Frantic 1958  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Scaffold
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Ivan Petrovich, Lino Ventura, Elga Andersen, Felix Marten, Charles Denner, Gerard Darrieu, Sylviane Aisenstein, Micheline Bona
Florence Carala (Jeanne Moreau) plots with her lover Julien (Maurice Ronet) to kill Florence's husband, Simon (Jean Wall), and make it look like a suicide. They proceed with their plan, but their "perfect crime" leads, instead, to their own doom.
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Grisbi 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Don't Touch the Loot
Hands Off the Loot
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Director: Jacques Becker
Cast: Jean Gabin, Rene Dary, Paul Frankeur, Lino Ventura, Jeanne Moreau, Vittorio Sanipoli, Dora Doll, Denise Clair, Marilyn Buferd, Daniel Cauchy, Jean Riveyre, Gaby Basset, Paul Barge, Alaine Bouvette, Angelo Dessy
"Grisbi" is the French word for "loot," and in this film rival gangs fight over $50 million in grisbi. An elderly thief, Max the Liar (Jean Gabin), leads one gang and is preparing to retire. But, problems rise to the fore when his partner Riton's (Rene Dary) girlfriend (Jeanne Moreau) helps rival gang leader Angelo (Lino Ventura) kidnap Riton and demand a huge ransom. Now the battle of wits ensues leading to inevitable tragedy. Another entertaining film in the French crime genre.
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Happy New Year 1973  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Lino Ventura, Francoise Fabian, Charles Gerard, Andre Falcon, Claude Mann, Frederic de Pasquale, Mireille Mathieu, Lilo, Gerard Sire, Silvano Tranquilli
Con man Simon (Lino Ventura) is released from prison with investigators on his trail–the jewelry from his last big job has not been found and the police hope he will lead them to it. After Simon loses the tail, he looks up his partner in crime (Charles Gerard) and reminisces about the heist and the woman (Francoise Fabian) he found while preparing for it.
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Money Money Money 1972  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Charles Gerard, Aldo Maccione, Yves Robert, Johnny Hallyday, Nicole Courcel, Andre Falcon, Juan Luis Bunuel
Five thieves find that business is slowing with a change in the times. They decide they need new line of work and posing as terrorists, complete with abductions, is the business of choice. Business booms.
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Rum Runners 1971 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Comedy
aka: Rum Boulevard
Boulevard du Rhum
Director: Robert Enrico
Cast: Lino Ventura, Brigitte Bardot, Bill Travers, Clive Revill, Jess Hahn, Antonio Casas, Andreas Voutsinas, Guy Marchand, Jack Betts, Roger Jacquet, Marc Eyraud
During the United States' prohibition era, rum-runner Captain Cornelius von Zeelinga (Lino Ventura) sails the Caribbean Sea with his smuggled rum. While on one of his runs, he meets and falls in love with his favorite actress Linda Larue (Brigitte Bardot), and a doomed romance ensues.
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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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Sunday Lovers 1980  R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Roger Moore, Lino Ventura, Ugo Tognazzi, Gene Wilder, Lynn Redgrave, Kathleen Quinlan, Priscilla Barnes, Denholm Elliott, Rossana Podesta, Robert Webber
Four short stories set in four separate countries relate the sexual exploits of four middle-aged men in this tasteless film, which is made worse by poor acting. Directors: Bryan Forbes, Edouard Molinaro, Dino Risi, and Gene Wilder. Wilder's story is probably the worst one.
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Sword of Gideon 1986 TV, 148 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Steven Bauer, Michael York, Rod Steiger, Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Joy, Lino Ventura, Leslie Hope, Laurent Malet, Peter Dvorsky, John Hirsch
An anti-terrorist team is set up after the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic games in Munich. Steven Bauer plays the commando leader. Pretty good TV movie.
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| 1. Frantic (1958)
aka: Elevator to the Gallows
aka: Elevator to the Scaffold
2. Grisbi (1954)
aka: Don't Touch the Loot
aka: Hands Off the Loot
aka: Touchez Pas au Grisbi
3. Happy New Year (1973)
4. Money Money Money (1972)
5. Rum Runners (1971)
aka: Rum Boulevard
aka: Boulevard du Rhum
6. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
7. Sunday Lovers (1980)
8. Sword of Gideon (1986)
9. The Valachi Papers (1972)
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