James Hadley Chase
출생 : 1906-12-24, London, England, UK
사망 : 1985-02-06
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A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm and becomes obsessed with her.
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플로리다의 한적한 해변 마을 팔메토, 뉴스 리포터인 해리(Harry Barber: 우디 해럴슨 분)는 만성적으로 부패한 그 마을에서 관리의 부당 이득을 파헤치려다 2년 동안 아무 죄도 없이 감방에서 썩는다. 혐의 없음으로 출소한 해리를 그의 여자친구인 니나(Nina: 지나 거숀 분)는 격렬한 키스로 환영한다. 마치 지난 2년간 아무 일도 없었던 듯. 우연히 술집에 들른 해리는 리아라(Mrs. Donnelly aka Rhea Malroux: 엘리자베스 슈 분)는 신비스런 금발과 뇌쇄적인 아름다움을 지닌 그야말로 침을 꼴깍 삼키게 하는 여성을 만난다. 그로서는 도저히 저항할 수 없는 제안과 함께. 그 제안이란 실은 아주 간단하다. 그저 5만 달러라는 가격표가 붙은 사기일 뿐. 리아는 펠릭스(Felix Malroux: 롤프 홉 분)라는 엄청난 부자의 아내이고 불행하게도 늙은 그녀의 남편은 암으로 죽어가고 있었다. 엄청난 재산에 비해 펠릭스는 구두쇠였고 그 때문에 늘 불만족스러웠던 리아와 그의 딸 오데뜨(Odette: 크로 세비그니 분)는 결국 엄청난 계획을 세우게 되는데. 이 계획에서 해리가 해야할 일이라곤 그저 그가 오데뜨를 납치했다는 전화 한 통화 뿐이다.
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After accidentally committing a crime, a magician's assistant flees to Mexico in search of a Mayan shaman and the magical potion she is rumoured to possess. But upon arrival she is trailed by a handsome private eye.
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Charlie Thorpe, a security systems expert, gets caught during a robbery. When he is released from jail he is hired by a bank owner to design a fool proof system during the refurbishing of a bank. But shortly after it's finished he is blackmailed into cracking the security.
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The hero of the film, police captain Anatoly Lensky, is an adventurer who is characterized by nobility, a sense of honor and intrigue. Together with other characters goes to the "Bay of death" in search of hidden treasures there. All heroes movie must to meet in one place. There they will converge, but not all come back…
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Having developed a revolutionary device that puts water in the mouth of all secret services in the world, professor Forrester is about to go on a conference in San Francisco under the protection of Tom Lepski, an insurer.
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Four murders in forty-eight hours happen in Nice. The murderer calls himself "The Exterminator" and the police are unable to catch him. Tom Lepski is an insurance detective and he get involved in the investigation when Liza Mendoza, a famous violinist and a friend, is killed just a few minutes before Tom visit her. After another rich woman killing, Tom finds out that all the victims were members of the exclusive Fifty Club. All of them but Lisa.
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The star Barbara Jenkins, after two years of absence, makes her return by honoring the presence of the auction of her costumes in Cannes, for the benefit of the fight against AIDS.
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The story (based on a novel by James Hadley Chase) concerns the efforts of the genial and deceptively tentative Lepski (Michael Brandon), an insurance company detective, to track down a valuable medieval Russian icon, which was stolen by Bradley (David Carradine), a master thief.
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구제 불능의 바람둥이 영화감독 가스파르는 새 영화를 준비 중이지만 제작자 장은 투자자를 찾지 못하고 있다. 가스파르가 장의 아내이자 스타를 꿈꾸는 유리디스를 캐스팅하려 하면서, 두 남자 사이에는 뒤틀린 게임이 시작된다. 복원된 장뤽 고다르의 1980년대 미개봉작을 아시아에서 처음 상영한다.
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As the new partner in an oil-drilling enterprise, Mace Morgan s future looks rosy, until he meets Monique, his partner s girlfriend.
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Financier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers that he and the new wife are to be murdered by her new husband.
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A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. The game-keeper, her guardian, tries to rape her but she escapes. In her flight she meets a man also running away, from two killers.
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Ticky Edriss, a dwarf, develops a scheme to avenge him on society and extort a bank.
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작은 범죄 조직인 허친스 일당은 술을 마시다 백만불짜리 목걸이를 목에 건 바바라를 우연히 신문기사에서 발견하고 그녀의 납치를 계획한다. 드디어 그녀가 애인 제리와 파티장에 들어올때 목걸이의 강탈을 시도하지만 실수로 제리를 살해하고 바바라를 납치한다. 급작스런 상황의 변화로 당황한 허친스 일당은 그들의 아지트인 쟈니의 집으로 급히 돌아가다 그 지역의 무서운 가족 갱조직인 그리솜 갱단의 일원인 에디에게 목격이 되고 그들에 의해 모두 살해되고 바바라와 목걸이를 강탈당한다. 딸을 유괴당한 바바라의 아버지는 사립탐정인 테너에게 사건을 의뢰하고 범인들의 요구에 의해 현금 백만불을 지불하나 바바라를 돌려받지 못한다. 그러는 와중에 바바라에 반한 그리솜갱의 막내인 슬림은 바바라를 죽여서 증거를 없애려는 가족들을 물리치고 동거를 시작한다. 그러나 곧 이들은 경찰에 의해 추격을 당하고 이에 불안해진 그리솜갱들은 자기의 소행이라고 알고 있는 사람들을 모두 죽여버린다. 결국 자기들의 아지트에서 포위당한 일당들과 경찰과의 사이에 총격전이 벌어진다.
