5 Movies Directed by Henri Verneuil

The Sheep Has Five Legs

The Sheep Has Five Legs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-09-24

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (375 Reviews)

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Renè Barjavel (dialogue)

Jean Manse (story)

Jean Marsan

Jacques Perret

Raoul Ploquin

Henry Troyat

Albert Valentin (story)

Henri Verneuil

Fullplot:

Any Number Can Win

Any Number Can Win

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-03-19

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1731 Reviews)

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Cast:

Writer:

Michel Audiard (dialogue)

Zekial Marko (novel)

Albert Simonin (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cellmate, Francis (Alain Delon), to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino. Bad luck and Francis's lack of professionalism set the caper maddeningly askew, and the stolen cash resurfaces in an unexpected manner.

The Sicilian Clan

The Sicilian Clan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-12-01

Languages:

Italian, French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (4220 Reviews)

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Auguste Le Breton (novel)

Henri Verneuil (adaptation)

Josè Giovanni (adaptation)

Pierre Pelegri (adaptation)

Josè Giovanni (dialogue)

Fullplot:

A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

I as in Icarus

I as in Icarus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-12-19

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (2222 Reviews)

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Fullplot:

After the recently re-elected President of a fictitious state has been assassinated, one of the members of the investigation committee refuses to sign the final report and is given the task of investigating once more. In the course of his search he finds evidence that casts serious doubt on the committee's "lone-gunman" theory... A very bold film that basically told the "JFK" story thinly disguised as having taken place not in the US.

Mother

Mother

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-11-27

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

157 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (768 Reviews)

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Henri Verneuil (novel)

Henri Verneuil (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At the beginning of the 20th century there was a genocide where about 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Turkish. This is a movie about the life of a simple Armenian family who became refugees in a foreign country among foreign people.

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