The Worldwide Film Noir Tradition - Classical French Film Noir
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- DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsMagali NoëlGeorges RivièreDanik PatissonA young beautiful teacher is transfered to a remote island's school, where her colleague (also the principal of the school) falls in love with her. This banned love provokes the jealousy of the principal's wife and makes her seek revenge.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsDaniel GélinMadeleine RobinsonEleonora Rossi DragoIn this legal drama, told in flashbacks, the son of a judge, who had sentenced a man who may be innocent to 17 years in prison, tries to investigate the mysterious case.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsNadja TillerPierre BrasseurWalter GillerBusinessman who lives from blackmailing begins to be blackmailed by his own wife who hates him.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsDaniel GélinFrançoise ArnoulTrevor HowardHe 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 returning from the war. She is a French woman in trouble with the law and she has a police inspector on her tail. They fall passionately in love, but because of his past he is not able to trust that she is not using him to escape the police. She must choose between escaping with him and remaining under a shred of doubt or turn herself in to prove that she indeed loves him.
- DirectorWilly RozierStarsDanièle RoyRobert BerriJacques DynamA waiter fond of detective stories becomes a gangster.
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeanne MoreauMaurice RonetGeorges PoujoulyA self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.MASTERWORK
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsMireille BalinJean ChevrierLouise CarlettiA thief hides out in the South and gets involved with the sister of a friendly fellow employee on an outdoor work site. But circumstances draw him back to the city, to another woman, and to murder.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsJean GabinIsa MirandaVera TalchiA French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsFrançois PérierDany RobinMarie DaëmsAn assassin shakes up a popular cafee in Paris.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsSerge ReggianiJean DavyMonique MélinandStory takes place in a dreadful girls' reformatory. A couple of lovers will try to escape from this living hell.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsAntoine BalpêtréPaul BiscigliaBernard BlierSelf-centered parents of the 50's targeted by drama in which teenagers panicking after burglary supposed to finance the run from the Third World War.MASTERWORK
- DirectorPierre ChenalStarsFrançoise ArnoulHenri VidalGaby SylviaA cop's widow is through with love and she spends her time collecting money for the orphans of the Police,abetted by a bunch of snobs and false friends.Unfortunately the person who was in charge of the money is assaulted and the money is gone..Might this respectable notable of the town be guilty,after feigning an aggression? A warden has two inmates do some repairs in his house.But he's got a too pretty wife .Two of the men are killed in mysterious circumstances and the survivor takes refuge in the widow's desirable mansion. Love begins to grow between them but is the man a victim of fate as he claims to be?
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsRoger DuchesneIsabelle CoreyDaniel CauchyAfter losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.MASTERWORK
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsDanielle DarrieuxMichel AuclairCorinne CalvetFrancois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper (who justifies his actions by calling attention to his poverty-stricken childhood), invites four women to a housewarming at his penthouse apartment. He plans on one of them to meet death by means of a loose railing on the balcony. The invitees are: Constance, Francois' first wife, whose love and integrity also stood in the way of his schemes; Vera Volpone, his second wife, from whom he is seeking a divorce, and who, with the aid of her lover, is blackmailing Ffancois; Maggy, his mistress who aids him in his illegal transactions; and Cecile, his fiancée, who is pregnant by another man. The women arrive, tension overwhelms them and the host, three of the women depart...and Francois is alone with his intended victim. Despite a misleading Review/Comment on this site-page, the keyword is "intended."
- DirectorJacques GuymontStarsDanielle DarrieuxRoger HaninPierre DestaillesA police inspector falls in love with his prime suspect. He decides to cover up her crime, after which things begin to go poorly.
- DirectorMaurice LabroStarsMarina VladyRobert HosseinPhilippe Clay
- DirectorRaymond BernardStarsEdwige FeuillèreFrank VillardJean DebucourtLyria, a faded beauty who runs a seedy waterfront bar, is madly in love with Bob, a crooked attorney. Bob can't bring himself to confess his love for Minnie, the pretty daughter of Simon, a safe cracker. In order to run away with her, Bob, one of the masterminds of a big-time robbery, betrays his friends. But Lyria, who has found out what is happening, makes Minnie fall into a deadly trap...
