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Akim Tamiroff has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Touch of Evil.
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Lolita
1962
Drama

Hannibal
2001
Crime · Drama

The Lady from Shanghai
1947
Mystery · Crime

Revolver
2005
Drama · Thriller

Where the Truth Lies
2005
Drama · Mystery

5 Is the Perfect Number
2019
Drama · Thriller

Promising Young Woman
2020
Thriller · Crime

The Double
2014
Thriller · Drama

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
Dir. Orson Welles · With Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
Dir. Orson Welles · With Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles

During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
Dir. Orson Welles · With Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Grégoire Aslan

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · With Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
Dir. Jules Dassin · With Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.
Dir. Anatole Litvak · With Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes
Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so the local peasants regard him as a hero. Baron La Mouche is convinced Guillaume is the Tulip. During a robbery, he scars the Tulip's face, and hopes to use this to expose Guillaume, but Guillaume is one step ahead.
Dir. Christian-Jaque · With Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Adolfo Marsillach

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
Dir. Sam Wood · With Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff

Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Dir. Lewis Milestone · With Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
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