Movies: Robert Manuel

  • 1964
    The Black Tulip

    The Black Tulip (1964)

    The Black Tulip

    6.21964HD

    Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so the local peasants regard him as a hero. Baron La Mouche is convinced Guillaume is the Tulip. During a...

    The Black Tulip
  • 1955
    Rififi

    Rififi (1955)

    Rififi

    7.81955HD

    Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor ...

    Rififi
  • 1984
    The Razor's Edge

    The Razor's Edge (1984)

    The Razor's Edge

    6.31984HD

    An American WWI vet undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is not the only one who has changed....

    The Razor's Edge
  • 1983
    Life Is a Bed of Roses

    Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

    Life Is a Bed of Roses

    5.71983HD

    In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès....

    Life Is a Bed of Roses
  • 1955
    Napoleon

    Napoleon (1955)

    Napoleon

    6.31955HD

    The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace o...

    Napoleon
  • 1958
    The Mask of the Gorilla

    The Mask of the Gorilla (1958)

    The Mask of the Gorilla

    61958HD

    Géo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, breaks from jail. Now an escaped convict, the elite agent must infiltrate a dangerous gang working for a foreign embassy as their leader, a spy enjoying diplomatic immunity, can't be arrested by regular police....

    The Mask of the Gorilla
  • 1956
    Deadlier Than the Male

    Deadlier Than the Male (1956)

    Deadlier Than the Male

    7.11956HD

    In the heart of Paris, a restaurateur's mundane life is disrupted by the arrival of his ex-wife's daughter, who claims to be in need after her mother's death. After marrying her, tensions rise when she becomes involved with a young student, leading t...

    Deadlier Than the Male
  • 1938
    La Marseillaise

    La Marseillaise (1938)

    La Marseillaise

    6.91938HD

    A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the king Louis XVI, each showing their own small problems....

    La Marseillaise
  • 1958
    The Night Affair

    The Night Affair (1958)

    The Night Affair

    6.31958HD

    Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky (Najda Tiller), whom he considers to be more victim than criminal. Taking it upon himself to wean Lucky away from narcotics, Vallois also wins...

    The Night Affair
  • 1956
    If Paris Were Told to Us

    If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)

    If Paris Were Told to Us

    5.81956HD

    Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history....

    If Paris Were Told to Us
  • 1963
    The Threepenny Opera

    The Threepenny Opera (1963)

    The Threepenny Opera

    51963HD

    The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation....

    The Threepenny Opera
  • 1960
    Recourse in Grace

    Recourse in Grace (1960)

    Recourse in Grace

    11960HD

    Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine, his French lover. When the latter learns about his hidden past, she feels hurt by Mario's lack of trust in her and she distances herself from him. In ...

    Recourse in Grace
  • 1938
    The Shanghai Drama

    The Shanghai Drama (1938)

    The Shanghai Drama

    6.41938HD

    A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret cri...

    The Shanghai Drama
  • 1963
    Ladies First

    Ladies First (1963)

    Ladies First

    4.71963HD

    An FBI agent works to arrest David Griffin, a murderous drug trafficker, and protect Juliette, the beautiful widow of Griffin's late partner....

    Ladies First
  • 1964
    A Mouse with the Men

    A Mouse with the Men (1964)

    A Mouse with the Men

    5.71964HD

    Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daug...

    A Mouse with the Men
  • 1956
    It Happened in Aden

    It Happened in Aden (1956)

    It Happened in Aden

    01956HD

    During a stopover in Aden, a charming actress is kidnapped by an Arab prince....

    It Happened in Aden
  • 1957
    Crazy in the Noodle

    Crazy in the Noodle (1957)

    Crazy in the Noodle

    6.11957HD

    Pierre Cousin, a depressive compositor, wants to die. After five vain attempts at committing suicide, he decides to hire professional hit men to do the job on him. But as he's waiting for death, he accidentally saves a suicidal young woman's life... ...

    Crazy in the Noodle
  • 1960
    Some Like It... Cold

    Some Like It... Cold (1960)

    Some Like It... Cold

    5.51960HD

    The old Valmorin died 200 years ago. The notary tells the family about the inheritance: the one who is terminally ill will receive the money. They all try their luck with getting ill before the other so one family member pretends to be deaf, another ...

    Some Like It... Cold
  • 1955
    Caroline and the Rebels

    Caroline and the Rebels (1955)

    Caroline and the Rebels

    6.31955HD

    A swashbuckling heritage reveals itself as the adopted son of 19th-century Spaniards develops into a suave lady-killer....

    Caroline and the Rebels
  • 1980
    La Route des Indes

    La Route des Indes (1980)

    La Route des Indes

    01980HD

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    La Route des Indes