Battle of the Rails 1946  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand, Jacques Desagneaux, Tony Laurent, Robert Le Ray, Redon, Leon Pauleon, Fernand Rauzena, Pierre Lozach, Charles Boyer, Francois Joux, Pierre Latour, Michel Salina
French railroad workers participate in organized resistance in Rene Clement's neo-realistic film for which he used real locations as well as those who had actually participated in the sabotage against the Nazis during the World War II occupation.
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Forbidden Games 1952  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Lucien Hubert, Suzanne Courtal, Amedee, Laurence Badie, Jacques Marin, Pierre Merovee, Madeleine Barbulee, Denise Peronne, Louis Sainteve, Andre Wasley, Violette Monier, Fernande Roy
This psychological study of the effects of war on children revolves around a five-year-old French girl, Paulette (Brigitte Fossey), who witnesses the killing of her parents and pet dog by German soldiers during World War II. Eleven-year-old Michel Dolle (Georges Poujouly) brings Paulette to his family home, and the two children create a pet cemetery for animals killed in the war. They steal crosses from a nearby human cemetery to mark the animals' graves. Michel's parents are too busy with their own lives to notice what the children are doing in this story of how war causes children to find unique ways to deal with it. The film won an Honorary Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
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Is Paris Burning? 1966  N/R, 173 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Simone Signoret, Orson Welles
This is the story of the liberation of Paris in 1944. When the Allies approached the city, the Nazis were ordered to burn it to the ground.
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 Purple Noon 1960  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Lust for Evil
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforet, Frank Latimore, Billy Kearns, Elvire Popesco, Erno Crisa, Ave Ninchi, Viviane Chantel, Nerio Bernardi, Barbel Fanger, Lily Romanelli
This is the film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, "The Talented Mr. Ripley," about American psychopath Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) who plots to murder his playboy friend, Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet), so that he can adopt a new identity.
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The Walls of Malapaga 1949 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi, Andrea Checchi, Robert Dalban, Carlo Tamberlani, Vittorio Duse, Ave Ninchi, Checco Rissone, Dina Romano
This French-Italian production was filmed mostly in Genoa during rebuilding after World War II and tells the story of Pierre (Jean Gabin), a murderer on the lam. He stows away on a ship and gets off at Genoa in search of a dentist to take care of his toothache. There he meets a waitress, Marta (Isa Miranda), and romance blossoms. But, authorities are still on his trail. The film won an Honorary Oscar for Outstanding Foreign Film.
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| 1. Battle of the Rails (1946)
2. Forbidden Games (1952)
3. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
4. Purple Noon (1960)
aka: Lust for Evil
5. Rider on the Rain (1970)
6. The Walls of Malapaga (1949)
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