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsSimone SignoretSerge ReggianiClaude DauphinThree gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.MASTERWORK
- DirectorJean SachaStarsEddie ConstantineColette DeréalGrégoire AslanAn escaped convict on the run becomes the newest member of the international criminal network. In order to gain the respect of the gang, he gets involved in a plot to kidnap a rich American heiress.
- DirectorMaurice CazeneuveStarsMylène DemongeotMaurice RonetJean ServaisJean, who is the artistic director of a fashion magazine, is married to a very pretty cover girl, Sylvie. They both work for André Reverdy, a very cynical man, who openly covets Sylvie. Jean, awfully jealous, can't put up with the situation. Persuaded that his young wife has given herself to his rival he goes and waits for Reverdy outside his bachelor flat. When the hated man goes out, he kills him...
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsRobert HosseinJean SorelCatherine RouvelA man plans a hold-up with a group of trusted fellows, he gets his hands on the money, and the girl - what could go wrong? Almost everything.MASTERWORK
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsNadja TillerJean-Claude BrialyPerrette PradierA group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
- DirectorGuy LefrancStarsRaymond PellegrinMagali NoëlLeo Gennsemi-documentary police officer about a criminal organization specializing in blackmail.
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsFrançoise ArnoulBernhard WickiAndré VersiniIn 1943, a French Resistance female fighter falls in-love with the undercover German Intelligence agent sent to investigate her.
- DirectorYves AllégretStarsEddie ConstantineRaymond PellegrinPierre ClémentiAfter an adventurous life, Patrick settled in the Camargue and bought a ranch where he raised bulls, while the "rice fields" gradually invade and transform the country.
- DirectorClaude SautetStarsLino VenturaSandra MiloJean-Paul BelmondoA ruthless criminal flees from the pursuit, involving more and more casualties.MASTERWORK
- DirectorSerge DebecqueStarsSerge ReggianiAndrée ClémentPierre RenoirA rich girl is in love with her father-in-law 's librarian .The wealthy man wants her to marry a military man but she's not prepared to accept it.She rebels and marries the poor guy.
- DirectorAlain CavalierStarsRomy SchneiderJean-Louis TrintignantHenri SerreAfter an unsuccessful assassination, a terrorist and his wife hide on a remote island in the house of a friend who doesn't suspect anything.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsFrançois LeterrierCharles Le ClaincheMaurice BeerblockA captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from a German prison in France.MASTERWORK
- DirectorFrançois VilliersStarsMichèle MorganDany SavalSimón AndreuA lonely widow longing for love.
- DirectorJean DrévilleStarsLouis JouvetSuzy DelairAnnette PoivreA smooth criminal, who turns to be Manuel Ismora, and his gang successfully and peacefully pull off con after heist. Elsewhere a timid office worker, Gabriel Dupon, is pressured by his boss into making a sale. A chain of events causes him to get mixed up with the criminal, and get arrested. Lack of evidence ensures Dupon's release, but brings him to the attention of the criminal who persuades him into cooperation. Ismora exploits the fact that Dupon looks so much like him that they could be - carbon copies.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsPierre FresnayGinette LeclercMicheline FranceyA French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.MASTERWORK
- DirectorJean-Charles DudrumetStarsAnnie GirardotFrançois PérierGeneviève BrunetCora, the wife of a wealthy Parisian businessman, Daniel, is involved in an affair with Henri, an unscrupulous garage mechanic who has set his sights on Cora's fortune. Daniel becomes suspicious and hires a detective to investigate, but the detective is unsuccessful in pinpointing Cora's extramarital activities.
- DirectorDimitri KirsanoffStarsMarina VladyRaymond PellegrinDora DollA singer tries to rescue a man drawn into the drug trade.
