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Roxie Hart (1942)
, 1h15Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman, Hugh Downs, Nigel Bruce
As soon as Stuart Chapman (Ted North) starts his new job as a newspaper reporter in Chicago, he is pulled into a murder investigation together with his new colleague Homer Howard (George Montgomery). As they sit down in a bar having a drink after a long day, Homer starts telling about a case he reported on in 1927 - a murder case involving the young dancer Roxie Hart (Ginger Rogers).
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
, 1h56Directed by William Dieterle, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Donald Crisp, Henry O'Neill
Set in the mid through late 19th century, it depicts Zola's friendship with Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement late in life in the Dreyfus affair.
Marie Antoinette (1938)
, 2h29Directed by Jacques Tourneur, W. S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut
In Vienna, 15-year-old Marie Antoinette (Norma Shearer) is informed by her mother, Empress Marie Therese of Austria (Alma Kruger), that Marie is to marry the future King of France, the Dauphin Louis XVI (Robert Morley). The young princess is excited to meet her future husband and live as a queen, but the Dauphin she married is actually a shy man, more at home with locksmithing than attending parties at the court at Versailles. After they are married, Marie tries desperately to please her husband, and after some trepidation, the Dauphin realizes he can trust Marie and tells her he cannot produce heirs. Without children to occupy her time and attention, Marie is bored and associates with the power-hungry Duc d'Orleans (Joseph Schildkraut), even though the Dauphin does not like him.
Darkness at Noon (1956)
, 2h2Directed by Tadashi Imai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Taketoshi Naito, Sachiko Hidari, Chōko Iida, Ichirō Sugai (菅井一郎), Yoshi Katō, Shinsuke Ashida
Janvier 1951. Dans un village de pêcheurs, un vieux couple est assassiné et volé. Arrêté et violemment interrogé, un jeune homme, Kōjima, finit par avouer sa culpabilité. Il dénonce, en outre, de prétendus complices. L'un deux, Uemura, est à son tour convaincu de meurtre. En dépit de la plaidoirie d'un courageux avocat, Uemura est condamné à mort tandis que Kōjima écope d'une peine de prison à perpétuité. Les trois intéressés interjettent appel...
His Girl Friday (1940)
, 1h32Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Alma Kruger, Porter Hall
Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is a hard-boiled editor for The Morning Post who learns his ex-wife and former star reporter, Hildegard "Hildy" Johnson (Rosalind Russell), is about to marry bland insurance man Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy) and settle down to a quiet life as a wife and mother in Albany, New York. Walter determines to sabotage these plans, enticing the reluctant Hildy to cover one last story, the upcoming execution of convicted murderer Earl Williams (John Qualen).
Joan of Paris (1942)
, 1h31Directed by Robert Stevenson, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Michèle Morgan, Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar, May Robson, Alexander Granach
In German-occupied Paris, an announcer reports during a blackout that the Second Front has begun, with British forces invading the Continent, and that five Royal Air Force fighters have been shot down. The downed pilots split up and make their way to Paris to try to arrange their escape back to England. On the way, they break into a tavern in search of civilian clothes. When a German soldier shows up for a drink, Squadron Leader Paul Lavallier (Paul Henreid), a member of the Free French, knocks him out and takes his money. In Paris, Paul contacts an old teacher of his, Father Antoine (Thomas Mitchell), who agrees to hide the reunited men in the sewers underneath his cathedral.
King and Country (1964)
, 1h29Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern, Barry Foster, Peter Copley, James Villiers
During World War I, in the British trenches at Passchendaele, an army private, Arthur Hamp (Tom Courtenay) is accused of desertion. He is to be defended at his trial by an officer, Captain Hargreaves (Dirk Bogarde). Hamp had been a volunteer at the outbreak of the war and was the sole survivor of his company but then decided to 'go for a walk': he had contemplated walking to his home in London but after more than 24 hours on the road, he's picked up by the Military Police and sent back to his unit to face court-martial for desertion.
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
, 1h33Directed by Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum, Terry Sanders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films about capital punishment
Actors Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Billy Chapin, Peter Graves
In the 1930s West Virginia, along the Ohio River, Reverend Harry Powell, a serial killer, flees the scene of his latest victim. Powell is a self-anointed preacher with a penchant for switchblade knives; a misogynist who is both attracted to and repulsed by women. He travels rural roads, preaching in small towns, and seems to believe he is doing God's work. The letters "L-O-V-E" are tattooed on one hand and the letters "H-A-T-E" on the other, which Powell uses as symbols in impromptu sermons. In one small town, police arrest Powell for driving a stolen car and sentence him to jail, unaware that he is a murderer.
Giordano Bruno (1973)
, 1h55Directed by Giuliano Montaldo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Gian Maria Volonté, Charlotte Rampling, Renato Scarpa, Mathieu Carrière, Hans Christian Blech, Mark Burns
En 1591, sous le pontificat de Clément VIII, Giordano Bruno, ancien moine dominicain, retourne à Venise et s'établit chez un noble qui se propose de l'héberger.
