Jules Dassin, the American-born film director, screenwriter and actor, has died in Athens at age 96. He was best known for his films Topkapi and Never On Sunday. Dassin's films often reflected his ...

Jules Dassin, a film director who left Hollywood during the communist blacklisting era, died in Athens. He passed away Monday at the age of 97. Dassin was married to the Greek actress Melina Mercouri, ...

Director Jules Dassin, the American-born auteur behind the 1955 film-noir masterpiece Rififi, died March 31 in Athens. He was 96. Rififi, a safe-cracking caper that earned a long-delayed reissue in ...

In 1968, filmmaker Jules Dassin collaborated with Ruby Dee and civil rights activist Julian Mayfield on Uptight, a "politically radical" film noir about Black revolution, framed against the April 4 ...

Just a week after Richard Widmark, the star of his classic 1950 noir Night And The City, passed away, director Jules Dassin has followed at age 96. Dassin was one of the masters of the noir genre, ...

American expatriate Jules Dassin, director of such films as “Naked City,” “Rififi,” “Never on Sunday” and “Topkapi,” died Monday in Athens. He was 96. With a couple of exceptions, Dassin lived and ...

Jules Dassin, 96, an American filmmaker who was blacklisted for alleged communist sympathies and who flourished as an expatriate with the celebrated "Rififi" and "Never on Sunday," died March 31 at an ...

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American director Jules Dassin, whose Greek wife Melina Mercouri starred in his hit movie "Never on Sunday" and six more of his films, died late Monday at an Athens hospital, officials said. He was 96 ...