pierre clémenti.

(belle de jour, 1967)

as the sleazy, gold-toothed thug marcel, clémenti provides a sexual awakening to first-time hooker séverine (catherine deneuve) and, in the process, shows the world that blood-thirsty creeps can still make you swoon.

alain delon.

blah blah blah... talented mr. ripley... blah blah blah... psychopath. it's alain! delon! those eyes. those french eyes. don't question it. just let it happen. 

(plein soleil, 1960)