### Clue: Success after actor's debut in French film (5)
### Answer: FARGO 
 ### Explanation: Definition: film
 GO(a success, as in "to make a go of a new venture") *** placed after***(after) [A{actor's initial letter(debut)} ***contained in***(in) FR(abbrev. for $$Fr$$ench)].
Answer:  Award winning 1996 quirky film produced, directed and written by the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan.