56 years ago:
The 25th Hour (FR,IT,US,YU)
Original title: La vingt-cinquième heure
A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.
1967-04-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/66568
#The25thHour #HenriVerneuil #AnthonyQuinn #SergeReggiani #VirnaLisi #FrançoiseBonnot #WomenInFilm

59 years ago:
Greed in the Sun (FR,IT)
Original title: Cent mille dollars au soleil
Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless youngster who stole a brand-new truck and its payload. Riddled with bad luck, Marec will face the dangers of the desert, as well as a fishy partner, and a reluctant, misogynist tow-truck helper until the...
1964-04-17
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/34059
#GreedintheSun #HenriVerneuil #ClassicFilm

39 years ago:
The Vultures (FR)
Original title: Les Morfalous
April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his s...
1984-03-28
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/72664
#TheVultures #HenriVerneuil #JeanPaulBelmondo #MichelConstantin #JacquesVilleret

67 years ago:
People of No Importance (FR)
Original title: Des gens sans importance
During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is already married and is old enough to be Clothilde’s father. Things take a turn for the worse when Je...
1956-02-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/59496
#PeopleofNoImportance #HenriVerneuil #ClassicFilm #Movies

41 years ago:
A Thousand Billion Dollars (FR)
Original title: Mille milliards de dollars
A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American multinational company intent on taking over several French industries. The journalist's objective is to garner enough e...
1982-02-09
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4023
#AThousandBillionDollars #HenriVerneuil #ClassicFilm