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Peter van Eyck has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Wages of Fear.
Rififi
1955
Crime · Thriller
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
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Dir. Martin Ritt · With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner
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
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
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Dir. John Guillermin · With George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara
