Charles Vanel’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Charles Vanel has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1960s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Diabolique.
Recurring themes

Elevator to the Gallows
1958
Crime · Drama

Rififi
1955
Crime · Thriller

Death of a Cyclist
1955
Crime · Drama

Room at the Top
1958
Drama · Romance

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
Drama · Thriller

In a Lonely Place
1950
Thriller · Drama

Out in the Dark
2012
Drama · Romance

Omar
2013
Thriller · Drama

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · With Véra Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · With Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck

When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis

As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · With Brigitte Bardot, Sami Frey, Charles Vanel

as Father Alexandre
After the death of Captain Thémistocle Paparanic, Captain Haddock's old friend, he inherits a ship called the Golden Fleece. Once Tintin and the captain arrive in Istanbul, where the ship is anchored, they meet Mr. Karabine, a businessman who stubbornly insists on buying it even though it is in a dilapidated state.
Dir. Jean-Jacques Vierne · With Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot
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