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Jules Dassin

Jules Dassin

film director (1911-2008)
December 18, 1911 (March 31, 2008)
Can. 1980. Psychological drama by Jules Dassin with Richard Burton, Tatum O'Neal, Nuala Fitzgerald.
Runtime: 98 min.

A Dream of Passion

V.O.: Kravgi gynaikon
Gr. 1978. Psychological drama by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andreas Voutsinas. An actress assigned to play the role of Medea visits a woman convicted of killing her children in prison.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1970. Dramatic comedy by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri, Assaf Dayan, François Raffoul. A Russian actress, who has great ambitions for her son, moves to France where she works in various jobs.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1968. Psychological drama by Jules Dassin with Julian Mayfield, Raymond St. Jacques, Roscoe Lee Browne. A worker gives the police information about a militant involved in a burglary.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1966. Drama by Jules Dassin with Romy Schneider, Melina Mercouri, Peter Finch. In Spain, a young alcoholic who realized that her husband was cheating on her with one of her friends, comes to the aid of a murderer.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1964. Police comedy by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov. A woman organizes the theft of a precious object from a museum in Istanbul.
Runtime: 118 min.

Phèdre

V.O.: Phaedra
Fr. 1961. Drama by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone. The wife of a wealthy Greek shipowner has a violent passion for her son-in-law.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1960. Mores comedy by Jules Dassin with Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Georges Foundas. An American tourist falls in love with a Greek prostitute whom he tries to reform.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1958. Mores drama by Jules Dassin with Gina Lollobrigida, Yves Montand, Marcello Mastroianni. A strange game allows its winner to subjugate all the inhabitants of a small Italian port.
Runtime: 110 min.

He Who Must Die

V.O.: Celui qui doit mourir
Fr. 1957. Religious drama by Jules Dassin with Pierre Vaneck, Melina Mercouri, Jean Servais. In a Greek village occupied by the Turks, inhabitants are preparing to perform the Passion of Christ.
Runtime: 122 min.

Rififi

V.O.: Du rififi chez les hommes
Fr. 1955. Crime drama by Jules Dassin with Jean Servais, Robert Manuel, Carl Möhner. Gangsters who committed a daring robbery at a jewelry store have to contend with a rival gang that wants the loot.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1950. Mores drama by Jules Dassin with Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Herbert Lom. An adventurer dreams of organizing wrestling matches in London while another man has a monopoly on them.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1947. Crime drama by Jules Dassin with Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart. A police investigation on the streets of New York.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1946. Police comedy by Jules Dassin with Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan. Con artists compete for possession of marketable shares.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1946. Mores drama by Jules Dassin with Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford. Several plots develop in the Westgate prison where a rebellion is brewing.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1944. Fantasy comedy by Jules Dassin with Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien. An English noble, who dies a coward, is condemned to be a ghost until one of his descendants proves their heroism.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1943. Comedy by Jules Dassin with Susan Peters, Herbert Marshall, Mary Astor.
Runtime: 77 min.
U.S. 1942. War drama by Jules Dassin with Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn. A young French woman helps an American pilot get out of the country without alerting the Nazis.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1942. Drama by Jules Dassin with Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 1942. Sentimental comedy by Jules Dassin with Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main.
Runtime: 66 min.

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