''The Black Hand'' (French: ''La main noire'', Italian: ''La mano nera'') is a 1968 French-Italian
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
directed by
Max Pécas
Max Pécas (25 April 1925 in Lyon – 10 February 2003 in Paris) was a French filmmaker, writer and producer.
Pécas was assistant director to Jacques Daroy and others from 1948 to 1957. After making erotic movies and thrillers through the 1960s ...
and starring
Janine Reynaud,
Chantal Nobel and
Jean Topart
Jean Topart (13 April 1922 – 29 December 2012) was a French actor. He was considered one of the best known voices on French television for decades. In addition to providing the voices and narration for television series and animated films, Topa ...
.
[Krawc p.310]
Cast
* James Harris as Thomas Varga
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Janine Reynaud as Mafalda
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Anny Nelsen as Albane
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Chantal Nobel as Éléonore
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Jean Topart
Jean Topart (13 April 1922 – 29 December 2012) was a French actor. He was considered one of the best known voices on French television for decades. In addition to providing the voices and narration for television series and animated films, Topa ...
as Zanror
*
Pierre Tissot as Un membre de la Main Noire
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Luigi Cortese as Un homme de main
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Claude Salez as Un membre de la Main Noire
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Michel Charrel as Llasan
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Alfred Baillou as Le nain
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Doris Thomas as Vivian Ray
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Jean Franval as Le garagiste
*
Colette Régis
Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280
Selected filmography
* ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited)
* '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt
* '' La Bête Humaine'' (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux
* ''T ...
as La gouvernante
*
Jacques Bernard as Ferenzari
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Rico Lopez as Un homme de main
References
Bibliography
* Alfred Krawc. ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: France (from the beginnings to 1980)''. Saur, 1983.
External links
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1968 films
Italian crime thriller films
French crime thriller films
1960s crime thriller films
1960s French-language films
Films directed by Max Pécas
1960s French films
1960s Italian films
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