Roger Hanin Movies
The son of French parents, Algerian-born actor Roger Hanin went on stage in Paris after a tentative stab at studying law and pharmaceutics. Most of Hanin's appearances in European productions were imitations of American "film noir" melodramas, in which he usually played hardbitten Robert Mitchum types. Few of Hanin's films were widely released in the United States, though filmgoers might remember such titles as Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968), and the American-financed western The Revengers (1972). Roger Hanin's most sustained term of prominence occured in the mid '60s, when he played a secret agent known as the Tiger in several espionage spoofs directed by Claude Chabrol. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide- 1971
This drama is based on a 1953 one-act play by Georges Amaudi. It details the confrontation between a determined young criminal and two brutal policemen who are bent on exacting a confession from him. The young criminal and his partner were caught after they attempted to rob a circus ticket booth. Even though they all know his partner killed the ticket clerk, the two policemen conducting the boy's interview have decided they want him to confess to the killing. During the interview, the policemen use every inducement they can think of to get the man to confess. Carrots failing, they then beat him almost to death. The town mayor, however, has overheard the whole affair, and is indignant. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1970
An unsettled teen (Jacques Portet) who was born in Tunisia but brought to France for adoption in early childhood searches to discover his North African roots. Leaving France, he is cared for by an elderly woman who delights in giving him tours of Tunis. When he feels that time is passing him by too quickly, he sets out to earn enough money to return to continue his journey of self discovery. The woman tries to tell him that time will pass no matter what happens, but the boy is determined to travel. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Patrick Jouane, Jacques Portet, (more)
- 1969
- R
Gino (Jean Servais) breaks out of jail and visits his friend Tony (Gary Lockwood) with a plan to rob an armored car. Although both men are motivated by greed, Tony says no to the risky proposition. When Gino is killed by some trigger-happy cops, Tony decides to avenge his death by going ahead with the robbery. Tony, a Vegas blackjack dealer, takes up with Ann (Elke Sommer), the private secretary of Shorsky (Lee J. Cobb), the owner of the armored-car company. With the help of some inside information from Ann, Tony and his henchmen pull off the heist, and the car seems to disappear in the desert. Treasury agent Douglas (Jack Palance) is called in to solve the mystery of the vanishing truck. As he closes in, the gang gets nervous when they can't open up the truck and everyone pulls out their guns in an unbridled display of greed and paranoia. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, (more)
- 1969
This suspense story finds a severed hand leading to the psychological demise of the people who come in contact with it. The hand is removed when the murderers fail to stuff all of the victim's body into a trunk. The mastermind of the killing is murdered by his wife and her lover in a macabre scene that parallels the fate of the first victim. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Natalie Delon, Henri Serre, (more)
- 1969
Bruno (Christian Mesnier) is the 12-year-old boy whose parents are contemplating a divorce. He spends a weekend with his womanizing father Michel (Roger Hanin). The two have father-and-son talks in which young Bruno shows more common sense than his father. The astute 12-year-old already knows about the pill and sees the fallout of the sexual revolution affecting him personally. Bruno eventually convinces his father to attempt a reconciliation with the boy's mother in this routine story about a young boy's needs in a world of confused adults. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roger Hanin, Francine Bergé, (more)
- 1967
An espionage saga as a secret agent tries to infiltrate a spy ring in the Middle East, this one holds no real surprises. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- 1966
An extremely sub-James Bond orientation drives this thriller -- made in Europe but trying to look and sound American -- about a counter-intelligence operative (identified as a "super-agent" by his boss) investigating a leak to the Soviets. Dark, good-looking Ray Danton plays Larson, the "super-agent" in this awkward (but, on that level, enjoyable) yet knowing spoof of the genre. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roger Hanin
- 1966
Plastic surgery allows a notorious criminal to continue his trade. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1966
The nefarious Fu Manchu strikes again in this crime drama. This time the megalomaniacal Manchu plots to earn the money he needs to build a world-dominating ray gun by abducting the daughters of 12 important world leaders. His dastardly daughter assists. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christopher Lee, Marie Versini, (more)
- 1965
Larson (Ray Danton) is a CIA agent who breaks a communist spy ring that has infiltrated key United States agencies in Europe in this routine spy actioner. Pascale Petit is on hand for distaff interest for the hero. The film is one in a long line of Bond-styled thrillers that glutted the market in the mid 1960s. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ray Danton, Pascale Petit, (more)
- 1965
Tigre (Roger Hanin) is a French undercover agent sent to stop ex-Nazis in their attempt to take over Latin America. He is captured and flogged by henchmen for the group who assist in political revolutions with men and money. Marilyn Monroe-clone Margaret Lee co-stars in this routine spy thriller with plenty of violent fights and comic-book style action. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roger Hanin, Roger Dumas, (more)
- 1965
When a French secret agent is set the task of securing a shipment of sunken gold somewhere off Martinique, he finds that he first must outwit a band of rebels who are also after it. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- 1964
In this espionage drama, international spies stalk a German scientist in possession of important information about a rocket re-entry project. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1964
Roger Hanin stars as the secret agent LeTigre in this routine spy actioner. The film recycles a scene from Goldfinger with a car-smashing machine, but the results are less-than satisfying than other films of the genre. Daniela Bianchi plays Mika, the daughter of a Turkish diplomat. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roger Hanin, Maria Mauban, (more)
- 1964
Before French director Claude Chabrol was adopted by the auterists, he was a workaday craftsman turning out purely commercial products. Code Name: Tiger is an average spy-counterspy effort, starring Roger Hanin as a secret agent known as "Le Tiger". Unlike James Bond, Le Tiger is a military strategist, choosing to attack first before pondering more subtle, subversive methods. Le Tiger's current mission is to prevent a secret organization from bollixing up a deal between Turkey and France for the sale of 40 fighter jets. The original French title for Code Name: Tiger was Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche (The Tiger Likes Fresh Blood). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1963
Comedian Ugo Tognazzi as Umberto and Vittorio Gassmann as Domenico are featured in this comedy-drama about the 1920 march to Rome that saw the beginning of fascism in Italy. As the duo make their way to the capital along with many others, several misadventures highlight the trip, providing opportunities for comedy as well as a certain amount of ironic commentary on the political nuances of the march. The ambiance and setting of the era has been aptly re-created to more effectively bring home the story's main themes. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, (more)
- 1962
Roger Hanin plays "The Gorilla" in Deadly Decoy. No, he doesn't have elongated arms or hair all over his body. The Gorilla is a top secret agent, famed for his strength and dexterity. His assignment this time around is to prevent a political assassination. He expedites this by setting himself up as the target. Roger Dumas and Pierre Dac costar in Deadly Decoy, which didn't make it into American theatres until the James Bond craze peaked in 1965. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
