Charles Vanel Movies

Diabolique

81/100

The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal hatch a plan to murder him while having the perfect alibi. They carry out the plan...but then his body disappears.

The Wages of Fear

81/100

In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.

The Truth

76/100

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 ... See full summary »

Death in the Garden

69/100

Chark, an adventurer comes to small village in the near of a gold digger's camp. He is arrested by the local police, who accuse him of having comitted a bank robbery in a neighoured town. ... See full summary »

Les Misérables

80/100

The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.

Wooden Crosses

78/100

World War 1 begins and a young man enlists to fight for his country.

Magnet of Doom

66/100

Broke French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet becomes bodyguard for the fugitive corrupt banker Ferchaux.

Alice or the Last Escapade

70/100

Alice Carol leaves her husband one rainy night, telling him that she does not love him anymore. She travels alone but when her windscreen breaks on a lonely road, she has to stop and seek ... See full summary »

Die schönste Soiree meines Lebens

71/100

A salesman chasing by car a beautiful female biker in order to flirt finds a castle where he is accused in a game trial for murder.

They Were Five

78/100

Those five are unemployed penniless workers. Together they win 100,000 Francs with the national lottery...

Ein Mann zuviel

71/100

A French resistance group liberates some German prisoners. Turns out one of them is a spy.

The Woman Who Dared

74/100

The wife of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the idea of flying herself. This soon becomes an obsession and she undertakes a lofty feat: the longest solo flight ever made by a woman.

In the Name of the Law

75/100

A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.

Le grand jeu

73/100

Pierre (Pierre Richard-Willm), a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence (Marie Bell)...

The Mask of the Gorilla

60/100

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.

Dans la nuit

70/100

Camorra

66/100

The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".

Abused Confidence

66/100

Rififi in Tokyo

61/100

Van Ekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up, to get a very valuable diamond, so big it's named Titan. Riquet was to be his second-in-command, but a rival gang ... See full summary »

Flight Into Darkness

67/100

The Corrupt

70/100

Daïnah la métisse

69/100

Sinners of Paris

69/100

Le Fondu, a famous gangster, escapes from the hospital where he was detained, killing an inspector in the process...

Law of the north

64/100

Robert Shaw slaughters his wife's lover and runs away with his secretary Jacqueline. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in Northern Canada.

Les affaires sont les affaires

68/100