Odile Versois

Cartouche is the story of a kid from the back streets who wants to become king of Paris. Brought up amongst petty thieves, he becomes their leader through an audacious and elegant coup which wins him the love of the beautiful Venus. Inspired by his gang and his love for Venus, Cartouche rules without equality over Paris’ underworld. He repeatedly escapes the clutches of his sworn enemy, the Lieutenant General of the police, Ferrussac. After a near brush with death, Cartouche discovers Madame de Ferrussac with whom he falls in love. Heartbroken, Venus nonetheless forgives him.

Glorious views of the Italian countryside and furious action combine in this thriller about ambitious racing driver Bill Fraser (Anthony Steel), who becomes embroiled in a deadly attempt by mogul Warren Ingram (James Robertson Justice) to steal blueprints to a competitor's car. Ingram's henchman, O'Donovan (Stanley Baker), murders a security guard while filching the plans, then joins Fraser's team during a Grand Prix race to the Swiss border.

This vintage romantic comedy from director Robert Hamer stars Alec Guinness as Sir Edgar Fraser, a middle-aged aristocrat who journeys to Paris with his twentysomething son, John (Vernon Gray), in order to find the lad a girlfriend. But John hatches his own scheme to land his lonesome pop a woman -- and soon the two become entangled with cute shopgirls, blue-blooded dames and one madcap misunderstanding after another.