- DirectorGeorges LampinStarsJean GabinMarina VladyUlla JacobssonModern update of Dostoievski's novel Crime and Punishment.
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsDanielle DarrieuxEdwige FeuillèreAnnie GirardotA husband tries to kill his wife using the plan he saw in a film. But real life is not a film.
- DirectorJean-Charles DudrumetStarsFélix MartenMagali NoëlPascale RobertsPhotographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.
- DirectorYves AllégretStarsBernard BlierSimone SignoretMarcello PaglieroDedee is a prostitute who works in Monsieur Rene's nightclub on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is Marco, her pimp. Dedee is not happy until she meets Francesco, an Italian sailor. They fall in love and Dedee starts to dream about escaping her daily dull grind.
- DirectorMarc MauretteStarsRaymond RouleauTramelNoël RoquevertPhilippe and Sylvie have to do with Alvarez, dangerous band leader. They break with him and commit robbery and murder. Sylvie offers Philippe to take refuge in his calm family.
- DirectorGeorges LacombeStarsPierre FresnayMichèle AlfaSuzy DelairSix friends promise to share their fortune in 5 years. The moment is very close, but one of the six is mysteriously murdered, then another... Superintendent Wenceslas Woroboyioetschik (aka Wens) is in charge of the investigation...
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsJean GabinDanielle DarrieuxNadja TillerA vice inspector for the Paris police takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky whom he considers to be more victim than criminal.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsMadeleine SologneSerge ReggianiPaul MeurisseA banker responsible for a financial crisis dies, and his death is covered up.
- DirectorIvan GovarStarsPierre BrasseurMichel SimonRaymond RouleauTrouble in a little town where a serial killer is at large.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsJean-Pierre MelvillePierre GrassetChristiane EudesA French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau (Jean-Pierre Melville) and hard drinking photographer Delmas (Pierre Grasset) on an assignment to find him. Their only lead is a picture of three women.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsMicheline PresleGérard PhilipeDenise GreyDuring World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier.MASTERWORK
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.MASTERWORK
- DirectorJacques DupontStarsJean-Paul BelmondoAlexandra StewartSylva KoscinaTwo French paras who had lived through deadly situations in Algeria, meet again in civil life. Frapier is a newspaper reporter, and one day finds his friend Porte - surrounded by the police after a car theft, and an accidental killing of a police officer. He helps him escape, and provides shelter with the complicity of his girlfriend Vera. Later, Frapier will have doubts about Vera's love, and lives a passionate night with beautiful Arabelle. However, he finds himself playing a game of life and death both with Vera, and Porte. It will end in sadness for one, and death for another.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsJeanne MoreauGérard OuryPhilippe NicaudA wealthy industrialist discovers his wife is having an affair and decides to exact revenge by blackmailing her under an assumed identity.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsAntoine BalpêtréBernard BlierJean-Marc BoryJacques Arnaud arrives in a small town somewhere in the province. Soon a citizen reports to him that strangers have broken into his house where they stole a mysterious "black dossier".
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsJean-Paul BelmondoSerge ReggianiJean DesaillyA burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.MASTERWORK
- DirectorGéza von RadványiStarsLino VenturaEva BartokHannes MessemerThree criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to wait for 12 hours until the boat that is supposed to take them to freedom arrives.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsKarlheinz BöhmCharles VanelBarbara LassVan Ekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up, to get a very valuable diamond, so big it's named Titan. Riquet was to be his second-in-command, but a rival gang shoots him down before the big day. Marsen, Riquet's friend, substitutes for him. Françoise, the companion of another gang member, will compromise the attack to the vault, but eventually they get past that. Yet, not all the gangsters will make it out of the security vault - and Van Ekken, caught, and having lost face, will do as an old Samurai...
