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Jules Dassin

Career: Active from 1941 to 2005, with a break from 1982 to 2004, busiest in 1942 with 3 main titles.

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Rififi
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jules Dassin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.5, average 2.2
Tech & Humanity
0.5, average 1.6
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 3
Melancholy 3
Social Commentary 2
Character Study 2
1960s 2
Film Noir 2
Crime Drama 2
Revenge 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Tense Atmosphere 2
Betrayal 2
Cynical Worldview 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides

as Narrator (voice)

1980s

1 title · average score 47

Circle of Two

47

Director

1970s

3 titles · average score 64

A Dream of Passion

70

Screenplay, Director

The Rehearsal

Writer, Director

Promise at Dawn

58

as Ivan Mosjukine

1960s

7 titles · average score 63

Uptight

77

Director, Producer

Director

10:30 P.M. Summer

49

Director, Producer

Topkapi

81

as Turkish Cop (uncredited)

Phaedra

37

as Christos (uncredited)

Never on Sunday

70

as Homer Thrace

Crack in the Mirror

66

Writer

1950s

4 titles · average score 79

The Law

69

Director, Screenplay

He Who Must Die

76

Director, Writer

Rififi

89

as Cesar le Milanais

Night and the City

83

Director

1940s

11 titles · average score 68

Thieves' Highway

87

as Man in Freight Elevator (uncredited)

The Naked City

76

Director

Brute Force

81

Director

Two Smart People

65

Director

A Letter for Evie

68

Director

The Canterville Ghost

78

Director

Young Ideas

54

Director

Reunion in France

58

Director

The Affairs of Martha

66

Director

Nazi Agent

55

Director

The Tell-Tale Heart

66

Director