France, WWI. Landru, the father of four children, contacts Parisian women through newspaper ads, seduces and eventually kills them. Read More »
Tag Archives: Danielle Darrieux
At the Top of the Stairs AKA En haut des marches (1983) Paul Vecchiali, Danielle Darrieux, Hélène Surgère, Françoise Lebrun
A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear. Read More »
Bonnes à tuer AKA One Step to Eternity (1954) Henri Decoin, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Corinne Calvet
Francois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper Read More »
5 Fingers (1952) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie
Based on a true story. In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious and extremely efficient valet for the British ambassador Read More »
The Earrings of Madame De… (1953) Max Ophüls, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica
In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift: she needs money to cover her debts. Read More »
Murder at 45 R.P.M. (1960) Etienne Périer, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Jean Servais
Danielle Darrieux stars in this Belgian chiller as a songstress whose obsessively jealous husband suddenly dies. Read More »
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) Norman Taurog, Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey
Jim Stauton Rogers, a Texas rancher turned international diplomat, take his young daughter, Elizabeth Rogers, on a trip to Paris. Read More »
The Night Affair (1958) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Nadja Tiller
Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky (Najda Tiller), whom he considers to be more victim than criminal. Read More »
Bad Seed (1934) Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder, Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle
In the 30’s, in Paris, the playboy Henri Pasquier is supported by his father, Dr. Pasquier with money and a brandy new car. Read More »
The Red and the Black (1954) Claude Autant-Lara, Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Antonella Lualdi, Drama, Romance
It’s no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era Read More »
Mayerling (1936) Anatole Litvak, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier, Drama, Romance
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He’s bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering Read More »
L’amant de lady Chatterley / Lady Chatterley’s lover (1955) Marc Allégret, Danielle Darrieux, Leo Genn, Erno Crisa, Drama
Ruy Blas (1948) Pierre Billon, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Drama
Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. Read More »
Le Lieu du crime / Scene of the Crime (1986) André Téchiné, Nicolas Giraudi, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Crime, Drama, Romance
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. Read More »
Loss of Innocence / The Greengage Summer (1961) Lewis Gilbert, Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York, Comedy, Drama, Romance
When she arrives in the French region of Champagne in the company of her mother, her two sisters and her brother, sixteen-year-old Joss Grey is still just a teen-ager. Read More »