Biography: Initially grew up wanting to be a violinist, but while at the University of Vienna decided to study law. While doing so, he became increasingly interested in American film and decided that was what he wanted to do. He became involved in European filmaking for a short time before coming to America to study film. (1994) Awarded first annual John Huston Award for Artists Rights
Genres:Drama | Thriller Countries:France | UK Directors:Fred Zinnemann Actors:Edward Fox | Terence Alexander | Michel Auclair | Alan Badel | Tony Britton | Denis Carey | Adrien Cayla-Legrand | Cyril Cusack | Maurice Denham | Vernon Dobtcheff | Jacques François | Olga Georges-Picot | Raymond Gérôme | Barrie Ingham | Derek Jacobi
When President De Gaulle decides to grant independence to French Algeria, several of the soldiers, who fought in that campaign, feel that De Gaulle is belittling the lives of the men who died there. So they form a group and make attempts at De Gaulle and fail. When several of their key members are killed or caught and eventually executed, the three top members decide to hire a professional assassin to take out De Gaulle. The man that they chose agrees to do it on the condition that he be alllowed complete autonomy. He also advises them to go into hiding until the job is done. And they do. When the French Security force learns that they have shut themselves off from the rest of world are curious what they are doing. So they abduct their errand boy, and once interrogated all he says is the assassin's code name, "The Jackal", they hypothesize that they have hired an assassin to go after DE Gaulle. Once De Gaulle is informed he refuses to alter his plans and will not allow extra security added. So his ministry decides that they should find the Jackal before he makes his move. They appoint the best detective in France, Claude Lebel to find him. Lebel plan is to contact every police department in the world and see if the Jackal comes from their country and if so to provide him with a description and/or a photo. Now Scotland Yard has a small lead but unfortunately they miss him but they have his passport so assuming that he is out of the country, they try and find the passport that he is using. Now when they think that they have him, he discards the identity that he is using and assumes another one. Can they find him before he gets De Gaulle?
Genres:Drama | Western Countries:USA Directors:Fred Zinnemann Actors:Gary Cooper | Thomas Mitchell | Lloyd Bridges | Katy Jurado | Grace Kelly | Otto Kruger | Lon Chaney Jr. | Harry Morgan | Ian MacDonald | Eve McVeagh | Morgan Farley | Harry Shannon | Lee Van Cleef | Robert J. Wilke | Sheb Wooley
Will Kane is a town marshall. It's his wedding day and his last day as a lawman. He was about to leave town with his new bride to start a new life when some men come to town who tell him that a man he sent to prison some years ago has just been released and is arriving on the noon train. Kane and any of the townsfolk who remember him, know that he's coming to town for one thing; to get Will. Will's friends tell him to leave town which he does but Will feeling that running away is not a solution returns and intends to face him. Will tries to find support from his friends but all of them don't want to help him or are too afraid and all that they tell him is to leave, even his wife feels the same way. And as the train comes closer, Will is all alone. Download:DivXiPod
Genres: Drama | Thriller