1955-1965 could be described as Hollywood's McCarthyist era, characterized by Cold War hysteria, the blacklisting of anyone and anything even vaguely associated with Communism, the end of film noir, etc.

French cinema didn't go that way, another important director of the period was Jean-Pierre Melville.

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