List of the best Lino Ventura movies: Army in the Shadows(1969), Crooks in Clover(1963), Happy New Year!(1973), The Last Adventure(1967), The Great Spy Chase(1964), The Great Manhunt(1974), The Big Risk(1960), Sunday Lovers(1981), 125, Rue Montmartre(1959), The Medusa Touch(1978), The Valachi Papers(1972), Jig Saw(1981) ... ...
War, Drama, History
France|Italy
1969
140 Minutes
Philippe Gerbier
Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel Paul Crauchet Claude Mann Christian Barbier Simone Signoret Serge Reggiani Alain Libolt
engineer rebel traitor nazi intense gritty passionate paris marseilles, france london france submarine prison french resistance world war ii prisoners of war nazism underdog sacrifice 1940s
An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
France|Italy|West Germany
1963
105 Minutes
Fernand Naudin
Lino Ventura Bernard Blier Francis Blanche Venantino Venantini Sabine Sinjen Robert Dalban Claude Rich Jean Lefebvre
gangster fugitive daughter amusing playful witty france city crime mafia rivalry adventure 1960s
A dying mob boss hands over his business to an old friend, Fernand. The boss' assistants want to get rid of the latter. But are the Volfoni brothers and Théo real threats? Ensuing fights and shootouts are more comical than deadly.
Romance
France|Italy
1973
112 Minutes
Simon
Lino Ventura Françoise Fabian Charles Gérard André Falcon Lilo Claude Mann Frédéric de Pasquale Gerard Sire
jewel thief accomplice old flame partner police officer convict charming spirited engaging cannes, france prison house train car theft crime love prison jewelry theft investigation
Released from prison apparently under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewellers in out-of-season Cannes ... See full summary »
Adventure, Drama
France|Italy
1967
102 Minutes
Roland
Lino Ventura Alain Delon Joanna Shimkus Serge Reggiani Odile Poisson Hans Meyer
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1964
115 Minutes
Francis Lagneau
Lino Ventura Bernard Blier Francis Blanche Charles Milot Mireille Darc Andre Weber Jess Hahn Françoise Giret Violette Marceau
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
95 Minutes
Anton Haliakov, Clément Tibère
Lino Ventura Léa Massari Leo Genn Suzanne Flon Robert Hardy Bernard Dhéran Pierre-Michel Le Conte
A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1960
110 Minutes
Abel Davos
Lino Ventura Jean-Paul Belmondo Marcel Dalio Sandra Milo Michel Ardan Simone France Michèle Méritz Stan Krol
The owner of a German traveling circus is power-mad and exploits everyone in his path, including his family.
Comedy
1981
127 Minutes
Lino Ventura Bryan Forbes Roger Moore Gene Wilder Lynn Redgrave Ugo Tognazzi Kathleen Quinlan Catherine Salviat Priscilla Barnes
Four segments by four directors show four men chasing women in France, England, Italy and the United States.
Mystery & Thriller
1959
85 Minutes
Lino Ventura Andréa Parisy Robert Hirsch Dora Doll Jean Juillard Pierre Collet
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
1978
110 Minutes
Richard Burton Lino Ventura Lee Remick Harry Andrews Alan Badel Marie-Christine Barrault Jeremy Brett Michael Hordern Gordon Jackson Derek Jacobi
detective murderer novelist frenchman psychopath bleak disturbing brutal engaging thrilling suspenseful london horror psychosis fighting murder adventure discovery escape mystery
Psychological thriller about a telekinetic novelist who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
Crime, Drama
Italy|France
1972
125 Minutes
Charles Bronson Lino Ventura Jill Ireland Michael Callan Walter Chiari Joseph Wiseman Gerald S. O'Loughlin Amedeo Nazzari Fausto Tozzi Pupella Maggio Angelo Infanti
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.
Mystery & Thriller
1981
97 Minutes
A man (Lino Ventura) has an affair with a woman (Angie Dickinson) while searching for his supposedly slain son.
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
1969
120 Minutes
Commissaire Le Goff
Alain Delon Jean Gabin Lino Ventura Irina Demick Amedeo Nazzari Sydney Chaplin Elisa Cegani Karen Blanguernon Marc Porel Yves Lefebvre Philippe Baronnet
gangster prisoner police officer murderer thief mafia boss engaging brutal thrilling suspenseful intense italy sicily prison diamond heist gangs gangsters adventure escape pursuit
A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Drama, War
France|Spain|West Germany
1961
95 Minutes
Le brigadier Theo Dumas
Hardy Kruger Charles Aznavour Lino Ventura Maurice Biraud Germán Cobos Ellen Bahl Roland Malet Carlos Mendy
During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1954
105 Minutes
Jean Gabin Paul Frankeur Lino Ventura Magali Noël Marcel Dalio Lila Kredova Albert Remy Jacqueline Porel Pierre Louis Alain Nobis
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy ... See full summary »
Drama
France|Italy
1958
105 Minutes
Paulo
Eddie Constantine Pascale Roberts Lino Ventura Lise Bourdin Jacques Castelot Jean Murat
A boat en route to a treasure hunting?
Drama
France
1959
98 Minutes
Danielle Darrieux Serge Reggiani Bernard Blier Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Paul Guers Robert Dalban
Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader, Castille.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1958
90 Minutes
Le commissaire Cherrier
Jeanne Moreau Maurice Ronet Jean Wall Georges Poujouly Yori Bertin Lino Ventura Elga Andersen Micheline Bona Félix Marten Robert Balpo Nicolas Bataille
industrialist wife lover thug police officer suspenseful sultry dark melodramatic paris office elevator motel apartment murder plot infidelity marriage schemes botched crime forbidden love
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Musical, Drama
1962
124 Minutes
"Tiger" Brown
Sammy Davis Jr. Curt Jurgens June Ritchie Hildegarde Neff Marlene Warrlich Lino Ventura Gert Froebe Walter Giller Hans Hamacher Henning Schlüter Martin Berliner
Crime, Drama
1954
95 Minutes
Angelo Fraiser
Jean Gabin René Dary Jeanne Moreau Dora Doll Paul Frankeur Denise Clair Lino Ventura
gangster best friend mistress rival barmaid nightclub owner somber engaging tense france apartment bank nightclub bedroom theft betrayal kidnapping retirement friendship one last job
An aging racketeer (Jean Gabin) must surrender his gold in order to save his kidnapped friend (René Dary).
Action
1986
148 Minutes
Papa
Steven Bauer Rod Steiger Colleen Dewhurst Michael York Robert Joy Laurent Malet Lino Ventura Leslie Hope
commando terrorist israeli assassin leader hostage tense gritty profound suspenseful israel london england office apartment duty terrorism assassination teamwork israeli-palestinian conflict
Israel's secret service assembles a team of commandos to avenge the 1972 murders of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich.