Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.

Rififi

1955

French

8.1

♡ 26

92%

Jules Dassin Director

Daniel Mendaille as Lookout

Marcel Lupovici as Pierre Grutter

Robert Hossein as Remi Grutter

Magali Noël as Viviane

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.

Two Smart People

1946

English

6.4

♡ 2

Jules Dassin Director

Lloyd Nolan as Bob Simms

Lloyd Corrigan as Dwight Chandwick

Elisha Cook Jr. as Fly Feletti

Angelo Rossitto as Street Musician

Con woman Ricki Woodner and detective Bob Simms follow a prison-bound swindler Ace Connors on his five-day gourmet binge.

Phaedra

1962

English

6.8

♡ 6

20%

Jules Dassin Director

Anthony Perkins as Alexis

Tzavalas Karousos as (as T. Karoussos)

Melina Mercouri as Phaedra

Raf Vallone as Thanos

A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson Alexis and sparks immediately fly. Their love seems doomed from the beginning when she convinces him to come to Paris to meet his father.

He Who Must Die

1957

French

7.5

80%

79%

Drama

Jules Dassin Director

Grégoire Aslan as Agha

Melina Mercouri as Katerina / Mary Magdalene

Maurice Ronet as Michelis

Gert Fröbe as Patriarcheas

Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion. A stuttering shepherd is chosen to play Jesus. The town butcher (who wanted to be Jesus) is chosen as Judas. The town prostitute is chosen as Mary Magdalene. The rest of the disciples are also chosen. As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre. In the context of the 1920s, each of the characters plays out their biblical role in actuality.

Uptight

1968

English

7.3

♡ 3

80%

81%

based on novel or book

betrayal

blaxploitation cinema

Drama

martin luther king

modern day adaptation

reward

Thriller

Jules Dassin Director

Bill Walker as Bartender

Janet MacLachlan as Jeannie

Juanita Moore as Mama Wells

Jesse Jackson as Self

Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

Thieves' Highway

1949

English

7.5

♡ 1

100%

san francisco, california

Thriller

truck crash

truck driver

Jules Dassin Director

Richard Conte as Nick Garcos

Walter Baldwin as Officer Riley

Joseph Pevney as Pete

Robert Foulk as Taller Cop at Roadside Bar

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.

Night and the City

1950

English

7.8

♡ 23

86%

90%

Action

based on novel or book

Jules Dassin Director

Hugh Marlowe as Adam Dunn

Betty Shale as Mrs. Pinkney

Kay Kendall as One of Helen's Girls

Peter Butterworth as Thug

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

Topkapi

1964

English

6.9

♡ 19

95%

68%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

smuggling (contraband)

theft

Thriller

Jules Dassin Director

Peter Ustinov as Arthur Simon Simpson

Robert Morley as Cedric Page

Melina Mercouri as Elizabeth Lipp

Maximilian Schell as Walter Harper

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.

The Naked City

1948

English

7.5

♡ 16

86%

Jules Dassin Director

Howard Duff as Frank Niles

John Marley as Managing Editor

Walter Burke as Pete Backalis

Arthur O'Connell as Sgt. Shaeffer

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Never on Sunday

1960

Greek

7.3

♡ 3

67%

Jules Dassin Director

Despo Diamantidou as Despo

Titos Vandis as Giorgos

Jules Dassin as Homer Thrace

Melina Mercouri as Ilya

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Brute Force

1947

English

7.5

♡ 15

95%

Jules Dassin Director

Ella Raines as Cora Lister

John Roy as Guard

Gene Roth as Hoffman

Howard Duff as Robert 'Soldier' Becker

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

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