Cold Sweat 1970  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Gabriele Ferzetti, Jean Topart, Luigi Pistilli, Yannick Delulle, Paul Bonifas, Sabine Sun, Roger Mailles, Nathalie Varallo, Remo Mosconi, Dominique Crosland
Based on Richard Matheson's "Ride the Nightmare," this action film finds an American, Joe (Charles Bronson), living a peaceful life in France with his wife Fabienne (Liv Ullmann) and stepdaughter Michelle (Yannick Delulle). All goes well–until gang members Captain Ross (James Mason), Katnaga (Jean Topart), Whitey (Michel Constantin), and Faustountil (Luigi Pistilli) reappear in Joe's life and kidnap his family. Their purpose is to force Joe into drug smuggling. In turn, Joe kidnaps Ross' mistress (Jill Ireland), and battles ensue.
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Le Trou 1960  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Hole
The Night Watch
Director: Jacques Becker
Cast: Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel, Andre Bervil, Eddy Rasimi, Jean-Paul Coquelin, Catherine Spaak, Dominique Zardi
Director Jacques Becker used non-professional actors in this excellent prison-break story. A man (Marc Michel) awaiting trial for attempting to murder his wife joins a group of men planning a jail break from Sante Prison. The details of the plan are meticulously presented, keeping you on the edge of your seat. His wife drops the attempted murder charge, and he tries to get a further reduction of charges by ratting on his cellmates.
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L'Etoile Du Sud 1969  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Southern Star
Director: Sidney Hayers
Cast: Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, George Segal, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Johnny Sekka, Michel Constantin, Charles Lamb, Georges Geret, Guy Delorme
The "Etoile Du Sud" is a priceless diamond that has been stolen, and an adventurer (George Segal) in Africa is wrongly imprisoned for its theft.
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Violent City 1970 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: The Family
Director: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Telly Savalas, Umberto Orsini, George Savalas, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Levy, Peter Dane, Goffredo Unger, Beryl Salvatore, Robert Spafford
Jeff (Charles Bronson) is a tough ex-con, now a professional hit man in New Orleans, who sets out in search of those who framed him. The only one Jeff trusts is his girlfriend Vanessa (Jill Ireland), but crime boss Webber (Telly Savalas) steals Vanessa away from Jeff. The mob becomes his target, but, at the same time, the mob s hunts down Jeff. And violence erupts as bullets fly.
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| 1. Cold Sweat (1970)
2. Le Trou (1960)
aka: The Hole
aka: The Night Watch
3. L'Etoile Du Sud (1969)
aka: The Southern Star
4. Violent City (1970)
aka: The Family
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