Caroline and the Rebels 1955  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Jean Devaivre
Cast: Jean-Claude Pascal, Jacques Dacqmine, Sophie Desmarets, Georges Descrieres, Brigitte Bardot, Magali Noel, Daniel Ceccaldi, Robert Dalban, Jean Galland, Jean Debucourt
This romantic adventure follows Juan (Jean-Claude Pascal) in his sexual exploits across Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. Brigitte Bardot plays one of his conquests. Censored prior to U.S. release, this is the third film of a series that formerly had Caroline as the heroine, but now her son (Juan) carries on the adventures.
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Jenny Lamour 1947  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Charles Dullin, Rene Blancard, Pierre Larquey, Jean Daurand, Claudine Dupuis, Robert Dalban
Singer Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) yearns to be a star and consorts with a rich "dirty old man" to get ahead, which makes her husband, Maurice (Bernard Blier), jealous. Maurice even goes to the man's estate with a gun, finds the man already killed, and also finds that Jenny had smashed a bottle of champagne over the man's head when he had made a sexual advance. Thus, this excellent Hitchcock-like mystery begins with Maurice being the prime suspect.
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Love on a Pillow 1962  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Warrior's Rest
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, James Robertson Justice, Macha Meril, Yves Barsacq, Jean-Marc Bory, Jacqueline Porel, Christian Melson, Michel Serrault, Robert Dalban
A young woman, Genevieve (Brigitte Bardot), while in a small town to receive an inheritance, saves alcoholic Renaud (Robert Hossein) from committing suicide. They start a relationship, and his abusive nature starts to show. Though Genevieve loves him, will that be enough in this dysfunctional affair?
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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. Caroline and the Rebels (1955)
2. Jenny Lamour (1947)
3. Love on a Pillow (1962)
aka: Warrior's Rest
4. The Walls of Malapaga (1949)
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