Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "police informer"

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Le rouge est mis [Speaking of Murder] **** (1957, Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot) – Classic Movie Review 12,296

Jean Gabin stars in the 1957 French crime thriller film Le rouge est mis [Speaking of Murder] as Louis le Blond, the owner of a Paris garage that is the front for a gang of […]

Sep, 01

La balance **** (1982, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry, Maurice Ronet) – Classic Movie Review 9206

Richard Berry stars as L’inspecteur Mathias Palouzi, an unscrupulous cop (un flic), who forces Paris criminal Dede (Phillipe Léotard) to turn informer (police informant = la balance) and shop gang boss Roger Massina (Maurice Ronet), […]

Dec, 30

Down Terrace ** (2009, Robin Hill, Robert Hill, Julia Deakin) – Classic Movie Review 3845

A Brighton crime family of small-time, drug-supplier crooks try to unmask a police informer who sent the father and son to jail in this cheaply made Brit black-comedy crime drama thriller, ingeniously filmed almost entirely […]

Jun, 11

Le Doulos ***** (1962, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly) – Classic Movie Review 3802

Writer-director Jean-Pierre Melville’s shadowy, twisting and disturbing 1962 French neo noir gangster thriller Le Doulos is adapted from the novel by Pierre Lesou. It takes its power and modernity from being a profoundly cynical and […]

Jun, 05

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