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Charles Vanel

Charles Vanel was a French actor who appeared in over 100 films during a career that spanned nearly 50 years. He is best known for his roles in "The Wages of Fear" and "To Catch a Thief". Vanel passed away in 1989 at the age of 96.

Titles credited to Charles Vanel

The Wages of Fear

Le Salaire de la peur

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 8.2

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upo...

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Diabolique

Les Diaboliques

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1955 IMDB Rating: 8.1

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged b...

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To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1955 IMDB Rating: 7.4

An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.

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Symphony for a Massacre

Symphonie pour un massacre

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1963 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.

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Death in the Garden

La Mort en ce jardin

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1956 IMDB Rating: 6.7

In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.

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The Wreckers

Les Naufrageurs

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1959 IMDB Rating: 5.8

In 1852, the famine on a desolate Britanny's island named Blaz-Mor, off the coast of Finistère. Some residents exalted hold responsible the young Moira, equivalent to a witch. The old Marnez, "head" o...

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