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    Sirocco 1938 POSTER

    Sirocco

    1938

    French

    6.8

    2

    Action

    Drama

    Pierre Chenal Pierre Chenal Director Florence Marly Florence Marly as Diana Edmond Beauchamp Edmond Beauchamp as Le policier Marcel Dalio Marcel Dalio as Matteo Gordina - le Maltais Louis Jouvet Louis Jouvet as Rossignol
    Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to France, first as the mistress and then wife of a wealthy archaeologist, and bears him Matteo's child, whom he believes to be his own. Complications arise years later when Matteo finds Safia, and a ring of blackmailers uncover her past and exposes her to her husband.
    Native Son 1951 POSTER

    Native Son

    1951

    English

    6.3

    4

    38%

    accidental killing

    Action

    based on novel or book

    chauffeur

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    pre-code

    Pierre Chenal Pierre Chenal Director Ruth Robert Ruth Robert as Helen Dalton George Nathanson George Nathanson as Joe, a reporter Georges Roos Georges Roos as Scoop Lewis MacKenzie Lewis MacKenzie as Stanley
    In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
    The Alibi 1937 POSTER

    The Alibi

    1937

    French

    6.7

    7

    Crime

    Pierre Chenal Pierre Chenal Director Philippe Richard Philippe Richard as John Gordon Roger Blin Roger Blin as Kretz, l'homme de main de Winckler Odette Talazac Odette Talazac as La logeuse Erich von Stroheim Erich von Stroheim as Le professeur Winckler
    Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the police officer who investigates the murder. He hires one of his fellow officers in order to seduce Helene.
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