Alain Delon

  • Alain Jessua – Traitement de choc AKA Shock Treatment (1973)

    Alain Jessua1971-1980DramaFranceThriller

    A French businesswoman goes to a remote and popular rejuvenation clinic after a breakup, and begins to suspect the treatment methods used by the head doctor, and slowly uncovers the horrible secret behind the clinic’s success.Read More »

  • Robert Enrico – Les aventuriers AKA The Last Adventure (1967)

    Robert Enrico1961-1970AdventureDramaFrance

    Quote:
    Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot’s license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.Read More »

  • Terence Young – Soleil rouge aka Red Sun (1971)

    1971-1980Terence YoungThrillerUSAWestern

    In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the U.S. President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.Read More »

  • Jean-Pierre Melville – Un flic AKA A Cop (1972)

    1971-1980CrimeDramaFranceJean-Pierre Melville

    Quote:
    Edouard Coleman (Alain Delon) spends his days and nights chasing criminals, but doesn’t see the crook right under his nose. Simon (Richard Crenna), a smooth nightclub owner, works with a small crew to execute daring heists with big payoffs, while the beautiful Cathy (Catherine Deneuve) is torn between them. As cop and criminal do what they do best, paths converge and old scores must be settled. The 13th and final film from Gallic great Melville (Bob Le Flambeur, Army of Shadows) doubles-down the ice-blue look that had been the director’s signature in Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge, both starring the equally cool Delon.Read More »

  • Pierre Granier-Deferre – Le toubib AKA The Medic (1979)

    1971-1980DramaFrancePierre Granier-DeferreWar

    Synopsis:
    An unknown future. WWIII extends. Jean-Marie Despres, a prestigious surgeon, broken by life and his divorce supervises a field hospital, a few kilometers from the front. He meets the young and beautiful nurse Harmony. She is an idealist, she gives him hope.Read More »

  • José Giovanni – Deux hommes dans la ville AKA Two Men in Town (1973)

    Drama1971-1980CrimeFranceJosé Giovanni

    Synopsis:
    Thanks to the support and influence of a kindly parole officer, Gino Strabliggi is released from prison and has a chance to start a new life. However, things soon begin to go wrong for him. First his wife is killed in a car accident and then a ruthless police commissioner, Goitreau, begins to taunt him. In spite of his parole officer’s continued presence in his life, Gino soon finds himself on the wrong side of the law – and this time he is unlikely to be given another chance…Read More »

  • Michael Winner – Scorpio (1973)

    USA1971-1980ActionMichael WinnerThriller

    Synopsis:
    Cross is an old hand at the CIA, in charge of assassinating high-ranking foreign personalities who are an obstacle to the policies of the USA. He often teams up with Frenchman Jean Laurier, alias “Scorpio”, a gifted free-lance operative. One day, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross — and leaves him no choice but to obey. Scorpio is cold-blooded and very systematic; however, as a veteran agent, Cross knows many tricks. He can also rely upon a network of unusual personal contacts, some dating back to the troubled years preceding WWII. A lethal game of hide-and-seek is programmed, but what are the true motives of every single player?Read More »

  • Ralph Nelson – Once a Thief (1965)

    1961-1970CrimeDramaFranceRalph Nelson

    Quote:
    Eddie Pedak, a convicted criminal, has a steady job, a wife and daughter and he puts a down payment on a boat. He also has a police detective and brother after him, the first believes Eddie shot him, the second wants him for one last heist.Read More »

  • René Manzor – Le passage AKA The Passage (1986)

    1981-1990FantasyFranceRené ManzorSci-Fi

    In one of the oddest personifications of Death found in the cinema or elsewhere, first-time director (Rene Manzor) creates a Grim Reaper with his own control room, replete with high-tech wizardry in this sci-fi drama. Jean Diaz (Alain Delon) is a filmmaker working on an animated feature that would speak out against violence, when he is suddenly killed in an accident. Diaz comes around after death only to face Death personified, who wants to strike a bargain with him. Diaz can return to life if he agrees to make his film according to Death’s plan for the annihilation of the human race. If Diaz does not agree to these terms, then his young son — now in a coma from the accident — will also die.Read More »

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