Screenplay: Jérome Géronimi

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Yves Montand · Charles Vanel · Véra Clouzot · Peter van Eyck

Synopsis In a wretched South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump...

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Simone Signoret · Véra Clouzot · Paul Meurisse · Charles Vanel

Synopsis Michel Delasalle (Paul Meurisse), the headmaster of a provincial boarding school, becomes the target of a murder plot concocted by his wife Christina (Véra Clouzot) and his mistress (Simone Signoret).

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Brigitte Bardot · Sami Frey · Charles Vanel · Marie-José Nat

Synopsis Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ambitious conductor freshly graduated from the conservatory. Was it premeditated or...

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Curd Jürgens · Peter Ustinov · O.E. Hasse · Sam Jaffe

Synopsis A psychiatrist, desperate for money to keep his faltering practice running, makes a deal with a spy to hide a mysterious person in his clinic in return for a million francs. As soon as the deal is struck his place...

Direction René Clair

Cast Michèle Morgan · Gérard Philipe · Brigitte Bardot · Jacques Fabbri

Synopsis Clair's romantic comedy on the power of love over pride. Set in a pre-WWI garrison town, a handsome soldier (Philipe) wagers that he can seduce any woman he pleases before leaving for summer maneuvers. Drawing the name of his quarry...

Direction Christian-Jaque

Cast Jean Gaven · André Valmy · Marc Cassot · Georges Poujouly

Synopsis While fishing in the North Sea, eleven out of the twelve men of the Lutèce, a fishing-boat from Concarneau, get intoxicated after having eaten rotten ham. The only one unscathed is Mohammed, a Muslim who does not eat pork meat....