Classe Tous Risque (1960)

A criminal (Lino Ventura) on the run with his wife and two young boys in tow enacts a plan with a friend to steal some money and escape to a quiet family life in Paris, but things go horribly wrong and when the man calls upon his old mobster trenchcoat fraternity for help, he discovers their loyalties have shifted.

★★★★☆

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The Medusa Touch (1978)

There's a murder attempt in the opening scene - a man watching a news story about astronauts is bludgeoned - and then, as the victim lies in hospital, an investigation is launched which reveals in flashbacks from the man's life the queer paranormal context of the crime, in this gripping 1978 film, part science-fiction, part police procedural, and part supernatural thriller with Richard Burton beautifully playing the tortured central character both sympathetic and terrifying, like a grown-up Damien.

★★★★☆

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