Just Before Nightfall 1971
A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala.
In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire for her mother.
A young cowboy, Johnny, playing in a rigged poker game is forced to shoot one of the other players. The cowboy takes quick leave as he is accused of murder and a reward for his capture is posted. After being wounded, he finds refuge on a ranch and becomes involved with the family. While he is away, a gang of Mexicans kills the McGowan family except for Sally, who manages to escape and find Johnny who is now out for revenge.
B 501, a newly developed controller for missiles, has disappeared despite the strict surveillance. Phillippe Tissout is sent by his boss to Paris to take over the case.
The son of an aging gunfighter returns home with a shipment of confederate gold.
A state senator is murdered outside his home, and the police arrest a strange man described as having "icy eyes" for the crime. An Italian reporter finds a stripper who claims to have been an eyewitness to the assassination and saw the man with the icy eyes commit it. At his trial she testifies against him, and he's sentenced to death. However, the reporter soon begins to find holes in the stripper's story, and other circumstances arise which makes him believe that the wrong man may have been convicted
Hit-man Clint Harris has one more job to do before he can retire. The corporation which hires him demands that Harris "erase" an ex-employee who has become a snitch for the police. At first Harris refuses but when his own brother is assassinated he accepts the job.
Story of a student in the town of Trieste, shaken up by the economic crisis.
Henry Silva is the police inspector Sterling who is devastated when a gang of robbers kill his son. He then becomes accused of having killed a police informer and is kicked out of the police department. His life seems ruined. To clear his name he will have to take the law into his own hands, and excitement will ensue!
The film is a rundown of the songs sung by the stars of the time, chained to various shows such as strip and comic caricatures.
John Chandler is sentenced to death only to re-emerge as his own brother, courtesy of the CIA who have arranged the subterfuge so they can use him as a double agent.
Since the car accident that caused the death of his wife, the comics author Stéphane Destouches sinks into alcohol and wanders the roads of Morocco.
Romolo, a man lazy and devoid of any interest, has been married for ten years with Ines, the owner of a small service station. Tired of supporting his despotic and demanding wife, Romolo searches for a way out and finds it when Orazio, a former fellow soldier, who lives by his wits, invites him to roam freely with him around the world.
Boxer Teddy Wilcox leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox's first fight, Nick receives a threat-- Wilcox loses, or Nick will die.
Photographer Philippe Abregas teams up with a Swedish model he met in Roman high society and tells her the story of the four other girls he has chosen to feature on the cover of his magazine.