Carl Studer

Le Doulos (1962)

Adventurous

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Melville
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Jean Desailly  •  René Lefèvre

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Melville
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Jean Desailly  •  René Lefèvre

The Gendarme in New York (1965)

The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot, who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Girault
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Geneviève Grad  •  Michel Galabru  •  Christian Marin

The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot, who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Girault
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Geneviève Grad  •  Michel Galabru  •  Christian Marin

The Trial (1962)

Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Anthony Perkins  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Romy Schneider  •  Orson Welles

Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Anthony Perkins  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Romy Schneider  •  Orson Welles

Mathias Sandorf (1963)

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DIRECTION:  Georges Lampin
CAST:  Louis Jourdan  •  Renaud Mary  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Serena Vergano

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DIRECTION:  Georges Lampin
CAST:  Louis Jourdan  •  Renaud Mary  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Serena Vergano

Someone Behind the Door (1971)

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Gessner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Anthony Perkins  •  Jill Ireland  •  Henri Garcin

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Gessner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Anthony Perkins  •  Jill Ireland  •  Henri Garcin

Hail! Mafia (1965)

A couple of hit men set out to kill an old friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Lévy
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Henry Silva  •  Jack Klugman  •  Elsa Martinelli

A couple of hit men set out to kill an old friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Lévy
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Henry Silva  •  Jack Klugman  •  Elsa Martinelli

Nick Carter and Red Club (1965)

A secret agent uncovers four atomic rockets with a lethal gas warhead which have been stolen from a secret factory, and a dastardly plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Savignac
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Nicole Courcel  •  Joe Dassin  •  Jeanne Valérie

A secret agent uncovers four atomic rockets with a lethal gas warhead which have been stolen from a secret factory, and a dastardly plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Savignac
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Nicole Courcel  •  Joe Dassin  •  Jeanne Valérie

Joy House (1964)

A small-time con man on the run from the gangster-husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange, brooding mansion run by two mysterious women, where he finds himself trapped in deception between the two women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Jane Fonda  •  Lola Albright  •  Sorrell Booke

A small-time con man on the run from the gangster-husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange, brooding mansion run by two mysterious women, where he finds himself trapped in deception between the two women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Jane Fonda  •  Lola Albright  •  Sorrell Booke

No Pockets in a Shroud (1974)

In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Jean Carmet  •  Michel Constantin  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Michael Lonsdale

In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Jean Carmet  •  Michel Constantin  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Michael Lonsdale

Soldier Martin (1966)

A troupe of French actors on tour in Normandy become involved in the events of WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Deville
CAST:  Robert Hirsch  •  Véronique Vendell  •  Walter Rilla  •  Anthony Sharp

A troupe of French actors on tour in Normandy become involved in the events of WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Deville
CAST:  Robert Hirsch  •  Véronique Vendell  •  Walter Rilla  •  Anthony Sharp

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DIRECTION:  Maurice Boutel
CAST:  Albert Dinan  •  Dora Doll  •  Jacques Dumesnil  •  Jacqueline Joubert

The Day and the Hour (1963)

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  Stuart Whitman  •  Geneviève Page  •  Michel Piccoli

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  Stuart Whitman  •  Geneviève Page  •  Michel Piccoli

Les Borsalini (1980)

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DIRECTION:  Michel Nerval
CAST:  Jean Lefebvre  •  Darry Cowl  •  Robert Castel  •  Sacha Darwin

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DIRECTION:  Michel Nerval
CAST:  Jean Lefebvre  •  Darry Cowl  •  Robert Castel  •  Sacha Darwin

Pantalaskas (1960)

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Paviot
CAST:  Carl Studer  •  Ana María Cassan  •  Bernard Lajarrige  •  Daniel Emilfork

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Paviot
CAST:  Carl Studer  •  Ana María Cassan  •  Bernard Lajarrige  •  Daniel Emilfork

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia (1967)

When an oily attorney dies at the hands of the mafia, a dedicated French detective investigates the man's murder. He soon uncovers a drug-smuggling operation and lets his sawed-off shotgun do the talking to the toughs in this Gallic gangster feature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Gérard
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Claude Mann  •  Claudine Coster  •  Robert Manuel

When an oily attorney dies at the hands of the mafia, a dedicated French detective investigates the man's murder. He soon uncovers a drug-smuggling operation and lets his sawed-off shotgun do the talking to the toughs in this Gallic gangster feature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Gérard
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Claude Mann  •  Claudine Coster  •  Robert Manuel

The Blonde from Peking (1967)

Spies from several countries try to find out what secrets are hidden in the mind of a young amnesiac girl who has appeared in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Gessner
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Mireille Darc  •  Françoise Brion  •  Jean-Jacques Delbo

Spies from several countries try to find out what secrets are hidden in the mind of a young amnesiac girl who has appeared in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Gessner
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Mireille Darc  •  Françoise Brion  •  Jean-Jacques Delbo

Sophie's Ways (1971)

Céline is a free-spirited woman is married to a dull, middle manager Philippe. Her husband's co-worker pegged her as a household ornament because of the union. She befriends a woman who shows her how to juggle the couple's living expenses to get what she wants. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moshé Mizrahi
CAST:  Bernadette Lafont  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Michel Duchaussoy  •  Serge Marquand

Céline is a free-spirited woman is married to a dull, middle manager Philippe. Her husband's co-worker pegged her as a household ornament because of the union. She befriends a woman who shows her how to juggle the couple's living expenses to get what she wants. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moshé Mizrahi
CAST:  Bernadette Lafont  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Michel Duchaussoy  •  Serge Marquand