- DirectorJules DassinStarsJean ServaisCarl MöhnerRobert ManuelFour men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...MASTERWORK
- DirectorHenri CalefStarsGinette LeclercÉdouard DelmontAndré ValmyHistory of the family and community conflicts between a small group of people who depend on fishing around Mont St. Michel.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsPaul MeurisseJeanne MoreauSerge ReggianiAfter resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to give up working as a courier for drugs traffickers. So that he and Jacqueline can make a fresh start he agrees to take on one more job for a large sum of cash, but he betrays his employer.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsJean GabinBrigitte BardotEdwige FeuillèreMarried French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
- DirectorAndré BerthomieuStarsBernard BlierPierre MondyPhilippe NicaudPierre Lambert buys a bar in Pigalle and accepts to pay "protection money" to "Bébert le Caïd", a brutal gangster. Over time, Bébert raises his fare and, realizing Pierrot is reluctant to pay more, starts persecuting him. In the midst of an altercation with Bébert, Pierre kills him in self-defense. In a panic he goes to see Gustave Martinet, a police inspector, who has been his best friend since Pierre saved his life during the war. Gustaves advises him to turn himself over to the police, which he does. At the trial Pierre is acquitted but the mob does not forgive so easily...
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsLouis JouvetMadeleine RobinsonLéo LaparaA police detective with a striking resemblance for a murdered criminal impersonates the deceased to identify his murderer.MASTERWORK
- DirectorRalph HabibStarsLouis JourdanDany CarrelRoger HaninSome gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.
- DirectorRaymond BaillyStarsJeanne MoreauPhilippe LemaireArmand MestralGeorges Villard, a disinterested bank clerk, despises his monotonous life. His encounter with M. Steve, an opulent and friendly man, will change his life when he falls in love with his wife Florence.
- DirectorMaurice LabroClaude SautetStarsLino VenturaEstella BlainPaul FrankeurPaul Lamiani, a former spy now managing a restaurant, has to take on duties again on a gangster's affair involving his best friend.
- DirectorWilly RozierStarsJacques DumesnilMarie DéaAimé ClariondLucien Bonnet, Jean Vigneron's manservant, blackmails his boss, who is having an affair with Inès de Montalban, married to Ricardo. Vigneron pays the sum but Lucien is killed by an accomplice, Baruch. Everything seems to accuse Jean who, for fear of compromising Inès, prefers to keep mum. Fortunately, his innocence will be proved thanks to a surprise witness. The two lovers flee to Congo while the husband soon forgets them, finding comfort in debauchery.
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsPierre FresnayFernand LedouxThérèse DornyA gangster who's got a lot of dough takes refuge in his hometown.
- DirectorPierre ChenalStarsMadeleine SologneErich von StroheimLouis SalouAn internationally renowned engraver manages to make counterfeit notes for the love of a woman. She is a blind woman who cannot see the ugliness of the excruciatingly disfigured engraver.MASTERWORK
- DirectorRobert BibalStarsAlfred AdamRené DaryJean DebucourtIn the mountains, a fugitive takes refuge in his former wife's house.
- DirectorRaymond LeboursierStarsJany HoltColette DarfeuilPierre RenoirA mysterious "Le Furet" (the Ferret) sends letters to the Parisian Police telling them when murders are going to be perpetrated, and in which Paris district. Each time nothing is stolen, but money is somehow involved in inheritance,love blackmail,academic competition and jealousy,crime of passion,poison by woman,etc. After a street accident, they even catch a man with the letters ready to be posted but he claims to be only a clairvoyant. Each time the Police frames the wrong person and it's only after the sixth crime they seem to start to come out of their routine with the arrival of Mr.Wens who finds a corpse buried in the barn of a taxidermist.The other suspects are then released. The "professor Star", the clairvoyant sees in his crystal ball a crime in an oncoming train. The Police goes to the station but the woman is not dead.Then he sees a crazy woman set fire to a house and it's true. Star is released and all this has brought him fame, and fortune. Who is the killer? Will Mr.Wens find the killer?
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsMadeleine RobinsonFrank VillardNicolas AmatoA prostitute takes back her child, a boy who does not even know how to play.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsAnthony PerkinsJean-Claude BrialyRenato SalvatoriThree young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.
