
The Big Combo(1955)
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.


In a French coastal town, Det. Dermot Kinross is inspecting the murder of antiques dealer Maurice Lawes, and the evidence points to Lawes's son, Toby -- and especially to Toby's bride-to-be, Eve Atwood. Eve's ex-husband, Ned, had his eyes set on something Lawes possessed.

Phyllis Kirk
Eve Atwood

Dan O'Herlihy
Dermot Kinross

Wilfrid Hyde-White
Sir Maurice Lawes

Petula Clark
Janice Lawes

Jack Watling
Toby Lawes

William Franklyn
Ned Atwood

Margaret Withers
Lady Helena Lawes

Guido Lorraine
Prefect Aristide Goron

Jacques Cey
Busson

Andre Charisse
Gaston
That Woman Opposite is a crime, drama film released in 1957 exploring themes of british high society, cocktail bar setting. Directed by Compton Bennett, it stars Phyllis Kirk, Dan O'Herlihy, Wilfrid Hyde-White. In a French coastal town, Det. Dermot Kinross is inspecting the murder of antiques dealer Maurice Lawes, and the evidence points to Lawes's son, Toby -- and especially to Toby's bride-to-be, Eve Atwood. Eve's ex-husband, Ned, had his eyes set on something Lawes possessed.
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