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Jean Herman has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s.
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Martinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes, voluntarily agrees to be questioned by Inspector Gallien on New Year's Eve. What initially is a routine procedure, soon becomes a harsh interrogation that seems to confirm the initial suspicions.
Dir. Claude Miller · With Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider
Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.
Dir. Jacques Deray · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Carlos Sotto Mayor
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look after his briefcase until after they have landed. Alexandre agrees, but the stranger is shot dead soon after and Alexandre himself becomes the target of enemy agents who are keen to recover the briefcase...
Dir. Georges Lautner · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mirella D'Angelo, Michel Galabru
After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a high-security safe. The two men become locked in during a holiday weekend as they attempt to crack the safe's combination.
Dir. Jean Herman · With Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot