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The Valachi Papers (1972) When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.

The Sicilian Clan (1969) A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

Army of Shadows (1969) France, 1942, during the occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is one of the French Resistance's chiefs. Given away by a traitor, he is interned in a camp. He manages to escape, and joins his network at Marseilles, where he makes the traitor be executed... This non-s

John Morlar is watching the British television broadcast when an anchorman states that American astronauts are trapped in orbit around the moon. Suddenly someone in Morlars room picks up a figurine and strikes him on the head repeatedly. His blood splatters the television screen. A French police ins

Sunday Lovers (1980) Movie follows four men on four different countries and how they spend their week end. Harry is the chauffeur of an English Lord who meets an American girl who is lost. He takes her to his employer's estate and spends the night with her. But when a Lady friend of his employer's s

The Last Adventure (1967) Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches.

Tough Guys (1974) An ex-convict priest and a framed former policeman hunt a machine-gun killer behind a bank robbery.

Les Misérables (1982) The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.

To Skin a Spy (1966) A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak in this routine spy saga. He is caught in the crossfire of international enemy agents trying to eliminate the French.

Rum Runners (1971) In the prohibition years, the 'rumrunners' travel through the Caribbean Sea with the forbidden liquor barely escaping the ship patrols. While on the run, one of the bootleggers falls in love with an actress on a movie set.

Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1961) During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

The French Detective (1975) When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarr

A vengeful woman traps her ex husband in their basement He realizes that the only chance he has of ever getting out is to try and beat her at her own psychological mind game

Crooks in Clover (1963) Ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receives a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed "The Mexican". The doomed mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some criminal business and looking after his soon-to-be-married daughter. When a longtime mobster heavy,

Last Known Address (1970) Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas. The duo are soon assigned a very difficult mission: to find a man whose evidence i

Lemmerdeur (1973) Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.

Three Days to Live (1957) Simon Belin is an actor touring the provinces with his company. Although talented he has never been given the opportunity to shine on stage. It is always Bérimont, a matinée idol past his ...

Greed in the Sun (1964) Rocco and his female accomplice, Angèle hijack a truck from a trucking company in the Saharan desert. The head of the trucking company, Castigliano hires Rocco's friend, Hervé and a newly employed German, Hans to go after him and bring back the valuable goods. After the two

Escape to Nowhere 1973 Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M I 5 in London A Soviet scientist apparently But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clement Tibere, and another nationality, French So what led him to become Russian and to change identity And why are th

Lets Not Get Angry (1966) Antoine helps two former acquaintances escape the country, who repay him with a debt transfer. All he has to do is collect from some Léonard Michalon, but for that he will have to go into much trouble to keep the man alive.

Un temoin dans la ville 1959 Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wifes murderer, who has been acquitted by justice He waits for him in his house and hangs him He leaves the place unseen, at le

The Great Spy Chase 1964 A cold war spy parody After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow