner and businessman Phil Nosseross (Sullivan), and Helen (Withers), who is Phil's estranged wife. While attempting a con at a wrestling match, Fabian witnesses Gregorius (Zbyszko), a veteran Greek wrestler (and looking for all the world like tough guy actor Lawrence Tierney near the end of Tierney's troubled life) arguing with his son Kristo (Lom), who has organised the fight, and effectively controls all wrestling in London. After denouncing Kristo's event as tasteless exhibitionism that shames the sport's Greco-Roman traditions, Gregorius leaves with Nikolas (Richmond), a fellow wrestler. Fabian catches up with the two and befriends them, having realised that he can host wrestling in London without interference from Kristo if he can persuade his father to support the enterprise., 1h34
Directed by Jules DassinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Prison filmsActors Burt Lancaster,
Hume Cronyn,
Charles Bickford,
Yvonne De Carlo,
Ann Blyth,
Ella RainesRating75%
On a dark, rainy morning at Westgate Prison, prisoners crammed into a small cell watch through the window as Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) returns from his term in solitary confinement. Joe is angry and talks about escape. The beleaguered warden is under pressure to improve discipline. His chief of security, Capt. Munsey (Hume Cronyn), is a sadist who manipulates prisoners to inform on one another and create trouble so he can inflict punishment. The often drunk prison doctor (Art Smith) warns that the prison is a powder keg and will explode if they are not careful. He denounces Munsey's approach and complains that the public and government officials fail to understand the need for rehabilitation., 1h36
Directed by Jules DassinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Documentary,
Noir,
CrimeActors Barry Fitzgerald,
Howard Duff,
Don Taylor,
Ted de Corsia,
David Opatoshu,
James GregoryRating74%
In the late hours of a hot New York summer night, a pair of men subdue and kill Jean Dexter, an ex-model, by knocking her out with chloroform and drowning her in her bathtub. When one of the murderers, conscience-stricken, gets drunk, the other kills him, then lifts his body into the air and throws it into the East River., 1h34
Directed by Jules DassinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Transport films,
Films about the labor movement,
Trucker films,
Road movies,
Children's filmsActors Richard Conte,
Valentina Cortese,
Lee J. Cobb,
Barbara Lawrence,
Jack Oakie,
Millard MitchellRating74%
A war-veteran-turned-truck driver Nico "Nick" Garcos (Richard Conte) arrives at home to find that his foreign-born father, a fruit farmer, has lost his legs and was forced to sell his truck. He learns that his father was crippled at the hands of an unscrupulous produce dealer in San Francisco, Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Garcos vows revenge., 1h54
Directed by Jules DassinOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Jean Servais,
Carl Möhner,
Jules Dassin,
Magali Noël,
Robert Hossein,
Janine DarceyRating80%
Tony "le Stéphanois" has served a five-year prison term for a jewel heist and is out on the street and down on his luck. His friend Jo approaches him about a smash-and-grab proposed by mutual friend Mario in which the threesome would cut the glass on a Parisian jeweler's front window in broad daylight and snatch some gems. Tony declines. He then learns that his old girlfriend, Mado, took up in his absence with gangster Parisian nightclub owner Pierre Grutter. Finding Mado working at Grutter's, Tony invites her back to his rundown flat. She is obviously well-kept, and Tony savagely beats her for being so deeply involved with Grutter. Tony changes his mind about the heist; he now accepts on the condition that they rob the jeweler's safe instead of the window. Mario suggests they employ the services of Italian compatriot César, a safecracker. The four devise and rehearse an ingenious plan to break into the store and disarm its sophisticated alarm system., 1h35
Directed by Jules Dassin,
Norman Z. McLeodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
FantasyThemes Ghost films,
Political filmsActors Charles Laughton,
Robert Young,
Margaret O'Brien,
William Gargan,
Reginald Owen,
Una O'ConnorRating68%
In the seventeenth century, Sir Simon de Canterville (Charles Laughton) is forced by the Code of Chivalry to engage in a duel on behalf of his brother, but flees to the family castle when his opponent is substituted for by a giant (played by an uncredited Tor Johnson). His proud father, Lord Canterville (Reginald Owen), refuses to acknowledge that his son has disgraced the family name, even when shown in front of witnesses where Simon is cowering. The father has the only entrance to his son's hiding place bricked over as proof that Simon is not there, ignoring Simon's pleas for mercy. Lord Canterville then curses his doomed cowardly son to find no rest until "a kinsman shall perform an act of bravery" in his name., 1h33
Directed by Jules DassinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Crime,
RomanceActors Lucille Ball,
John Hodiak,
Lloyd Nolan,
Hugo Haas,
Lenore Ulric,
Elisha Cook, Jr.Rating63%
Ace Connors (John Hodiak) is a con man who has half a million dollars in bonds hidden in a cookbook. When he tries to sell a bogus oil investment to Dwight Chadwick (Lloyd Corrigan) at a Beverly Hills hotel, Dwight's attractive friend, Ricki Woodner (Lucille Ball), intervenes with a scam of her own., 2h2
Directed by Jules Dassin,
Jean-Gabriel AlbicoccoOrigin FranceGenres DramaThemes Films about religionActors Jean Servais,
Carl Möhner,
Grégoire Aslan,
Gert Fröbe,
René Lefèvre,
Melina MercouriRating74%
In a Turkish-occupied Greek village shortly after World War I, villagers put on a Passion Play, with ordinary people taking the roles of Jesus, Peter, Judas, etc. Staging the play leads to them rebelling against their Turkish rulers in a way that mirrors Jesus's story.