Movies by Lino Ventura
As part of the cast:
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Sword of Gideon (1986)
Cast: Steven Bauer, Michael York, Robert Joy …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
In this taut, made-for-cable drama, Steven Bauer heads the cast as the leader of an Israeli counterterrorist commando squad out to avenge the shocking, cold-blooded killing of 11 of their…
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Jig-Saw (1979)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Angie Dickinson, Laurent Malet …
Directed by: Claude Pinoteau
After learning that his estranged son has been killed, the grieving Romain (Lino Ventura) discovers that the victim was in fact another man -- and that his missing son has been named the…
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The Context (1976)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
After discovering that the government itself may have planned the assassinations of several Supreme Court justices, Inspector Amerigo Rogas (Lino Ventura) senses that his own safety may be in…
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La Bonne Annee (1973)
Cast: Françoise Fabian, Lino Ventura, Charles Gerard …
Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Released from the slammer after a seven-year stint, charming jewel thief Simon (Lino Ventura) tries to reconnect with Françoise (Françoise Fabian), the pretty antique dealer he met…
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L'aventure C'est L'aventure (1972)
Cast: Charles Denner, Jacques Brel, Lino Ventura …
Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Five bank robbers decide that the real money is to be found in kidnapping celebrities and holding them for ransom. Unfortunately for the hapless crooks, their high-profile targets may prove…
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland …
Directed by: Terence Young
Based on Peter Maas's best-selling account of Joseph Valachi's prison confessions and Senate testimony, this fascinating Mafia exposé was forced to film abroad in Italy, bowing…
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Army of Shadows (1969)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel …
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Director Jean-Pierre Melville's experiences as a member of the French Resistance during World War II inform this movie about a civil engineer who becomes one of the chiefs of the…
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Le Deuxieme Souffle (1966)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Gangster Gu (Lino Ventura) busts out of prison and flees to Paris, where he's promptly recruited into a crew planning to pull off a daring robbery. Meanwhile, urbane detective Blot (Paul…
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Greed in the Sun (1964)
Cast: Henri Verneuil, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura …
A double-crossing Moroccan truck driver and his lover hijack a company rig that's laden with valuable cargo. They flee into the North African desert, where a former colleague turned…
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Les Barbouzes (1964)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier …
Directed by: Georges Lautner
This spy movie spoof follows a French not-so-super agent as he attempts to seduce the vapid widow of a weapons designer in order to steal the dead man's papers. But rival countries send…
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Crooks in Clover (1963)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche …
Directed by: Georges Lautner
This cult classic follows the comic tribulations of retired mobster Fernand Naudin, who gets tricked into becoming the head of a dying friend's "family" and then must elude murderous…
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Classe Tous Risques (1960)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo …
Directed by: Claude Sautet
Although he's a wanted man in his homeland of France, onetime crime boss Abel Davos (Lino Ventura) decides to return to Paris with his family. After contacting former associates, Abel is…
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Taxi for Tobruk (1960)
Cast: Hardy Kruger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud …
Directed by: Denys de La Patellière
Set in North Africa during World War II, this adventure follows a group of French commandos working their way back to Allied lines after a daring raid on the city of Tobruk. Along the way,…
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
Cast: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Lino Ventura …
Directed by: Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker's thriller stars Jean Gabin as Max, an aging, gentlemanly mobster who thinks he's about to retire after a massively successful heist. But he soon discovers that…