Jules Dassin
1) Brute force
Series
Criterion collection ; 383
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Joe Collins, along with his fellow inmates, live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"'There are eight million stories in the Naked City,' as the narrator immortally states at the close of this breathtakingly vivid film, and this is one of them. Master noir craftsman Jules Dassin and newspaperman-cum-producer Mark Hellinger's dazzling police procedural was shot entirely on location in New York. Influenced as much by Italian neorealism as it is by American crime fiction, this double Academy Award winner remains a benchmark for naturalism...
Series
Criterion collection ; 274
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian aches for a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime in the form of legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh, and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition.
5) Topkapi
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Sophisticated thieves attempt to steal a jewel-encrusted dagger from a museum with an impregnable security system." --
6) Rififi
Series
Criterion collection ; 115
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
Français
Description
A story of a successful jewel robbery in which the four thieves betray each other.
Series
Criterion collection ; 380
Publisher
Criterion Collection ; Chatsworth, CA
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jean Dexter is an attractive blonde model who is murdered in her New York City apartment. Homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran investigate. Suspicion falls on various shifty people who all prove to have some connection with a string of apartment burglaries. Then a burglar is found dead who once had an elusive partner named Willie.