Jules Dassin Dies

A U.S. Army hero returns to New York from Korea, but has been mysteriously programmed by Communists to assassinate a presidential nominee, but when his Army buddy becomes suspicious of the goings on, he is on the trail to stop him.

Filmmaker Jules Dassin has died following a short illness. He was 96. The American director passed away in an Athens, Greece hospital on Monday.


 


Dassin, who is best known for his Oscar-winning 1960 movie ‘Never On Sunday’, was married to the late Greek actress and culture minister Melina Mercouri.


 


Dassin started his career as an actor and theatre producer; his breakthrough came when he became an assistant to legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock in 1940.


 


Dassin went on to marry Mercouri, who starred in his Never On Sunday, which won the Oscar for Best Original Song and for which Dassin received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writing, Story And Screenplay.


 


Dassin will also be remembered for directorial works including ‘Naked City’, ‘Rififi’, and ‘Topkapi’.