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August 1944. On the outskirts of a small village in the French Alps, Dr Lestrade manages an asylum for the mentally deranged. His patients include Hélène, a young blonde who lives in her dreams, Lemaret, who imagines he is the president of the Land of Innocence, Prunier, who walks around with his chest bared because he burns with an inner fire...
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Recently released from prison, an attractive young woman Alice meets up with her lover Alfred. The latter, a vicious crook, has murdered an old woman at a fairground. The only witness was a reclusive old man named Monsieur Hire, who is secretly in love with Alice. Alfred and Alice contrive to divert suspicion on to Monsieur Hire......
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Jenny Lamour is a talented music hall singer who is determined to advance her career. She agrees to a liaison with the businessman Brignon, who has a reputation as a dirty old man. When he finds out, Jenny’s husband, Maurice threatens to kill Brignon. When he discovers that Jenny has kept her promise to see Brignon...
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Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a subway in Paris. The case is assigned to Inspector Carrel, who is Vidauban’s perfect double. Using his resemblance to the arch criminal, Carrel manages to infiltrate Vidauban’s circle of acquaintances and contacts...
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Jean, nicknamed Fabius the Foolhardy, is a circus acrobat whose act involves driving a motorcycle up a near-vertical incline, the Wall of Death. Tired of his girlfriend, Marthe, he decides to kill her. One evening, he takes a shot at a woman who resembles Marthe but who in fact is someone else, Lucienne. A well-known impresario...
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Federal treasury investigator Frank Warren is assigned to a case which, if successful, will smash one of America’s biggest crime syndicates and put its boss behind bars for many years. The FBI knows that the only way to bring the Big Fellow (as he is called) and his henchmen to book is to bring a charge of tax evasion against them...
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In the Ardèche region of France in the 1880s, Marie Martin and her husband manage a remote rural inn. For the past twenty years, they have made a habit of murdering their guests for their money and personal possessions. One winter’s night, the Martins appear to be particularly well fated when a coachload of wealthy gentlefolk arrive at their door...
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The maid in a meeting house for lovers is found dead and Inspecteur Sergil is called in to investigate. With the help of a boarder, Lily, he uncovers a trafficking racket involving young women and drugs.......
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On the run from international police, Special Agent Lemmy Caution arrives in the South of France and soon become embroiled in a scheme with the infamous gangster Siegella. Whilst seeming to co-operate with the underworld boss, Lemmy is secretly acting for the FBI, and intends using Miranda Van Zelden, a wealthy heiress...
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FBI agent Lemmy Caution is despatched to Casablanca to prevent a consignment of gold from being hi-jacked by a ruthless gang of hoodlums. A beautiful cabaret singer, Carlotta, a.k.a. La Môme vert-de-gris, lures Caution into a web of mayhem and betrayal. Could this be Lemmy Caution’s last adventure&#...
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In a dusty, hot South American mining town, foreign immigrants eke out a meagre existence, struggling to find work in an area of high unemployment. A French Corsican, Mario, strikes up a friendship with a new arrival in the town, Jo. Their situation looks hopeless, until, one day, a local oil company announces they are recruiting four truck drivers to carry out a dangerous mission...
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Max and Riton are two ageing gangsters who manage to pull of their final heist, a spectacular gold bullion robbery at Orly airport. All is well until Max’s former girlfriend Josy tips of a rival gangster, Angelo. The latter kidnaps Riton and threatens to kill him unless Max hands over the spoils from his robbery.......
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Once a renowned criminal, Bob the Gambler now contents himself with gambling, frequenting casinos in the shady districts of Paris. He is convinced his gangster days are over - until he meets up with an old accomplice who has news which interests him. The casino at Deauville has a safe which is loaded with several hundred million francs...
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Early one morning, after a night with his girlfriend Alice, lorry driver Jean Chape accidentally runs over a body stretched out in the middle of the road. He reports the incident to the police who, suspecting foul play, impound his lorry. The dead man’s widow visits Jean and accuses him of stealing a huge some of money he was carrying before he was killed...
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Captain Le Quévic intends to raise a sunken ship at the entrance to the port of Marseilles, not knowing that it contains the body of a murdered woman. The ship’s owner, a local gangster named Black, plans to sabotage the operation, since it was he who killed the woman to prevent her from revealing his crooked activities...
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Christina and Michel Delasalle are a married couple who run a private boarding school. Delasalle is a tyrant who bullies both his wife and his mistress, Nicole. Having been beaten by Delasalle, Nicole finally persuades Christina that they should murder their tormentor. The two women lure Delasalle back to Nicole’s lodgings where Chistiana drugs him and Nicole drowns him in a bath tub...
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A former war-time pilot Michel Rivière arrives in the African town of Free City, hoping to find a buyer for some diamonds he found hidden in his aircraft. He stays at the hotel run by the despicable Séverin, with whose wife, Manuella, he has an affair. Rivière manages to find a buyer for his diamonds...
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International drug baron Henri Ferré, nicknamed ’Le Nantais’, is tasked with restructuring a narcotics ring operating in Paris. The gangster head Paul Liski provides him with a cover, a bar named Le Troquet, not realising that Ferré is in fact working for the police. Far from supporting the drugs racket...
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Shortly after serving a stretch in prison, an ageing crook Tony Le Stéphanois meets up with his former comrades, Jo and Mario. The latter are planning to make a quick snatch and grab raid on a jewellery shop and invite Tony to help them. Realising this could be his last chance to make it big, Tony persuades his friends to attempt a far bigger crime...
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Distinguished chef André Chatelin manages a gourmet restaurant beside the busy Halles market in Paris. One day, he receives an unexpected visit from Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle. Hearing of her mother’s death, André offers Catherine a room in his house. Catherine gratefully accepts and starts to worm her way into André’s affections...
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