Lino Ventura
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury, he was offered a part as a gang boss in the Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Big Risk
as Abel DavosOn crowded Milan streets, two men execute a split-second payroll heist-in broad daylight-then...
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Army of Shadows
as Philippe GerbierBetrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison...
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The Sicilian Clan
as Commissaire Le GoffAn ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a...
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The Medusa Touch
as BrunelA French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe...
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Elevator to the Gallows
as Le Commissaire CherrierA self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which...
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Angelo FraiserGentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and...
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Money Money Money
as Lino MassaroWhen they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to...
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Les Misérables
as Jean ValjeanJean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named...
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The Valachi Papers
as Vito GenoveseWhen Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps...
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Illustrious Corpses
as Inspector Amerigo RogasA detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.
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The French Detective
as Commissioner VerjeatWhen political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat...
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The Great Spy Chase
as Francis LagneauA cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of...
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Crooks in Clover
as Fernand NaudinAn aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a...
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Razzia
as Roger le CatalanHenri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United...
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Le Deuxième Souffle
as Gustave 'Gu' MindaA gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a...
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Last Known Address
as Principal Inspector Marceau LeonettiMarceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential...
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Sunday Lovers
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')A sex comedy anthology containing four stories, each from a different country (England, France,...
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Maigret Sets a Trap
as Inspecteur TorrenceFour women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't...
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The Last Adventure
as RolandTwo adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that...
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The Inquisitor
as Inspector Antoine GallienMartinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes,...
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Greed in the Sun
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless...
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The Wise Guys
as Laurent DanneckerHector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has...
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Fantasia chez les ploucs
as Sagamore NoonanSagamore Noonan vit reclu dans une ferme de l'Alabama où il distille de la gnôle au temps de la...
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Happy New Year
as SimonReleased from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life...
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The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as GarignyThe film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or...
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A Pain in the Ass
as Ralf MilanRalf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel...
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The Slap
as Jean DouléanA Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of...
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Let's Not Get Angry
as Antoine BerettoOne-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He...
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Taxi for Tobruk
as le brigadier Théo DumasDuring World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the...
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The Lovers of Montparnasse
as MorelBiographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani,...
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The Seventh Target
as Bastien GrimaldiBastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take...
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Rum Runners
as Cornelius von ZeelingaDuring the prohibition era, Cornelius, a bootlegger, is on the run from the American...
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Butterfly on the Shoulder
as Roland FériaudOn a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He...
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Marie-Octobre
as Carlo BernardiA group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of...
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The Ruffian
as AldoThe adventures of a group of friends who plan to recover crates full of gold from a fall in Canada.
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125, rue Montmartre
as PascalDesperate, Didier throws hymself out in the Seine. Pascal, a newsboy, jumps and saves him. It’s...
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The Last Judgment
as Giovanna's fatherThe Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by...
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Espion, lève-toi
as Sébastien GrenierSebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However,...
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Witness in the City
as AncelinIndustrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her...
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The Mask of the Gorilla
as Géo Paquet, Le GorilleGéo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, breaks from jail. Now an escaped convict, the elite agent must...
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about...
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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have...
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One Hundred Days in Palermo
as Generale Carlo Dalla ChiesaIn the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy,...
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Birds of Prey
as Le rapace / Le rital1938, a Central America country. A Frenchman who goes by the name "Le Rital" is hired to take...
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D'un film à l'autre
as Self (archive footage)On April 13, 2011, Les Films 13 production company turned 50. How can one celebrate an...
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Pensione Edelweiss
as BorcherA man who was injured in an accident has a visitor in his hospital. The visitor suggests a...
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Crime and Punishment
as Gustave MessonnierA young tormented student can no longer stand his miserable life. To avoid his sister marrying...
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The Silent One
as Clément TibèreWho is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist...
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Sword of Gideon
as PapaChronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich...
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The Cage
as JulienThe story of a woman who is suddenly visited by her estranged ex-husband. The ex-hubby wants to...
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Three Days to Live
as Lino FerrariStruggling actor Simon witnesses a murder; he didn't see the killer, but that doesn't stop him...
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Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)In 1948, French singer Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) receives a Paillard Bolex, his first camera....
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The Tiger Attacks
as Paul LamianiPaul Lamiani, a wizened mobster, is asked to return to duty following the disappearance of...
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Deux Romains en Gaule
as Un client du barThis film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO,...
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Girl in the Window
as FedericoA romantic drama partially set in Amsterdam, this standard tale starts out in a mining area in...
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Mistress of the World - Part I
as BiamonteProfessor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge...
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The Angry Man
as Romain DupreRomain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However...
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The Dictator's Guns
as Jacques CournotJacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to...
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Emile's Boat
as Émile BouetCharles-Edmond, the eldest of the Larmentiel brothers, decides to return to La Rochelle, his...
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The Lions Are Loose
as le docteur André ChallenbergAlbertine, a young woman from Bordeaux, leaves her town and her husband to discover the joys of...
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Black City
as Il banditoA charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army...
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Law of the Streets
as MarioYves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace"...
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Mistress of the World - Part II
as BiamonteKarin is now continuing her father's research and is also caught in the cross hairs of the...
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Speaking of Murder
as PepitoLouis Bertain is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his...
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Three Tough Guys
as Father CharlieIsaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank...
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The Right of the Maddest
as Un motardThe guardian of a nursing home lends a compassionate ear to the complaints of two new pensioners...
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Twelve Hours by the Clock
as FourbieuxThree criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to...
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To Skin a Spy
as Pascal FabreA French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak...
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Weeping for a Bandit
as "El lutos"José María "El Tempranillo" fleeing from justice, takes refuge in Sierra Morena. After a period...
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Cloportes
as Alphonse MaréchalThree little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they...
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De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system...
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The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as uncreditedA French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear...
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Way of Youth
as TiercelinThis movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the...
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Code Name: Melville
as SelfMixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works...
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Dishonorable Discharge
as PauloBurt Brickford, a deserted U.S. Navy captain stranded in a South American port, rents out his...
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The Threepenny Opera
as Brown, Polizeichef von LondonThe Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds...
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The Strange Mr. Steve
as DenisGeorges Villard, a minor bank employee, is won over by Mr Steve who does him favours, treats him...
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Hitch-Hike
as Paul, le chauffeur de carAgathe, 18, dreams of change. Gone are her vacations on the rainy beaches of Belgium! She...
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La Rumba
as un caïdParis, 1938. In a lavishly decorated nightclub, couples dance the syncopated rhythms of Latin...
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Far West
as uncreditedThis Belgian/French tale chronicles the efforts of Jacques (Jacques Brel) to find the Old West...
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Bacri, comme un air de famille
as Self (archive footage)Jean-Pierre Bacri was never happy about anything. But beyond the caricature of the grumpy man,...
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To Catch a Spy
as BérèsThe blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national...
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Carmen di Trastevere
as Vincenzo, le caïdCarmen, wife of a certain Vincenzo detained for theft, chooses Antonio as a friend. When the...
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Burning Fuse
as uncreditedLola, the wife of arms dealer Pedro Wassewich, is attracted to Ludovic, a young painter who...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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