Comedy, Crime
Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Interpreter
Lucky Number Slevin
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Arsenic and Old Lace
Boys Don't Cry
The Godfather Part II
The War of the Roses
No Diamonds for Ursula
The Vallanzasca Band
Mala, Love and Death
A History of Violence
Léon: The Professional
Bad Education
On the Waterfront
Four Weddings and a Funeral
GoodFellas
Bread and Tulips
Frenzy
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
The Hole
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Interpreter
IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 2005
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.Lucky Number Slevin
IMDB 7.5 | Feb , 2006
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
IMDB 6.4 | Aug , 2014
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.Arsenic and Old Lace
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 1944
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!Boys Don't Cry
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1999
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.The Godfather Part II
IMDB 8.6 | Dec , 1974
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.The War of the Roses
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1989
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.No Diamonds for Ursula
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 1967
A beautiful, but naive, young woman kills a rapist in self defense. But her degenerate, crippled uncle, senses an opportunity and weaves a complex web of blackmail around her to steal a stash of diamonds.The Vallanzasca Band
IMDB 4.7 | Dec , 1977
Convict Roberto murders a guard and escapes from jail with his cellmate. Once free he joins a group of gangsters and becomes a professional hitman. The gang abduct a young woman and when one them attacks her, Roberto shoots him and takes her to an abandoned farm house…..Mala, Love and Death
IMDB 4.2 | Feb , 1977
The young Marisa, after having inherited from her aunt, gets involved in blackmail and crime.A History of Violence
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2005
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.Léon: The Professional
IMDB 8.3 | Sep , 1994
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.Bad Education
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2004
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.On the Waterfront
IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 1954
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.Four Weddings and a Funeral
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 1994
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.GoodFellas
IMDB 8.5 | Sep , 1990
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.Bread and Tulips
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2000
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.Frenzy
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1972
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1995
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.The Hole
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 2001
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.