Death in the Garden (1956)
, 1h37Directed by Luis Buñuel
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about capital punishment
Actors Georges Marchal, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Michèle Girardon, Charles Vanel, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Chark, un aventurier européen, arrive dans une bourgade d’un pays imaginaire d'Amérique latine, situé près de la frontière avec le Brésil, et où sont exploités des gisements de diamants. À ce moment, une révolte se prépare. Les prospecteurs de diamants, spoliés par l’État et dépouillés de leurs biens par le capitaine Ferrero, un despote corrompu, se préparent à attaquer la garnison gouvernementale. Chark, accusé de vol, est conduit à la garnison et incarcéré, mais il parvient à s’évader. Les prospecteurs attaquent la garnison mais l’armée envoie des renforts et l'attaque échoue. Les rebelles doivent fuir. Chark se joint à certains d’entre eux : Castin, un vieux prospecteur français que les diamants ont enrichi ; Maria, sa fille sourde-muette ; Djin, une prostituée que Castin voudrait épouser ; le père Lizardi, un prêtre missionnaire. Pour ce faire, ils s’emparent du bateau d’un trafiquant à la solde des militaires qui les trahira rapidement. Les fugitifs doivent abandonner le bateau et partir à pied dans une jungle touffue. Dans cet environnement hostile, les fugitifs ne savent pas exactement où aller. Ils ont l'intention de rejoindre le Brésil, mais leur situation devient de plus en plus désespérée. Alors qu’ils sont perdus, Chark part en éclaireur et découvre, au bord d’un lac situé à la frontière du Brésil, les restes d'un avion qui s’est écrasé en forêt récemment. Mais Castin est devenu fou ; il tue la prostituée puis le père Lizardi avant que Chark le tue à son tour. Chark et Maria essaient de gagner le Brésil dans un canot pneumatique.
The Witches of Salem (1957)
, 2h37Directed by Raymond Rouleau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Prison films, Films about religion, Théâtre, Witches in film, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Mylène Demongeot, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam, Pierre Larquey
1692, Salem, Massachusetts. John Proctor is the only member in the town's assembly who resists the attempts of the rich to gain more wealth on the expense of the poor farmers, thus incurring the wrath of deputy governor Danforth. Proctor's sternly puritanical wife, Elizabeth, is sick and has not shared his bed for months, and he was seduced by his maid, Abigail. When he ends his affair with her, Abigail and several other local girls turn to slave Tituba. Reverend Parris catches the girls in the forest as they partake in what appears to be witchcraft. Abigail and the rest deny it, saying that they have been bewitched. A wave of hysteria engulfs the town, and Danforth uses the girls' accusations to instigate a series of trials, during which his political enemies are accused of heresy and executed. When Abigail blames Elizabeth Proctor, the latter rejects John's pleas to defraud Abigail as an adulteress. Eventually, both Proctors are put on trial and refuse to sign a confession. The townspeople rebel, but not before John is hanged with other defendants; his pregnant wife has been spared. Elizabeth tells the angry crowd to let Abigail live.
Time Without Pity (1957)
, 1h25Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowen, Lois Maxwell
David Graham, a recovering alcoholic, returns to England with only 24 hours to save his son, Alec, from hanging for the murder of Alec's girlfriend, Jenny Cole. A neglectful, absentee father who has missed the entire trial while he was in rehab in Canada, Graham discovers his son, awaiting execution, at first refuses to even see him and when he does, to evince any hope for his case, let alone affection for his father.
The Bravados (1958)
, 1h38Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment, Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Barry Coe
Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) is a rancher pursuing four outlaws after the murder of his wife six months before. He rides into Rio Arriba, where four men, Alfonso Parral (Lee Van Cleef), Bill Zachary (Stephen Boyd), Ed Taylor (Albert Salmi) and Lujan (Henry Silva), are in jail awaiting execution. Sheriff Eloy Sanchez (Herbert Rudley) allows Douglas to see the men.
The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Prison films, La provence, Films about capital punishment
Actors Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy, Bernard Dhéran, Yves Rénier, Jean-Claude Michel
Au début du XIX siècle, à Marseille, Edmond Dantès est victime d'un complot ourdi par trois individus jaloux de son ascension sociale : le magistrat Henri de Villefort, l'officier Fernand de Mortcerf et l'envieux marin Caderousse le dénoncent comme étant bonapartiste. Edmond Dantès est arrêté et condamné à être incarcéré dans la prison de l'île du Château d'If. Villefort devient procureur, Mortcerf se marie avec Mercédès dont il a brisé ses fiançailles avec Dantès tandis que Caderousse, qui ne supportait pas de voir Dantès être prochainement promu capitaine de vaisseau, s'établit comme aubergiste. Au bout de dix-sept ans, Dantès parvient à communiquer avec l'abbé Faria, prisonnier d'une cellule voisine. Celui-ci lui apprend qu'un formidable trésor est caché dans l'île de Monte-Cristo. Les deux prisonniers décident de s'évader grâce à un ingénieux, mais risqué stratagème au cours duquel l'abbé Faria trouve la mort. Edmond Dantès parvient jusqu'à l'île de Monte-Cristo et, devenu immensément riche, fait son apparition dans la grande bourgeoisie parisienne sous le nom de comte de Monte-Cristo. Rien ne l'arrête, désormais, pour assouvir sa froide et implacable vengeance.
Salvador (2006)
, 2h18Directed by Manuel Huerga
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Daniel Brühl, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Leonor Watling, Ingrid Rubio, Mercedes Sampietro, Carlota Olcina
Le 2 mars 1974, sous le régime de Franco, Salvador Puig i Antich, militant espagnol anarchiste, a été le dernier exécuté par « garrot vil ». Le film retrace la vie de Salvador depuis son engagement politique au sein du MIL jusqu'à son exécution.