Overview
Daniel Gelin plays a soldier who is acquitted after committing a crime of passion. Relocating to Lisbon, and still feeling remorse over his impulsive killing of his faithless wife, Gelin manages to find love in the form of gorgeous widow Francoise Arnoul. Alas, it turns out that Arnoul has a sordid past of her own, leaving our hero sadder but wiser.
Director and cast
- Henri Verneuil Director
- Daniel Gélin as Pierre Roubier
- Françoise Arnoul as Kathleen Dinver
- Trevor Howard as Inspector Lewis
- Marcel Dalio as Porfirio (as Dalio)
- Amália Rodrigues as Amália
- Betty Stockfeld as Maisie
- Jacques Moulières as Manuel aka 'Moustique'
- Georges Chamarat as Lawyer
- Ginette Leclerc as Maria
- Reggie Nalder Cast
More films
Lisbon Story (1994)
Drama · Music · PG
Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Cast
- Rüdiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Teresa Salgueiro
The Soft Skin (1964)
Drama · Romance · Not Rated
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stay away from her.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Cast
- Françoise Dorléac, Jean Desailly, Nelly Benedetti
The Russia House (1990)
Drama · Romance · Thriller · R
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Fred Schepisi
- Cast
- Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider
A Shot in the Dark (2005)
Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller · Not Rated
A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Leonel Vieira
- Cast
- Joaquim de Almeida, Vanessa Mesquita, Vanessa Machado
In the White City (1983)
Drama · Romance · N/A
Fed up with the sea, Paul, a Swiss mechanic working in the noisy bowels of a merchant ship, lands in Lisbon.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- Alain Tanner
- Cast
- Bruno Ganz, Teresa Madruga, Julia Vonderlinn
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members