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In Paris, the young photographer Ferdinand falls in love with Claire, a pickpocket. Shortly after, he is assaulted because he took pictures of the young woman with another man, Brady, his sponsor. The policeman Lorenzi is put on the case, but in love, Ferdinand does not want to denounce her. However, a stolen object that she offered him will allow his indictment: Claire will spend a year in prison. When she is released, Ferdinand marries her. Kerman, Ferdinand's new boss, employs Claire in his cabaret. She puts on a famous act during which she picks the pockets of the spectators, then gives the objects back at the end of the show. But Brady reappears, demanding 80% of the young woman's earnings, otherwise he will denounce Claire's bigamy, to whom he is still married! Ferdinand prepares to flee with his wife. When he finds her, he comes across the corpse of Brady, whom Claire has just killed.
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The psychotic son of a film producer becomes obsessed with a beautiful blonde starlet while in Cannes, lures her to his hotel room and strangles her. His mother finds out, but can she keep her mouth shut to protect her son? Meanwhile, the young killer meets another pretty blonde...
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2차 대전, 전시 중에 살인사건의 수사를 맡은 정보 장교 그라우 소령. 목격자의 증언에 의해 뜻밖에도 범인이 3명의 독일군 장성급 중 하나라는 증거가 드러나 사건은 더욱 중요해진다. 외교상의 외전과정보국의 상반된 증거. 전쟁임무 수행 등 미묘한 상황으로 사건은 더욱 복잡해지는데. 어느 날 수사를 진행하던 그라우 소령마저 살해된다. 비록 점령군이었으나 그라우 소령의 따뜻한 인간미로 도움을 받았던 지배국 폴란드의 수사관은 이 사건을 전쟁이 끝나고 전범 처벌까지 끝난 용의자들을 추적 하여 결국 장군 3명중에 1명을 범인으로 지목, 그를 검거하기에 이르지만... 한스 헬무트 키즈스트의 소설이 원작. 인간의 심리를 예리하게 파헤친 뛰어난 작품으로 명배우 피터 오톨, 오마 샤리프, 필립 느와레의 심층적 연기가 돋보인다.
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Iraj, a journalist photographer, meets Pari in Paris. He returns to Iran and marries Azar. He later gets into trouble and gets entangled in further conspiracies devised by Pari.
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제임스 헤들리 체이스의 1963년 소설 One Bright Summer Morning 원작의 프랑스 영화.
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A private detective finds the limp body of a young Chinese beauty in his office, shot with his own gun.
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An American polo player in Paris gets roped into intrigue when he's asked to find a family friend whom has gone missing.
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English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. Cyrus‘ nephew, Don Micklem, plans to avenge the death of his uncle and sets out on a quest to expose “The Tortoise“…
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파리의 비오는 밤, 고급 주택의 금고를 털다가 실패한 자물쇠 수리공 두 친구, 폴과 다니엘 그중 다니엘 만이 총을 맞고 체포된다. 그는 호송 중 탈출하여 깊은 산골로 도피하다가 늙은 남편과 젊은 아내가 운영하는 외딴 주유소 겸 휴게소에 몸을 맡기게 되는데, 그곳에는... 인간 군상들의 욕망과 탐욕... 그 결말은?
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Iraj is a young photographer who meets Fariba. Fariba, who pretends to have a lot of money, lives by burglary.
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Best-selling author Tyvian Jones has a life of leisure in Venice, Italy, until he has a chance encounter with sultry Frenchwoman Eva Olivier. He falls for her instantly, despite already having wedding plans with Francesca Ferrara. Winning Eva's affection proves elusive; she's more interested in money than in love. But Tyvian remain steadfast in his obsession, going after Eva with a fervor that threatens to destroy his life.
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Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.
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An enigmatic woman recruits a gang of specialised criminals to rob a US Army payroll armoured truck bound for Marseilles. However, things don't go exactly as planned.
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The director of the Rome office of an American news agency is seduced by his boss' daughter, who subsequently ends up dead at the foot of a cliff. Film adaptation of James Hadley Chase’s 1956 noir thriller novel You Find Him, I'll Fix Him.
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A young garage owner, Henri, whose business is not going well, fixes the lovely Gloria's car on the road. She suggests he let part of his garage to her friends.
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The unfortunate journalist Fred falls in love with the young wife of an older business tycoon. Fred's involvement with her involves him in both blackmail and murder.
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In Nice, the wealthy widow Betty Farnwell falls for the charms of a handsome young man, Philippe Delaroche. Mrs Farnwell is so taken with Philippe that she persuades her bank to allow him to manage her financial affairs. Philippe, an unscrupulous opportunist, is not slow to turn the situation to his advantage and within no time he is married to his wealthy benefactor. Philippe has barely grown accustomed to wearing a wedding ring when he begins a romantic liaison with his wife’s attractive secretary, Eva. It soon transpires that Eva is even more ruthless than Philippe...
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Adapted from James Hadley Chase’s novel, plot finds Robert Mabillon Gelin as a struggling artist who saves Eric Freminger from a drunken suicide attempt, and promptly gets offered employment as a chauffeur by way of gratitude. Once back at the Freminger residence, Robert finds Eric is a severely depressed man with a host of problems. And then Helene Freminger arrives on the scene, hostile, suspicious but ever so sultry, it’s the kick-start of events that can only lead to misery – or worse – for all involved.
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In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope is to discover the murderer before is name is mentionned publicly, specially in front of his wife.
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A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.
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Nick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American tourist, after she loses all of her money at the casino. Nick flees with Colleen after they are framed for murder and he tries to track down the real killer.
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Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the bridegroom. More mayhem ensues as the three kidnappers soon end up dead.
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Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the bridegroom. More mayhem ensues as the three kidnappers soon end up dead.