La peine du talion

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poster Calino courtier en paratonnerres
Calino courtier en paratonnerres
5mn -
Calino goes politely around to three or four people from the bourgeois class, trying to sell them a lightning rod: but due to a factory defect, the apparatus attracts lightning instead of driving it away.
poster Long Days of Vengeance
Long Days of Vengeance
(3.1/5)
90mn - Drama, Western
After three years of brutal hard labor in a hellish desert prison, former sheriff Ted Barnett escapes to hunt down the three men who framed him for his father's murder, embarking on a methodical quest for…
poster Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
(2.7/5)
92mn - Adventure
Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.
poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
poster The Wife of Monte Cristo
The Wife of Monte Cristo
(3.1/5)
83mn - Romance, Adventure, Drama
In this sequel to the original story, Monte Cristo count Edmund Dantes (Martin Kosleck) returns to Paris to get revenge but soon finds himself pursued by a cruel policeman (John Loder). The count's brave …
poster Let's Get Tough
Let's Get Tough
(2.6/5)
62mn - Comedy
Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short swor…
poster Hannie Caulder
Hannie Caulder
(4.5/5)
82mn - Drama, Western, Crime
Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the 3 men who killed her husband and raped her.
poster J'accuse
J'accuse
(3.9/5)
140mn - War, Drama, History
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.
poster Azrael
Azrael
(2.7/5)
85mn - Action, Horror, Thriller
When Matt Hollis takes his wife and young daughter Lara to Los Angeles for a healing family vacation after losing his son, their dream trip becomes a living nightmare. After his wife is brutally attacked …
poster The Fury of Hercules
The Fury of Hercules
97mn - Fantasy, Adventure
Hercules returns to visit an old friend only to discover the kingdom has fallen under the tyrannical rule of the evil Meniste, who enslaves the population to build a massive wall around the city. When the…
poster Savage Guns
Savage Guns
88mn - Western
After witnessing his brother's brutal murder at the hands of the ruthless Mash Flanigan gang, wounded gunslinger Sam Wallash embarks on a relentless quest for revenge that leads him to the lawless town of…
poster Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah
(2.8/5)
95mn - Short, Action, Adventure
A tale of passion and betrayal in which Samson, a judge of Israel who fled with his tribe during the Great Exodus from Egypt, uses his herculean strength in the fight against the Philistine oppressors. He…
poster The Steel Claw
The Steel Claw
96mn - Drama, War
A Marine stationed in the Philippines loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. When the Japanese invade the Philippines, he is called back into service to rescue a general held by Fil…
poster The Beilis Case
The Beilis Case
(2.9/5)
0mn - Drama, Crime
Ukrainian silent courtroom drama about the trial on charges of Menachem Mendel Beilis in the ritual murder of 12-year-old Andrey Yushchinsky. Menahem Mendel Beilis was a Ukrainian Jew accused of ritual mu…
poster The Great Commandment
The Great Commandment
(3/5)
78mn - Drama
In first-century Judea, Joel, the son of a strict Pharisee and secret leader of zealot rebels, encounters the transformative teachings of Jesus and must choose between his violent quest for Jewish indepen…
poster The Witch's Revenge
The Witch's Revenge
3mn - Fantasy
Two guards bring a sorcerer into the hall of a palace of the time of the Middle Ages. The king who follows them orders the sorcerer to be chained and to be condemned to death for his practice of witchcraf…
poster Texas Terror
Texas Terror
(2.6/5)
50mn - Action, Adventure, Drama
A guilt-ridden sheriff abandons his badge after believing he killed his best friend during a bank robbery shootout. When he meets his deceased friend's sister struggling to run her ranch, he must confront…
poster The Five Accursed Gentlemen
The Five Accursed Gentlemen
58mn - Drama
When five gentlemen humiliate a merchant in a Tunisian bazaar, the latter curses them, telling them the order of their deaths within a given time frame. The men begin to die in the order they were chosen…
poster Buried Alive
Buried Alive
62mn - Crime, Drama, Romance
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed fo…
poster The Burglar’s Dilemma
The Burglar’s Dilemma
15mn - Drama, Crime
In this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young burglar is about to enter the house. The jealous brother summons police, who then charge the intruder wit…
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