Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. Read More »
Tag Archives: Danielle Darrieux
The Crisis is Over AKA La crise est finie (1934) Robert Siodmak, Beatrice Emanuel, Albert Préjean, Danielle Darrieux
A troupe is fired because ,on stage,they did a very bad joke: they locked up the star Read More »
The Wages of Sin AKA Le salaire du péché (1956) Denys de La Patellière, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jeanne Moreau
Isabelle, the daughter of multimillionaire Frank Lindstrom, chooses to marry Read More »
The Lions Are Loose AKA Les lions sont lâchés (1961) Henri Verneuil, Jean-Claude Brialy, Claudia Cardinale, Danielle Darrieux
Bored with her life, Albertine (Claudia Cardinale) drops her husband and takes the first train to Paris, to start fresh. Read More »
Mayerling (1936) Anatole Litvak, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He’s bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering Read More »
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 Read More »
Murder at 45 R.P.M. AKA Meurtre en 45 tours (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 »
Secret Meeting AKA Marie-Octobre (1959) Julien Duvivier, Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban
A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). Read More »
Life Together AKA La vie a deux (1958) Clément Duhour, Pierre Brasseur, Danielle Darrieux, Sophie Desmarets
The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book “Life as a Couple” Read More »
Typhoon Over Nagasaki AKA Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) Yves Ciampi, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Keiko Kishi
Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards Read More »
Good Lord Without Confession AKA Le bon Dieu sans confession (1953) Claude Autant-Lara, Danielle Darrieux, Henri Vilbert, Claude Laydu
Based on the novel by Paul Vialar. Stuck in a loveless marriage Read More »
Keep an Eye on Amelia AKA Occupe-toi d’Amélie..! (1949) Claude Autant-Lara, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Desailly, Victor Guyau
Young Amélie is currently enjoying life as the kept woman of her reasonably well off boyfriend Étienne. Read More »
Bluebeard AKA Landru (1963) Claude Chabrol, Michèle Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegard Knef
France, WWI. Landru, the father of four children, contacts Parisian women through newspaper ads, seduces and eventually kills them. 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 »