- DirectorFrançois VilliersStarsMaria MontezJean-Pierre AumontLilli PalmerAfter his freighter pulls into Marseille, Canadian seaman Eric Martin falls in love with Dolores, a cabaret girl (American version of a prostitute in the French version) at the "Kitcat" Club, and she agrees to wait for him. Leaving to return to his ship, Eric is stabbed by two thieves, Aimé and Victor, who take his money and papers and warn Dolores to say nothing. He wakes up in a hospital, with his ship gone, and is unable to give the police any useful information. He searches for Dolores, and Aimé sees him thrown out of the "Kitcat" and warns Dolores to get out of town. He gets work as a tourist guide and meets gypsy fortune teller Tania at the "Kitcat." One night they encounter Aimé and Victor; there is a fight and Victor is killed. Tanis, in love with Eric, hides him at a gypsy camp, but he is still obsessed with Dolores. Pierrot get false papers for him, as Hans Marin, and tries again to find Dolores. The police have released Aimé on the condition that he find Eric. His ship returns to port and Eric decides to sail, but sees Dolores pass by in a car. He finds Dolores at the "Kitcat" with a new boy friend, and she is furious when Eric interferes. Aimé tips off the police that Eric is at the club, and Dolores refuses to leave with him as he escapes ahead of the police. Later, Dolores finds Eric at her apartment, drunk and disillusioned after finally realizing that he was just another client to her. He says he is there to kill her.
- DirectorYves CiampiStarsYves MontandMaría FélixJean ServaisA former French combat pilot is hired without knowing that he will carry a large amount of contraband diamonds, so he decides to steal them. The owner of the diamonds hires another former German combat pilot to retrieve them.
- DirectorLéo JoannonStarsPierre FresnayAnnie GirardotGil VidalA noble loyal English teacher is falsely accused of rape and loses his job. That was three students' bad revenge.
- DirectorRené JayetStarsAlbert PréjeanJunie AstorFrancine Bessy
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsFernand LedouxSuzy PrimJules BerryMaloin has been working all his life for 2,500 measly Francs a month. One day he finds a case full of money, after watching a gangland killing. "I'd have to work a hundred years to make that!", he says. He could send his son to "Polytechnique", he could take his wife to the Riviera, he could escape from the third-rate position he holds in the harbor, he could leave behind his mean brother-in-law who's wearing suit and tie and is working in a bank (and think he's got it made). But Maloin has an uneasy conscience. His colleague always reads some pages of the good book before going to sleep.
- DirectorJean CastanierStarsAnnabellaPaul BernardMaría CasaresThe lover of an elderly widower who has gone away thinks she has seen his ghost, telling her that he has been killed.
- DirectorMarcello PaglieroStarsJean-Pierre KérienGinette LeclercRobert DalbanA gritty story of dock workers scraping a living in post-war Le Havre, the damage caused to the town during the war all too apparent.
- DirectorHervé BrombergerStarsOdette BarenceyLuc BarneyRobert BerriThere's a killer on the loose in the streets of Paris.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsPaul MeurisseSimone SignoretMarcel HerrandStage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis Antoine de Fontaines. As a wedding present, Antoine gives his future wife a precious diamond necklace, which is coveted by a gang of crooks. Jean, one of them, is given the mission to approach Marianne and steal the necklace from her. The only trouble is that when he meets her, she recognizes him as the man she once loved.
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsRaimuJuliette FaberGabrielle FontanLoursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.
