"Actor: Robert Hossein"

• Rififi | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (38.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Jules Dassin's 1954 film 'Rififi' was an instant success. Based on the novel of the same title 'Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes' by Auguste le Breton the film's use of hard-boiled slang and the gangster garb of trench coats top hats and a cigarette dangling from one corner of the mouth went on to become the emblems of Humphrey Bogart-style noir classics. Jean Servais is Tony le Stephanois a master thief with a battered face and a tubercular cough souvenirs of a recent stint in the pe

• Rififi | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  RIFIFI (ri-f -fi) n. French argot. 1. Quarrel, rumble, free-for-all, open hostilities between individuals or gangs, rough and tumble confrontation between two or more individuals. 2. A tense and chaotic situation involving violent confrontations between parties. A seminal work of crime filmmaking that lead the young critic François Truffaut to declare the best Film Noir I have ever seen , Jules Dassin s Rififi [Du rififi chez les hommes] has influenced films as diverse as Reservoir Dogs and Ocean s Eleven since its release. Following Tony, le Stéphanois (Jean Servais), a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Tony sets about finding his crew and meticulously planning the job; a robbery of the jewellery store Mappin & Webb. Rififi revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassin s film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature. An instant commercial success in Paris and worldwide, the film was also very well received by the critics with Jules Dassin being awarded the best director prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

• Cemetery Without Crosses | Blu Ray | (20/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  You believe in revenge but I don’t… it never ends. Inspired by the international success of the Dollars trilogy and dedicated to director Sergio Leone Cemetery Without Crosses offers a Gallic spin on the Spaghetti Western formula thanks to its star and creator Robert Hossein (best-known to English-speaking audiences for his role in Jules Dassin’s Rififi). After her husband is lynched by bandits Michèle Mercier (Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath) seeks revenge and turns to an old friend played by Hossein for help. A solitary figure who lives in a ghost town and dons a single black glove before each gunfight Hossein is initially reluctant but soon infiltrates the widow’s enemies to force a showdown. Cemetery Without Crosses is a darker breed of Western bleak and melancholy in tone amid the explosive set pieces. It also boasts an outstanding score by composer André Hossein (father of Robert) and the catchiest of themes sung by cult figure Scott Walker. Bonus Features: Brand new 2K restoration of the film from original film elements High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original Italian and English soundtracks in uncompressed PCM mono audio Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack Remembering Sergio - an all-new interview with star and director Robert Hossein filmed exclusively for this release French television news report on the film’s making containing interviews with Hossein and actors Michèle Mercier and Serge Marquand Archive interview with Hossein Trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by James Flames Illustrated collector’s booklet containing new writing by Ginette Vincendeau and Rob Young

• Wax Mask | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Paris 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened whose main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes. A young man bets that he will spend the night in the museum but is found dead the morning after. Soon people start disappearing from the streets of Rome and the wax museum halls begin filli

• Neither Heaven Nor Earth | DVD | (31/07/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Afghanistan 2014. Approaching the withdrawal of troops, Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his squad are assigned to monitor a remote valley of Wakhan, Afghanistan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite their determination, control of this so-called calm sector will gradually crumble as soldiers start to mysteriously disappear one by one

• Le Professionnel | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £11.49   |  Saving you £4.50 (28.10%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a French spy given the assignment of killing an African dictator and when he arrives in Africa to do so he is captured and put in prison. The political winds had changed - the dictator is now an ally - and the best way to handle the agent is to keep him in jail. Naturally at odds now with his former bosses and with an ax to grind for his own incarceration the agent escapes after two years in prison and heads back to Paris where he announces that he is going to finish his assassination job during the coming diplomatic visit of the African leader. Once aware of his intent the French government sets up one trap after another but to no avail - the agent remains free and there is no doubt that he has the full capacity to do exactly what he says.

• Love on a Pillow (Repos du Guerrier)(2012) | DVD | (19/03/2012) from £7.55   |  Saving you £8.44 (111.79%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Directed by Roger Vadim, Love on a Pillow is a story of all-consuming love between a nice upper class girl and a troubled, self-destructive young man. Geneviève (Brigitte Bardot) is on her way to settle an inheritance in Dijon when she walks in the wrong hotel room to find Renaud (Robert Hossein), a young man, having just attempted suicide. She saves him and they quickly embark on an intense affair, against the advice of her friends and her own better judgment. Whilst Geneviève seems determined to follow a self-destructive course and forgives Renaud’s every infidelity, perhaps he too will soon find himself spiraling out of control.

• Dangerous Chucky Dolls | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99