Films with: Dalio, Marcel

Aventures de Rabbi Jacob The mad adventures of Rabbi Jacob /

A racist, anti-Semitic French businessman on his way to his daughter's wedding unwittingly stumbles on a group of Arab terrorists. He is forced to disguise himself as a Hasidic Jewish rabbi, which leads to one crazy slapstick situation after another.

DVD 4234

British noir

They met in the dark: discharged for treason, a former Navy commander sets out to expose the espionage ring that destroyed his career. The october man: after a traumatic brain injury, a young engineer tries to repair his life. But his recovery is thwarted when a woman is found strangled and he becomes the prime suspect. Snowbound: a British Army vet exposes a plot by ex-Nazis to reclaim a stash of gold bullion hidden at a ski resort. The golden salamander: a British archaeologist finds himself caught between a gang of North African gun-runners and the woman he loves. The assassin: a private eye arrives in Venice in search of a fugitive, but soon discovers that the city's winding waterways hold dark secrets.

DVD 11081

Classe tous risques

After hiding out in Milan for nearly a decade, former gang boss Abel Davos sneaks back into Paris, along with his children and appointed guardian, Eric Stark. Beset by backstabbing former friends, Abel begins a journey through the postwar Parisian underworld that is both throat grabbing and soul searching. A character study of a career criminal at the end of his rope.

DVD 6694

Gentlemen prefer blondes

Bachelorette showgirl singers Dorothy Shaw and Lorelei Lee are sailing to Paris, courtesy of Lorelei's millionaire boyfriend Gus Esmond, Jr. They're also being shadowed--thanks to Gus Sr.--by private detective Ernie Malone. Lorelei gets embroiled in a contretemps involving Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman, outspoken Lady Beekman, and a tiara. Dorothy, meanwhile, becomes involved in a running flirtation with the detective. All's well that ends well, but everything plays second fiddle to the snazzy costumes and in-your-face attitudes sported by the showgirls. One of Howard Hawks' biggest commercial hits, this lush, garish, cynical, yet fun-filled fortune-hunter satire is based on a 1949 Broadway musical and has a wisp of a plot, serving merely to tie together the lavish musical numbers.

DVD 12582

Régle du jeu The rules of the game /

Cloaked in a comedy of manners, this scathing critique of corrupt French society is about a weekend hunting party at which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests, which are also mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs.

DVD 3351