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Jules Dassin
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Circle Of Two
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Richard Burton, Tatum O'Neal, Robin Gammell
Director: Jules Dassin
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In 1980, on one of the rare occasions that he returned from exile in Europe to work in North America, Jules Dassin made OBSESSION. He shot the movie in and around Toronto with a largely Canadian crew. As Dassin and scriptwriter Thomas Hedley develop this story of the attraction between a sixty-year-..read more »
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Obsession
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Richard Burton, Tatum O' Neil, Norma Dell'Agnese
Director: Jules Dassin
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This is a story about a young woman coming of age and finding a deeper love with a man who just happens to be somewhat older. Tatum O'Neal plays the part perfectly as a young teenage girl falling in love with a man, Richard Burton who showed and gave her respect, love, honesty and trust. Richard ..read more »
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Topkapi
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov
Director: Jules Dassin
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Five years after directing the heist classic RIFIFI, Jules Dassin returns to robbery with TOPKAPI. Again there is a long and daring break-in, as his heroes attempt to steal the priceless Emerald Dagger from the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, but in contrast to the bleak RIFIFI, the mood in ..read more »
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Rififi
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Jean Servais, Carl Mohner, Robert Manuel
Director: Jules Dassin
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With the dramatic crime thriller RIFIFI, blacklisted American director Jules Dassin returned to the cinema triumphantly. In addition to directing, Dassin co-wrote the script and appeared (under the name Perlo Vita) as Cesar the Italian safecracker. Cesar is one of the gang formed by the gaunt Tony (..read more »
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Night And The City
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Herbert Lom
Director: Jules Dassin
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In NIGHT AND THE CITY, director Jules Dassin brilliantly fuses two styles of filmmaking, crossing the expressionist lighting and framing of film noir with the almost documentary location shooting he used for THE NAKED CITY (1948). Dassin treats NIGHT AND THE CITY’s central London locations as ..read more »
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The Naked City
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
Director: Jules Dassin
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Attractive blonde model Jean Dexter is murdered in her apartment and homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran take on the case. Their investigation ties the model's death to a string of apartment burglaries.
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Brute Force
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford
Director: Jules Dassin
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Joe Collins, an inmate of Westgate prison, schemes with a group of convicts to breakout. He's intent on reaching his love, who does not know he's in prison but will not have a lifesaving operation until he's at her side. The escape plan goes awry when Capt. Munsey, the prison guard and Joe's enemy, ..read more »
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Highly recommended. 6 February 2004
...ble' (street fight) is an outstanding noir, crime-thriller from French director Jules Dassin working at the peak of his considerable powers. There is much to recommend, but...
My Fair Greek Lady 8 January 2006
