Charles Vanel Movies

An Englishman, Lord Wheatley, purchases an island over which reigns the supremely beautiful Phroso, thus disposessing her of her land. Revolted, the...

Laurangeais stays in a nursing home after his wife dies following an accident caused by Terrian, his adopted son. When he leaves he finds Terrian who...

Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace...

When a criminal named King Fu who has terrorized a city substitutes himself for a stage actor who looks like him, the staff and spectators at that...

Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss Charles Vanel. The inspector knows full well that...

Val Brosse, a private detective, receives Françoise, who confesses to him that she murdered her husband. The story is false, but Val,...

Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog hides a tender heart and he allows...

Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress.

Jean-Joachim Goriot, a merchant who got rich during the Revolution, is obsessed with the love of his two daughters, whose social promotion he wants....

While the Easter holidays are over, a young woman named Cécile and her brother Pierre return to the family home. There they meet their...

Faithfully reproduced observations of Breton fisherfolk in story of the man a local woman really loves who will not at first give himself to her...

A large farm in Vendée. The father is dying and the three brothers and sister swear not to marry not to break up the field. Months pass....

During a singles meal, the phone rings. A woman claims a man, Jean-Louis. As a joke, the master of the house replies that he is gone forever and...

A fictitious country in South America: the military has taken power in the state and rules with an iron hand. Anyone who expresses criticism of the...

This is the second feature in a series about an intrepid French spy by the nickname of "The Gorilla," but unlike the earlier films, this time around...

Karl de Linken, an elegant young man, adventurous and unattached, arrives in the square of a small Corsican village perched in the mountains. His...

Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.

The story is about a drug ring and the finally successful efforts of the Paris police to break it up. A young detective goes into a den in Paris'...

Tonio, pretty Micheline's fiance, meets Georgia ,a gypsy who makes advances to him.