Madame De... 1953  N/R, 171 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Earrings of Madame De...
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer, Vittorio De Sica, Mireille Perrey, Jean Debucourt, Serge Lecointe, Lia Di Leo, Jean Galland, Hubert Noel, Paul Azais, Josselin, Madeleine Barbulee, Gerard Buhr, Michel Salina, Colette Regis
Set in Paris during the early 19th century, the story begins when the wife, Comtesse Louise de... (Danielle Darrieux), of General Andre de... (Charles Boyer) sells her earrings to pay off a gambling debt and then tells her husband that she lost them. This sets off a series of events as the earrings are again bought and resold, revealing depth in the characters of the general and his wife. Good acting and directing.
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The Sicilian Clan 1969  GP, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick, Amedeo Nazzari, Sydney Chaplin, Elisa Cegani, Philippe Baronnet, Karen Blanguernon, Yves Brainville, Gerard Buhr, Edward Meeks, Andre Pousse, Leopoldo Trieste, Roger Lumont
Sicilian mobster Vittorio Manalese (Jean Gabin) helps condemned murderer Roger Sartet (Alain Delon) escape from prison, and the two plot to steal a large collection of jewels from a Venice museum and then take them to New York City. The plan works–with Manalese's entire family working to carry out the heist. But problems rise to the fore when Manalese learns that Sartet has been sleeping with his daughter-in-law Jeanne (Irina Demick), and the family sets out for revenge with plans to kill Sartet.
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| 1. Bob le Flambeur (1955)
aka: Bob the Gambler
2. Five Days One Summer (1982)
3. Madame De... (1953)
aka: The Earrings of Madame De...
4. The Night of the Following Day (1969)
5. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
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