- DirectorAlain CavalierStarsAlain DelonLea MassariGeorges Géret1961. Luxemburger Thomas Vlassenroot deserted the French Foreign Legion during the Algiers Putsch. His lieutenant, Fraser, initiated the desertion for the two of them, Fraser believing he could do more for the French working for an underground organization. However, Thomas readily admits that he no longer has any political motivations or affiliations, and thus is hiding out from the authorities in Algiers. Fraser offers him a proposition: help him kidnap Lyonais lawyer, Dominique Servet, who is in Algiers to defend two Algerian nationalists. Fraser will mastermind the job, but Thomas is required to help him both carry out the kidnapping, as well as stand guard over Dominique for one week. She is only one of two kidnap victims that will be held, each victim with a guard apiece, the other victim's guard being Amerio, a fellow member of Fraser's organization. Unlike Fraser and Amerio, Thomas does the job as a mercenary for pay: the F60,000 he needs to be able to get back home to Luxembourg. His want to go to Luxembourg is despite he not knowing if there is any future for him there, beyond going back to his childhood home, where his mother is taking care of his infant daughter. After the successful kidnapping and as the week progresses, Thomas feels compelled not only to assist Dominique, but also help her escape as he has fallen in love with her. He has to accomplish this task against the threat of Fraser and Amerio's watchful eyes. He is able to do so, but sustains a serious abdominal wound in the process. As a wounded Thomas tries to make his way back to Luxembourg, he has to elude Fraser and his colleagues. But Thomas may feel further compelled to reconnect with Dominique in Lyon. If he does, the question becomes what she will think in him doing so.MASTERWORK
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsRaymond RouleauJeanne MoreauRaymond PellegrinPaul Rémi, the well-known theater director, was accused by his secretary, Andrieux, of having pushed his associate Bazine from a footbridge situated twelve meters above the stage. Advised by his wife Mona, he hides in a psychiatric hospital.
- DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsJohn JustinBarbara LaageDonald WolfitA Frenchwoman accused of the murder of her child's father in an English court rejects her defence lawyer. At the request of a Frenchman who saved his life during the war, a family solicitor reluctantly takes on the case.
- DirectorJohn BerryStarsEddie ConstantineBella DarviOlivier HussenotMichel was just released from prison when he is suspected of having killed his wife as she was the one who brought him into prison. She also betrayed him with Rupert, a journalist not wanting to become a part of the newspaper stories. Thus Rupert asks the reporter Barney to find proof for Michel's innocence. But the police already sees Michel back in prison.
- DirectorPierre BillonStarsRaymond PellegrinJeanne MoreauPaul MeurisseJust released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding. He has indeed double-crossed his gang by keeping part of the product of a robbery for himself. Thanks to his sister Marcella, Fernand has taken refuge in a small circus where she works. There, he falls in love with Gina but also arouses the jealousy of Quedchi, a fairground stall-holder who has seen him hiding the stolen money. After a while, Fredo Riccioni, the boss of the gang and his men, manage to trace him...
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsMichel AuclairAntoine BalpêtréRaymond BussièresA trial of a mercy killing.
- DirectorGeorges LacombeStarsJean GabinMadeleine RobinsonMichel BarbeyMadeleine arrives in Paris looking for a job as an English teacher. She finds a room in a boarding house where she meets and takes interest in Pierre Ruffin, a quiet librarian, who actually lives a double life.
- DirectorCharles GérardStarsMicheline PreslePhilippe LeroyPierre MondyPolice officer Dandieu investigates the carefully prepared robbery of an armored van. He meets Sophie Olivier, an attractive journalist specializing in criminology.
- DirectorRalph HabibStarsRaymond PellegrinSilvana PampaniniFernand LedouxA young delinquent wants to lead an honest life again.
- DirectorGeorges LacombeStarsRaymond PellegrinRoger PigautBrigitte BardotStory in flashback of an injured restaurant owner told to avoid straining himself with his wife, and the new young garage manager across the street who desires her. Considered the first film to showcase Bardot's natural sensuality.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsSessue HayakawaMireille BalinHenri GuisolA captain, who has rescued a woman from danger,sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den.The proprietor,s daughter, whom a visiting journalist tries to help, doesn,t know the sordid business her father is involved with.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsJean GabinAnnie GirardotOlivier HussenotA serial killer is targeting women in the seedy district of Le Marais.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsPierre FresnayJosseline GaëlNoël RoquevertRoland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand, and it works perfectly. Of course, there is nothing free in this world, and after one year, the devil comes and asks for his due.