Agent 38-24-36 1964  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Ravishing Idiot
The Warm-Blooded Spy
Director: Edouard Molinaro
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Anthony Perkins, Gregoire Aslan, Andre Luguet, Charles Millot, Helene Dieudonne, Denise Provence, Jacques Monod, Jean-Marc Tennberg, Hans Verner
Penelope (Brigitte Bardot) is a beautician working for the wife of the British security chief. Russian-born Harry (Anthony Perkins) has lost his job at the Bank of England and takes up with a Russian spy–a friend of Harry's father. Harry is also infatuated with Penelope. When Harry joins a scheme to steal British secrets, which have been faked to trap the spies, the fun begins.
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The French Connection II 1975  R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Charles Millot, Philippe Leotard, Ed Lauter, Samantha Llorens, Andre Penvern, Reine Prat, Ham-Chau Luong, Jacques Dynam, Raoul Delfosse, Malek Kateb
In this sequel to the "French Connection," Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) is still tracking down drug dealer Frog One (Fernando Rey). This time around, Popeye travels to Marseilles where he becomes a victim when he is captured by Frog One's henchmen and forced to take heroin. They then dump him at a police station where he quits the heroin by the "Cold Turkey" method, recovers, and is back on the job tracking down the drug dealers.
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The Night of the Generals 1967  PG, 148 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret, Charles Gray, Coral Browne, John Gregson, Nigel Stock, Christopher Plummer, Juliette Greco, Yves Brainville, Sacha Pitoeff, Charles Millot
When Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates the 1942 murder of a Warsaw prostitute, the evidence points to three German Generals (Donald Pleasence, Charles Gray, and Peter O'Toole). The case remains unsolved, and Grau is taken off the case. Two years later, Grau is in Paris when another prostitute is killed. With help from Inspector Morand (Philippe Noiret), Grau obtains evidence that traps the General, but then Grau is killed. The case continues on until 1965 when Morand confronts the General with the evidence, and then the General kills himself.
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The Train 1964 N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon, Wolfgang Preiss, Paul Bonifas, Albert Remy, Jacques Marin, Howard Vernon, Charles Millot, Richard Munch, Jean Bouchaud, Donald O'Brien, Jean-Pierre Zola
During World War II, Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) orders that art works at the Jeu de Paume Museum be moved to Nazi Germany. In an effort to save the priceless works of art, the head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) convinces railway official and member of the French Resistance Labiche (Burt Lancaster) to delay the train's departure until after the Allied Forces arrive. Using sabotage and deception, Labiche and his colleagues try to find a way to delay the train.
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| 1. Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
aka: The Ravishing Idiot
aka: The Warm-Blooded Spy
2. The French Connection II (1975)
3. The Night of the Generals (1967)
4. The Train (1964)
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