Jacques Léonard
Also Known As: Jack Leonard, Jack Léonard
Biography: Jacques Léonard is an actor and editor, known for Le Samouraï (1967), Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Le Doulos (1962).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: Not available
Age: Not available
Gender: Male
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Le Doulos
Overview: Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-12-13
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A Man Named Rocca
Overview: Roberto goes to Marseilles to give a hand to his friend Xavier, wrongly imprisoned following a frame-up organized by his associate Villanova. Roberto sets out to seduce Villanova's mistress, but when Villanova is killed, Roberto ends up leader of the band...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-11-17
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Le Samouraï
Overview: After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-10-25
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The Sicilian Clan
Overview: An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-12-05
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Le Deuxième Souffle
Overview: A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-11-01
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Time of the Wolves
Overview: Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, the criminal (Robert Hossein) is tracked by the inspector (Charles Aznavour), a former childhood friend. Plenty of gunplay and psychology is used to trap the killer. His only tender moments are spent with his girlfriend Stella (Virna Lisi). Dillinger is cornered by the police and kills several innocent victims in a crowd during the shootout. The mob decides to take things into their own hands as they approach the doomed man with a noose when he runs out of bullets.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-01-21
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The American
Overview: A man returns to Rouen, after fifteen years in the United States, and feels like a stranger among old friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-09-24
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Le Cercle Rouge
Overview: When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-10-19
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Chance at Love
Overview: Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-10-30
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The Dictator's Guns
Overview: An experienced skipper is hired to buy a boat from an American heiress in the Caribbean, but when the boat vanishes and bodies surface, he realizes he’s been framed for arms trafficking.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-06-18
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Is Paris Burning?
Overview: Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-10-26
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Target: Harry
Overview: Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-23
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Army of Shadows
Overview: Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
Genres: War History Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-09-10
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When the City Awakes
Overview: An armored van is attacked and the gangsters hide the loot in a graveyard.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-06-05
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