Pascale Petit Movies

The press release for the TV movie Berlin Affair described how "an employee of a sophisticated international murder-for-hire syndicate is assigned to hunt down..." Fill in the blank. Is it (a) his wife, (b) his best friend, or (c) a good chili restaurant? If you answered "b", then you can fill in the rest of this predictable spy caper. Before murderer-for-hire Darren McGavin can finish his mission, he is drugged and beaten up by the bad guys, and romanced by pretty Pascale Petit. Also featured in Berlin Affair are Fritz Weaver, Claude Dauphin, and Berlin Itself. The film bears no relation to the 1985 theatrical espionager of the same name. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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

The literal English translation of the German-titled film here is "The Hostess of the Lahn." Suzanne (Terry Torday) is the beautiful redhead who runs an inn in the town of Giessen. She is the subject of many inspirational love songs by the student population. The lyrics also reflect the Germans' resentment and hostility toward the French occupation by the army of Napoleon. Suzanne appears in various stages of undress in this slow-moving feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Nello Pazzafini, using the pseudonym "Ted Carter," leads a band of outlaws in this rousing spaghetti western from director Giuliano Carmineo (as "Anthony Ascott"). Lisa (Pascale Petit) and her brother Paul are settlers who discover an abandoned mine full of gold but are attacked and robbed by Pazzafini's gang. Wandering to the town of Eagle's Nest, Lisa enlists the aid of a vagabond gunfighter named Joe Collins (Jeffrey Hunter) in getting back the gold and avenging her brother's murder. Aldo Lastretti appears as the obligatory fake priest, Rev. Riley, and genre regulars Daniela Giordano and Piero Lulli co-star. Hugo Fregonese collaborated on the screenplay, while Ricardo Pallottini provided the striking cinematography. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Sly and greedy young people endeavor to use l'amour to get their hands on a fortune in this French comedy. The story begins when an aspiring young artist falls hopelessly in love with his model Julie, an extraordinarily beautiful redhead. He desperately wants to marry her, but his father insists that he abandon the foolishness of art and take over the family business. The dutiful young son does so, but deep down regrets not pursuing his dream. He marries another and produces a son. Eventually he dies, leaving his son only one third of his empire. The rest he bequeathed to the beautiful, long-gone Julie. The son is anxious to find this enigmatic woman so he can buy her out. Unfortunately, she too has died and left the money to her daughter, also a Julie. To get at the fortune, he launches a whirlwind courtship. Unfortunately, things don't quite work out as planned. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The protagonists in this routine sexual drama are less than appealing, which makes involvement in their one-night peccadillo a difficult challenge. Catherine (Pascale Petit, on her way to making a spate of movies in this decade) and Michel (Roger Hanin) meet when Michel runs into an old school friend who happens to be Catherine's husband. The husband asks Michel to give Catherine a lift to her next destination and after he agrees, the two set out in the car. Before many miles have passed, a lusty flirtation is well underway and the strangers decide to spend a wild night together. The results of this indiscretion are much worse than either could have realized. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Too lugubrious and downbeat to come off as believable, this routine tragedy by director Yvan Govar contains several misunderstandings leading to multiple deaths. Gus (Karl Boehm) has just gone through a harrowing trial for the murder of his stepfather, and he was acquitted. Once back home again, he discovers that the townspeople still consider him to be a murderer. His one remaining friend soon loses that distinction when his girlfriend falls for Gus, and leaves him. That is bad enough, but then she is killed in an accident and as might be expected, everyone blames Gus. His situation goes from bad to much worse -- but the count of victims has not ended. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Les Tricheurs (The Cheats) was director Marcel Carne's first film after a two-year absence from the screen. On the surface, the film is a gallic variation of an American "j.d." film, with young, aimless teenagers being led astray by jazz music rather than Rock 'N' Roll. But there's much more to the story than that: Carne's youthful characters are not so much people as symbols of the postwar relaxation of worldwide manners and mores. In anticipation of the "hippie flicks" of the 1960s, the main characters indulge in a great deal of sex, but abstain from true love and commitment, citing these things as irrelevant in a world full of instant gratification. Of the cast, Pascale Petit stands out as a trendy young girl whose willingness to follow the crowd leads to tragedy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

While the Elizabeth Taylor version of Cleopatra was still in production, all sorts of quickie productions and previously produced European epics concerning the Queen of Egypt began burrowing out of the woodwork. The Italian Queen for Caesar (Una Regina per Cesare) is listed as a 1962 release, though chances are it was lensed a few years earlier. Pascale Petit stars as Cleo, with sword-and-sandal veteran Gordon Scott as one of her paramours. The film covers the years between Cleopatra's ascendancy to the throne to her dalliance with Roman emperor Julius Caesar. Cleo's subsequent romance with Marc Antony is only hinted at in the film's last reels. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide