The Destructors 1974  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Marseille Contract
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, James Mason, Maureen Kerwin, Marcel Bozzuffi, Maurice Ronet, Catherine Rouvel, Andre Oumansky, Alexandra Stewart, Vernon Dobtcheff
A United States drug agent (Anthony Quinn) is assigned the job of crushing an international drug dealer (James Mason) and combs Paris for his whereabouts.
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 The French Connection 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frederic de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, Patrick McDermott, Andre Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Alan Weeks
If for no other reason than the spine-tingling car chase, this movie deserves viewing. Fortunately, it also has much more going for it. NYPD detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) visits Paris to uncover the source of a drug supply coming into the United States. Doyle ends up back in the Big Apple for the elevated train car chase. This film won the Best Picture Academy Award, and Gene Hackman and William Friedkin were also honored for Best Actor and Director. Awards were also given for Best Writing and Editing, and nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Roy Scheider) and Sound.
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La Cage Aux Folles II 1980  R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Edouard Molinaro
Cast: Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Paola Borboni, Marcel Bozzuffi, Michel Galabru, Benny Luke, Stephane Audran, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Glauco Onorato, Roberto Bisacco, Gianrico Tondinelli, Giorgio Cerioni
This sequel just does not match up to the original movie, but it is still a pretty good comedy in which a homosexual couple, Albin Mougeotte and Renato Baldi (Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi) unwittingly becomes embroiled in espionage after obtaining stolen microfilm..
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March or Die 1977  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Max von Sydow, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Holm, Jack O'Halloran, Rufus, Marcel Bozzuffi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Marne Maitland
Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) heads up a group of Foreign Legionnaires who fight marauding Arabs to defend their position in the Sahara Desert.
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The Passage 1979 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Kay Lenz, Christopher Lee, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paul Clemens
One step ahead of their Nazi pursuer, Von Berkow (Malcolm McDowell), Professor Bergson (James Mason), his wife, Ariel (Patricia Neal), and their children are aided by a Basque (Anthony Quinn) in a trek across France to reach freedom in Spain.
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The Smuggler 1980 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Contraband
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Fabio Testi, Ivana Monti, Guido Alberti, Daniele Dublino, Venantino Venantini, Marcel Bozzuffi, Saverio Marconi, Tommaso Palladino, Ofelia Meyer, Ferdinando Murolo
Luca (Fabio Testi) heads a cigarette and liquor smuggling crime family but otherwise is a pleasant man with a wife and child. When his brother is killed by a rival gang, Luca sets out for revenge. But, before long, his gang members have either been assassinated or have been picked up by the police, and Luca must fight the rivals alone. Gore and violence are abundant in Fulci's departure from Horror films.
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To Catch a King 1984  TV, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Teri Garr, Robert Wagner, Horst Janson, John Standing, Barbara Parkins, Marcel Bozzuffi, Jane Lapotaire, Barry Foster, Peter Egan, Constantine Gregory, Peter Woodthorpe
When the Nazis plot to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (John Standing and Barbara Parkins) in 1940, two vacationing Americans–Joe (Robert Wagner) and Hannah (Teri Garr)–come to the rescue.
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 Z 1969  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, Francois Perier, Pierre Dux, Bernard Fresson, Renato Salvatori, Marcel Bozzuffi, Gorges Geret, Julien Guiomar, Magali Noel, Clotilde Joano, Habib Reda
On his way to giving a speech opposing the use of the atomic bomb, Greek pacifist Z (Yves Montand) is attacked by right-wing political extremists. The police have done little to protect Z, and, later, when Z is killed after being clubbed on the head, the police also had not protected him. The Examining Magistrate (Jean-Luis Trintignant) is appointed to look into the matter and finds that there was, indeed, a cover-up involving the police. The film is based on the 1963 killing of Gregorios Lambrakis and employs flashbacks as a tool for intrigue. "Z" won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Picture and Editing and was nominated for Best Picture and Director.
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| 1. Chino (1973)
aka: The Valdez Horses
2. The Destructors (1974)
aka: The Marseille Contract
3. The French Connection (1971)
4. Images (1972)
5. La Cage Aux Folles II (1980)
6. March or Die (1977)
7. The Passage (1979)
8. The Smuggler (1980)
aka: Contraband
9. To Catch a King (1984)
10. Z (1969)
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