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Tag Archives: Edmond T. Gréville
Temptation AKA L’île du bout du monde (1959) Edmond T. Gréville, Magali Noël, Dawn Addams, Rossana Podestà
When a ship bringing a contingent of international wounded from Korea is torpedoed Read More »
Under Secret Orders (1937) Edmond T. Gréville, Dita Parlo, John Loder, Erich von Stroheim
When a German spy realizes that he is being followed by British agents Read More »
House on the Waterfront (1955) Edmond T. Gréville, Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar, Henri Vidal
Martine is searching for her sister that disappeared mysteriously. Lequévic agrees to help her. Read More »
Beat Girl (1960) Edmond T. Gréville, David Farrar, Noëlle Adam, Christopher Lee
Paul, a divorced architect, marries Nichole, a woman from Paris. Read More »
The Hands of Orlac (1960) Edmond T. Gréville, Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, Christopher Lee
A pianist has a transplant operation that gives him a new pair of hands. Read More »
Guilty? (1956) Edmond T. Gréville, John Justin, Barbara Laage, Donald Wolfit
A Frenchwoman accused of the murder of her child’s father in an English court rejects her defence lawyer. Read More »
Secret Lives (1937) Edmond T. Gréville, Brigitte Horney, Neil Hamilton, Raymond Lovell
A German-born woman works as a spy for the French in Switzerland during the First World War Read More »
Noose / The Silk Noose (1948) Edmond T. Gréville, Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, Derek Farr, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Sugiani, a black-market racketeer in London, following World War II, is amassing a vast fortune until Linda Medbury, an American newspaper reporter, learns about him and his operation. Read More »
Brief Ecstasy (1937) Edmond T. Gréville, Paul Lukas, Hugh Williams, Linden Travers, Drama, Romance
Brief Ecstasy (1937) is a remarkable film, and the stand-out title of the set. A melodrama with expressionist touches Read More »
Sous les toits de Paris / Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) René Clair, Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry, Edmond T. Gréville
While singing in a lower class quarter in Paris, the street singer Albert falls in love with the Romanian party girl Pola, who is the companion of the gangster Fred. One night, Albert meets with Pola, who has just found that Fred had stolen her key, and his friend Louis proposes to toss to date her. However, Albert brings her to his room and they spend the night together, with Albert sleeping on the floor and Pola on his bed. Early in the morning, the pickpocket Émile brings a bag with stolen pieces and asks Albert to keep the bag for him. When the police busts Albert’s room and finds the stolen goods, he is arrested and sent to jail. Meanwhile Fred travels and Pola seeks comfort with Louis, and they stay together. When Émile is arrested by the police, he confesses that Albert is innocent and he is released and seeks out Pola. Meanwhile Fred returns to Paris and also seeks out Pola that is with Louis.
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