Three townspeople cause an uproar when they try to help refugees on a Greek island occupied by Turks. Read More »
Tag Archives: Jules Dassin
La legge / The Law (1959) Jules Dassin, Gina Lollobrigida
Marietta, servant of aristocrat Don Cesare, is the bellezza of an Italian town where men gather Read More »
Nazi Agent (1942) Jules Dassin, Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher
A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official. Read More »
Circle of Two (1980) Jules Dassin, Tatum O’Neal, Norma Dell’Agnese, Donann Cavin
The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a sixty-year-old painter. Read More »
Thieves’ Highway (1949) Jules Dassin, Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb
The soldier Nick Garcos returns back home from the war very happy with gifts for his parents Read More »
Rififi / Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) Jules Dassin, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel
After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City Read More »
Never on Sunday / Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas
Illia is Piraeus’s most popular person: an energetic prostitute, full of life and good humor. Read More »
Night and the City (1950) Jules Dassin, Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers
Harry Fabian is a London hustler with ambitious plans that never work out. Read More »
UpTight (1968) Jules Dassin, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera
Uptight is an updated remake of John Ford’s 1935 film, The Informer. Read More »
Reunion in France (1942) Jules Dassin, Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris Read More »