Henri Verneuil

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The Night Caller
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The Night Caller

Apr. 09, 1975

The Night Caller

A serial killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to ...
Any Number Can Win
7.3

Any Number Can Win

Mar. 19, 1963

Any Number Can Win

Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife’s plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, ...
The Vultures
6.2

The Vultures

Mar. 28, 1984

The Vultures

April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ...
Mother
7.4

Mother

Nov. 27, 1991

Mother

In 1915 a genocide happened in the Ottoman Empire and about 1.5 million Armenians were systematically murdered by the government of the Young ...
588 rue Paradis
6.9

588 rue Paradis

Jan. 14, 1992

588 rue Paradis

This film recounts Henri Verneuil’s relationship with his father who had brought his Armenian family to Marseille, France, in order to ...
Gangster Boss
5.8

Gangster Boss

Mar. 20, 1959

Gangster Boss

In Paris, scoundrel mates Paolo and Antoine Venturen hope to get rich quick by asking ransom fro rich Mr. Jumelin’s preteen son Eric. ...
The Lions Are Loose
5.8

The Lions Are Loose

Sep. 20, 1961

The Lions Are Loose

Bored with her life, Albertine (Claudia Cardinale) drops her husband and takes the first train to Paris, to start fresh. Release: The Lions Are ...
I… For Icarus
7.9

I… For Icarus

Dec. 19, 1979

I… For Icarus

The film’s plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President ...
The Wild Oat
6.4

The Wild Oat

Feb. 27, 1953

The Wild Oat

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the ...
A Thousand Billion Dollars
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A Thousand Billion Dollars

A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician – the death seems to be ...
Greed in the Sun
7.1

Greed in the Sun

Apr. 17, 1964

Greed in the Sun

Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless youngster who stole a brand-new truck and its ...
The Sicilian Clan
7.4

The Sicilian Clan

Dec. 01, 1969

The Sicilian Clan

Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a ...
The 25th Hour
7.5

The 25th Hour

Apr. 26, 1967

The 25th Hour

A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he’s imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes ...
Paris, Palace Hotel
6.4

Paris, Palace Hotel

Oct. 18, 1956

Paris, Palace Hotel

This is not really what you expect from Henri Verneuil : it’s an old-fashioned comedy ,which will remind you of Mitchell Leisen ‘s ...
A Kiss for a Killer
6.9

A Kiss for a Killer

Nov. 27, 1957

A Kiss for a Killer

Betty Farnwell, a rich widow living in Nice, decides to marry Philippe, a good-looking but self-interested man. No sooner has he got married than ...
The Cow and I
7.1

The Cow and I

Dec. 16, 1959

The Cow and I

In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this ...
The Serpent
6.2

The Serpent

Apr. 07, 1973

The Serpent

Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and ...
Lovers’ Net
6.8

Lovers’ Net

Mar. 16, 1955

Lovers’ Net

He is a French taxi driver in Lisbon carrying the scars of a wife’s infidelity that ended in tragedy when he found her with his lover upon ...
Guns for San Sebastian
6.6

Guns for San Sebastian

Mar. 20, 1968

Guns for San Sebastian

Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is ...
A Monkey in Winter
7.6

A Monkey in Winter

May. 11, 1962

A Monkey in Winter

The story of a man who has stopped drinking- and then dreaming- and who thanks to a young man who tries to forget a lost love in alcohol will ...