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Howard Vernon has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s.
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In a small town in WWII France, a German officer is billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece who resist the occupation by refusing to interact with him, even as he speaks to them candidly about his life and hopes for the future of France and Germany.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · With Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain

In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · With Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy

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

A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss
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