Summary: Agatha Christie's world famous mysteries are delightfully adapted in a new series of French TV movies, sexy, witty and definitely addictive! Set in the 1950s, these iconic stories introduce new investigators in classic Christie style. Chief Inspector Laurence, a man of class and refined taste, and the young ambitious journalist Alice Avril, along with Laurence's ever loyal secretary, Marlene....
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Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AGASummary: A young girl is brutally murdered. The prime suspect is a cold and reclusive man who is obsessed with his beautiful neighbor. He spends his nights watching her through his window, but when she discovers that she is being spied on, she becomes the aggressor in an erotically charged relationship that leads to a deadly game of cat -and -mouse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MONSummary: A small-time hood kills a policeman and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to the police and he gets killed trying to escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BRESummary: Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphael Balthazar can make the dead speak like no one else, as a forensic pathologist in Paris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BALSummary: When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann are sent to investigate on behalf of their respective countries. The case takes a surreal turn when a shocking discovery is made at the crime scene, forcing the French and British police into an uneasy partnership.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TUNSummary: As a forensic pathologist in Paris, Raphael Balthazar can make the dead speak like no one else. He solves the city's most disturbing crimes with no-nonsense chief inspector Hľn̈e Bach, who, in Series Two, helps him reopen the one case that still haunts him: his wife₂s murder. ₁Solid and inviting crime drama₂ TV Insider.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BALSummary: Devastated by his friend's death, Parisian forensic pathologist Raphal͡ Balthazar has vowed never to touch a corpse again. But his resolve wavers when he discovers a dead body while sailing, and soon he₂s working once more with Chief Inspector Hľn̈e Bach, who₂s closing in on their most elusive suspect: his wife's killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BALSummary: Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphaël Balthazar can make the dead speak like no one else. As a forensic pathologist in Paris, he works with chief inspector Hélène Bach to solve the city's most disturbing crimes. But there's one case that continues to haunt him, the murder of his wife over a decade ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BALSummary: Falsely accused of murder, Balthazar is on the run, while his colleagues at the police and the Forensic Institute have been suspended. When a diabolical killer emerges, Balthazar comes out of hiding to set things right.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BALSummary: A film version of a sensational true-life crime in 1930s France about two sisters forced into servitude who murder their employers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MURSummary: Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau came to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her lover. As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique's fate, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Oscar-nominate film delves into her past, reconstructing her struggle to find a foothold in the city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VERSummary: A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. Only one is guilty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EIGSummary: "The blockbuster French television series 'Murder in...' sweeps you along to the great sites and regions of France. Cops chase down the criminals against stunning backdrops: lush forests, remote islands, rocky coastlines, beaches with clear blue water and grand ranches. Sure, there's a murder or two, but along the way you'll get to know French cuisine, unique characters and centuries-old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MURSummary: Agatha Christie's world-famous mysteries are delightfully adapted in a new series of highly stylized French TV movies. Set in the 1950s, these iconic stories introduce new investigators in classic Christie style: Chief Inspector Laurence, a man of class and refined taste, and the ambitious young journalist Alice Avril along with Laurence s ever-loyal secretary, Marlene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AGASummary: The set includes: Murderous Melodies - Based on the novel by Agatha Christie The Sittaford Mystery; A Crazy Case- Based on the Hercule Poirot novel Evil Under the Sun; Zero Hour - Based on the novel by Agatha Christie Towards Zero; Rendezvous with Death - Based on the Hercule Poirot novel Appointment with Death; A Body for Breakfast - Based on the works of Agatha Christie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AGASummary: Ex-pat antiques dealer Jean White solves new mysteries in Sainte Victoire, from a deep-sea diving mishap to a historical duel, alongside her friend-and flirting partner-Dom. "Enjoyably gentle Gallic whodunit" -Telegraph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MADSummary: Alex Beck is a kindhearted pediatrician in Paris who goes out of his way to help the poor in the clinic where he works. Blissfully married to his childhood sweetheart Margot, she disappears (and he is left in a coma) while on vacation. On the eighth anniversary of her death, the police interrogate Alex after two bodies are unearthed near the site of her murder, along items that seem to connect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed in the U.S. by] Music Box Films 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TELSummary: A small-time hood kills a police officer and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to the police, leading to a deadly conclusion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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Summary: Set in 1920s Provence, follows the tempestuous affairs Italian migrant Toni has with two women and their tragic consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Distribution 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TONSummary: "The blockbuster French television series 'Murder in...' sweeps you along to the great sites and regions of France. Cops chase down the criminals against stunning backdrops: lush forests, remote islands, rocky coastlines, beaches with clear blue water and grand ranches. Sure, there's a murder or two, but along the way you'll get to know French cuisine, unique characters and centuries-old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This absurdist, metaphysical murder mystery opens with the discovery of human body parts stuffed inside a cow on the outskirts of the English Channel in northern France. The bumbling and mumbling Captain Van der Weyden is assigned to investigate the crime, but he has to contend with a young prankster, the mischievous Quinquin, as he proceeds to investigate the case.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LILSummary: Long-awaited and unseen anywhere for decades, Georges Simenon₂s Maigret (1960- 1963) is the definitive adaptation of Georges Simenon₂s world famous novels. This BBC television production stars Rupert Davies as Commissaire Jules Maigret, the dogged French detective. Though Simenon₂s books have been adapted many times, Davies₂s celebrated, BAFTA-winning portrayal won the approval of Simenon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY BRITISH TV MAISummary: Long-awaited and unseen anywhere for decades, Maigret (1960-1963) is the definitive adaptation of Georges Simenon's world-famous novels. The BBC television production stars Rupert Davies as Commissaire Jules Maigret, the dogged French detective. Though Simenon's books have been adapted many times, Davies's celebrated, BAFTA-winning portrayal won the approval of Simenon himself, who stated: "At...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY BRITISH TV MAISummary: A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021