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Lino Ventura. Actor: Army of Shadows. One of France's most beloved character stars from the 1950s through and including the 1980s was the Italian-born Lino Ventura.
Lino Ventura. Actor: Army of Shadows. One of France's most beloved character stars from the 1950s through and including the 1980s was the Italian-born Lino Ventura.
An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France. Director Jean-Pierre Melville Stars Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel. 2. Elevator to the Gallows. 1958 1h 31m Not Rated. 7.9 (29K) Rate. 94 Metascore.
A former professional wrestler, even at the modest height of 5’7” Lino looked like he could hold his own in a fight. He was not someone you wanted mad at you. Yet there was a warmth in his eyes which he betrayed just enough to make you love him. Lino made magic on-screen, but in private life, he was just that.
Oct 24, 1987 · Lino Ventura, a former prizefighter who portrayed husky tough guys and rough detectives in dozens of French films, has died at the age of 68.
Lino Ventura: The reluctant actor who became one of European cinema’s great tough guys. The one-time middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling champion of Europe was a a surprisingly nuanced screen presence.
Sep 8, 2022 · A professional wrestler before Jacques Becker cast him as a supporting hood in Touchez-pas au grisbi (1954), Lino Ventura became one of France’s most popular stars of the 1960s and ’70s, balancing taciturn, tough-guy roles for directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville (Army of Shadows, 1969) and Claude Sautet (L’Arme a gauche, 1965) with ...
