Jules Dassin
March, 1962
When his name was added to the list of Hollywood personalities ill-starred in the House Un-American Activities hearings of the late Forties, it seemed certain that Jules Dassin--then ranked among America's most gifted postwar directors -- had cued the clackboard for his last take. In 1951, the black-listed moviemaker finally expatriated himself to Paris in search of film work. He found it. With the crackling suspense drama Rififi in 1955, the Connecticut-born, ex-Borscht Belt actor demonstrated...
