Florence Marly

Highly alluring Czech-born actress Florence Marly, born on June 2, 1919, initially expressed intentions of being an opera singer. At the age of 18, however, she was discovered by the 33-year-old renowned French director Pierre Chenal while a student of art and literature at the Sorbonne. (IMDb)

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Tokyo Joe (1949)

An American returns to Tokyo to try to pick up threads of his pre-World War II life there but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Heisler
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Alexander Knox  •  Florence Marly

An American returns to Tokyo to try to pick up threads of his pre-World War II life there but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Heisler
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Alexander Knox  •  Florence Marly

Sealed Verdict (1948)

John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Allen
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Florence Marly  •  John Hoyt  •  Norbert Schiller

John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Allen
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Florence Marly  •  John Hoyt  •  Norbert Schiller

Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls (1973)

John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered he art of transferring souls from one body to another and thereby manages to perpetuate himself by jumping from one body to the next. Apparently the Doc is a kindred spirit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddie Saeta
CAST:  John Considine  •  Barry Coe  •  Cheryl Miller  •  Stewart Moss

John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered he art of transferring souls from one body to another and thereby manages to perpetuate himself by jumping from one body to the next. Apparently the Doc is a kindred spirit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddie Saeta
CAST:  John Considine  •  Barry Coe  •  Cheryl Miller  •  Stewart Moss

Alibi (1937)

Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Jany Holt  •  Albert Préjean

Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Jany Holt  •  Albert Préjean

Tokyo File 212 (1951)

A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the Korean War, using kidnapping, murder and a disturbed former kamikaze pilot. A U.S. secret agent, posing as a reporter, is dispatched to Tokyo to put a stop to these ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart E. McGowan  •  Dorrell McGowan
CAST:  Florence Marly  •  Lee Frederick  •  Katsuhiko Haida  •  Reiko Otani

A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the Korean War, using kidnapping, murder and a disturbed former kamikaze pilot. A U.S. secret agent, posing as a reporter, is dispatched to Tokyo to put a stop to these ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart E. McGowan  •  Dorrell McGowan
CAST:  Florence Marly  •  Lee Frederick  •  Katsuhiko Haida  •  Reiko Otani

Krakatit (1948)

In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed into the hands of anarchists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Karel Höger  •  Miroslav Homola  •  František Smolík  •  Jiří Plachý

In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed into the hands of anarchists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Karel Höger  •  Miroslav Homola  •  František Smolík  •  Jiří Plachý

The Last Turning (1939)

Frank, a hobo, ends up in a garage-truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Nick Marino, its older, kind and naive owner, is married to Cora, a sexy and mercenary woman half his age. Frank, although not a fan of hard work, accepts Nick's offer to work for him. Of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Michel Simon  •  Marcel Vallée  •  Auguste Bovério

Frank, a hobo, ends up in a garage-truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Nick Marino, its older, kind and naive owner, is married to Cora, a sexy and mercenary woman half his age. Frank, although not a fan of hard work, accepts Nick's offer to work for him. Of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Michel Simon  •  Marcel Vallée  •  Auguste Bovério

The Damned (1947)

A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Henri Vidal  •  Florence Marly  •  Fosco Giachetti  •  Paul Bernard

A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Henri Vidal  •  Florence Marly  •  Fosco Giachetti  •  Paul Bernard

Queen of Blood (1966)

A spaceship is sent to Mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Harrington
CAST:  John Saxon  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Judi Meredith  •  Dennis Hopper

A spaceship is sent to Mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Harrington
CAST:  John Saxon  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Judi Meredith  •  Dennis Hopper

The Lafarge Case (1938)

Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Marcelle Chantal  •  Raymond Rouleau  •  Margo Lion

Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Marcelle Chantal  •  Raymond Rouleau  •  Margo Lion

Sirocco (1938)

Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to France, first as the mistress and then wife of a wealthy archaeologist, and bears him Matteo's child, whom he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Louis Jouvet  •  Marcel Dalio  •  Viviane Romance  •  Pierre Renoir

Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to France, first as the mistress and then wife of a wealthy archaeologist, and bears him Matteo's child, whom he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Louis Jouvet  •  Marcel Dalio  •  Viviane Romance  •  Pierre Renoir

Café de Paris (1938)

