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Jules Dassin

Jules Dassin

ActorDirectorProducerWriter Dec 18 (died age 96) Middletown, Connecticut, USA 1941–2023 (82 year career)
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julius "Jules" Dassin (December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He was a subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, and subsequently moved to France, where he revived his career. Dassin quickly became better known for his noir films Brute Force (1947), The Naked City (1948), and Thieves' Highway (1949), which helped him to become "one of the leading American filmmakers of the postwar era." …

Known For

Rififi
Film

Rififi

Cesar le Milanais
Night and the City
Film

Night and the City

Director
The Naked City
Film

The Naked City

Director
Brute Force
Film

Brute Force

Director
Topkapi
Film

Topkapi

Turkish Cop (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway
Film

Thieves' Highway

Man in Freight Elevator (uncredited)
Never on Sunday
Film

Never on Sunday

Homer Thrace
The Canterville Ghost
Film

The Canterville Ghost

Director

Filmography