Dr Tony Shaw
Mainly the Obscure, and/or mainly 'Outsider' Literature
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Verneuil (Henri)
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Verneuil (Henri)
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2 January 2022
Henri Verneuil's
Mayrig
(1991)
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Robert Guédigian's grandfather in Germany was immensely proud to learn that his grandson hadn't, unlike like the earlier Charles Azn...
24 December 2021
Henri Verneuil's
Le Grand chef | Gangster Boss
(1959)
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I know I have a thing about title translations (OK, translation in general) but 'Gangster Boss' is surely one of the most stupid. Wh...
23 December 2021
Henri Verneuil's
L'Affaire d'une nuit | It Happened All Night
(1960)
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Michel (Roger Hanin) meets his old childhood friend Antoine (Pierre Mondy) – who could almost be one of Francis Veber's Pignons (or Perr...
22 December 2021
Henri Verneuil's
Mille milliards de dollars
(1982)
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Yes, that's a thousand billion dollars, a huge sum of money today and obviously considerably much more huge in 1982. But that's the ...
28 December 2019
Henri Verneuil's
Un singe en hiver | A Monkey in Winter
(1970)
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Henri Vernueil's Un singe en hiver is of course a classic, full of highly memorable phrases, and largely set in Villerville, Calvado...
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