This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe  •  Yves Mirande
CAST:  Véra Korène  •  Simone Berriau  •  Jules Berry  •  Jacques Baumer

This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe  •  Yves Mirande
CAST:  Véra Korène  •  Simone Berriau  •  Jules Berry  •  Jacques Baumer

Savage Brigade (1939)

The duel between a Czarist general and a lieutenant, over the general's wife, is postponed with war approaching. Years later, the rivals meet again but the general realizes his wife has been faithful to him after all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Véra Korène  •  Charles Vanel  •  Youcca Troubetzkov  •  Lisette Lanvin

The duel between a Czarist general and a lieutenant, over the general's wife, is postponed with war approaching. Years later, the rivals meet again but the general realizes his wife has been faithful to him after all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Véra Korène  •  Charles Vanel  •  Youcca Troubetzkov  •  Lisette Lanvin

El fin de la noche (1944)

A singer is trapped in France by the unforeseen outbreak of World War II and a man who serves the German occupiers demands, in exchange for safe conduct for herself and her daughter, to act as a spy and informer for members of the Resistance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto de Zavalía
CAST:  Lucía Barause  •  Alberto Bello  •  Carlos Bellucci  •  María Esther Buschiazzo

A singer is trapped in France by the unforeseen outbreak of World War II and a man who serves the German occupiers demands, in exchange for safe conduct for herself and her daughter, to act as a spy and informer for members of the Resistance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto de Zavalía
CAST:  Lucía Barause  •  Alberto Bello  •  Carlos Bellucci  •  María Esther Buschiazzo

Undersea Girl (1957)

A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later, underwater, for a Navy money consignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Peyser
CAST:  Mara Corday  •  Pat Conway  •  Dan Seymour  •  Sue George

A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later, underwater, for a Navy money consignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Peyser
CAST:  Mara Corday  •  Pat Conway  •  Dan Seymour  •  Sue George

Games (1967)

A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Harrington
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  James Caan  •  Katharine Ross  •  Don Stroud

A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Harrington
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  James Caan  •  Katharine Ross  •  Don Stroud

Space Boy (1973)

Unofficial sequel to Curtis Harrington's Queen of Blood (1966). Drums and orchestration are rumoured to be by Frank Zappa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renate Druks
CAST:  Florence Marly  •  Stuart Thomson

Unofficial sequel to Curtis Harrington's Queen of Blood (1966). Drums and orchestration are rumoured to be by Frank Zappa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renate Druks
CAST:  Florence Marly  •  Stuart Thomson

The Astrologer (1976)

Craig Alexander, a con-man "psychic" on the carnival circuit receives the opportunity to pilfer some legendary rubies in Kenya. His luck holds and he winds up the sole beneficiary of the ill-gotten wealth, which he parlays into an astrological broadcasting empire. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Denney
CAST:  Craig Denney  •  Darrien Earle  •  Arthyr W. Chadbourne  •  Florence Marly

Craig Alexander, a con-man "psychic" on the carnival circuit receives the opportunity to pilfer some legendary rubies in Kenya. His luck holds and he winds up the sole beneficiary of the ill-gotten wealth, which he parlays into an astrological broadcasting empire. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Denney
CAST:  Craig Denney  •  Darrien Earle  •  Arthyr W. Chadbourne  •  Florence Marly

La piel de zapa (1943)

A man in debt obtains a miraculous skin that makes all his wishes come true but at the cost of shortening his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Bayón Herrera
CAST:  Hugo del Carril  •  Aída Luz  •  Florence Marly  •  Santiago Gómez Cou

A man in debt obtains a miraculous skin that makes all his wishes come true but at the cost of shortening his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Bayón Herrera
CAST:  Hugo del Carril  •  Aída Luz  •  Florence Marly  •  Santiago Gómez Cou

The Idol (1952)

An actor argues with his wife and she decides to leave. The day after learning of the mysterious death of his wife in Viña del Mar, he hires a detective to find the murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Alberto Closas  •  Elisa Galvé  •  Florence Marly  •  Eduardo Naveda

An actor argues with his wife and she decides to leave. The day after learning of the mysterious death of his wife in Viña del Mar, he hires a detective to find the murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Alberto Closas  •  Elisa Galvé  •  Florence Marly  •  Eduardo Naveda
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