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Grisbi

V.O.: Touchez pas au grisbi

Fr. 1953. Crime drama by Jacques Becker with Jean Gabin, René Dary, Jeanne Moreau. After having succeeded in a major coup, two aging gangsters are betrayed by the young mistress of one of them who denounces them to a rival gang.

Runtime: 94 min.

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Les Belles de nuit

Fr. 1952. Fantasy comedy by René Clair with Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida. The musings of a poor young musician.

Runtime: 83 min.

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La Machine à tuer les méchants

V.O.: La Macchina ammazzacattivi

It. 1952. Fantasy comedy by Roberto Rossellini with Giovanni Amato, Marilyn Buferd, Gennaro Pisano. Encouraged by a mysterious protector whom he believes to be a saint, a modest photographer discovers he has the power to kill with his camera.

Runtime: 85 min.

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Le Retour de Pancho Villa

V.O.: Io Sono il capataz

It. 1951. Burlesque by Giorgio Simonelli with Renato Rascel, Silvana Pampanini, Luigi Pavese. An unemployed man becomes a dictator in South America.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Double Trouble

V.O.: L'Inafferrabile 12

It. 1950. Comedy by Mario Mattoli with Silvana Pampanini, Walter Chiari, Yvonne Sanson. Quibbles complicate the lives of two twins, one of whom is unaware of the other's existence.

Runtime: 95 min.

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Au diable la célébrité

It. 1949. Fantasy comedy by Mario Monicelli with Mischa Auer, Marcel Cerdan, Marilyn Buferd. Under the devil's influence, an actor lives under the skin of several characters.