Frank Villard

Frank Villard

Born: March 25, 1917
Died: September 19, 1980
in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Charente-Maritime, France

Movies for Frank Villard...

Apocalypse Now
Title: Apocalypse Now
Character: Gaston de Marais (Long Version)
Released: August 15, 1979
Type: Movie
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Title: How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Character: Patron de « Tricot mesure à domicile » et tolard (Le Procès)
Released: October 28, 1965
Type: Movie
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Title: How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Character: Marcel Froment, patron du «Panier Fleuri», Toulon (La Fermeture)
Released: October 28, 1965
Type: Movie
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
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When the Pheasants Pass
Title: When the Pheasants Pass
Character: M. Gino (non crédité)
Released: September 10, 1965
Type: Movie
Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who involves them (against their will) in high-profile swindling, but their success is quite limited. For starters they are deceived by Mrs. Paterson, a charming widow. Later on, Ribeiro, a Portuguese contractor and former victim of the two crooks, traces them and forces them to work on one of his building sites for damages. Just then, Larsan-Bellac resurfaces with plans to lure Ribeiro once again. —Guy Bellinger
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Mata Hari, Agent H21
Title: Mata Hari, Agent H21
Character: Colonel Emile Pelletier / Legrand
Released: January 29, 1964
Type: Movie
Ordered to seduce French captain and steal from him classified papers, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and a spy, instead falls in love with him and blows the cover.
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No temas a la ley
Title: No temas a la ley
Character: Jean Farand
Released: August 2, 1963
Type: Movie
Jean Faran has the misfortune to run over with his car a young woman named Micaela. Once recovered from the fright, she invites him to her house to have a few drinks.
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The Gentleman from Epsom
Title: The Gentleman from Epsom
Character: Lucien
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: Movie
The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.
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The Lovely Lola
Title: The Lovely Lola
Character: Edmond
Released: September 6, 1962
Type: Movie
"La Bella Lola" is a struggling singer trying to make a living for herself and her sister Ana in late 19th Century Spain. Lola is having an affair with Gabriel, a rich and influential older man who gives her jewelry and supports her singing career. Things change rapidly when Lola meets and falls in love with young playboy Javier, although the romance is doomed from the start. Javier belongs to an aristocratic family and has a bright future as a politician.
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Crime Does Not Pay
Title: Crime Does Not Pay
Character: M. Lenormand (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (as Franck Villard)
Released: July 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Husband try to kill his wife with a help of the plan he saw in a film. But reality is not a film.
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No Man's Land
Title: No Man's Land
Character: De Rossi
Released: March 2, 1962
Type: Movie
A group of traveling persons end up as prisoners of a German sergeant and his squad, in an isolated and precarious cabin in the country.
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
Title: The Counterfeiters of Paris
Character: Éric Masson
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: Movie
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.
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The Secret of the Blue Men
Title: The Secret of the Blue Men
Character: Hernandez
Released: August 11, 1961
Type: Movie
An adventurer intends to seize the fabulous treasure of the Tuaregs. But when he falls in love with a beautiful Indian woman, he ends up defending the booty from other adventurers with less scruples.
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Deuxième Bureau contre terroristes
Title: Deuxième Bureau contre terroristes
Character: Jacques Martin
Released: May 31, 1961
Type: Movie
A spy is instructed to investigate a case of arms and women trafficking covered behind a funeral services company.
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The Price of Flesh
Title: The Price of Flesh
Character: Daniel, the journalist
Released: December 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Christiane, a gullible young girl who wants to become a dancer, is lured by Daniel, a handsome, elegant talker. He takes her to Tangiers and forces her to work in a shady cabaret. Christiane is in for a rude awakening.
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The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
Title: The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
Character: Commissioner Raffin
Released: September 22, 1959
Type: Movie
The Raffin Commissioner investigates the murder of an industrialist and it soon becomes apparent that the activities of the relatives of the deceased all revolve around the Folies-Bergere.
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Operation Abduction
Title: Operation Abduction
Character: Capitaine Thierry
Released: October 8, 1958
Type: Movie
The Secret Service abducts a "rocket scientist" to better protect him against gangsters acting for Chinese agents.
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The Violet Seller
Title: The Violet Seller
Character: Henri Barnard
Released: April 6, 1958
Type: Movie
On New Year's Eve 1899, Soledad is peddling violets in a Madrid busy street when she meets aristocrat Fernando. The couple falls in love but their different social backgrounds threatens the relationship. Fernando is under constant pressure from his older brother Alfonso who reminds him of his duties including his engagement to Magdalena, a countess. Disregarding all social conventions and scandalizing high society, Fernando sets up Soledad in a plush apartment and announces their marriage plans.
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Sylviane de mes nuits
Title: Sylviane de mes nuits
Character: Michel Lenoir
Released: December 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Michel Lenoir, a successful interior designer, has reached the middle of his life without ever getting married. A bit blue over it he dreams one night of a beautiful young woman. When he wakes up he is persuaded that this is the girl meant for him. He can't help thinking about her, talking about her, drawing her figure, her face, her eyes on paper. He even gives her a name: Sylviane. Later on, as he is holidaying in Portugal, he notices a charming girl swimming in the pool he is in. No doubt about it : he has found Sylviane. He follows her, talks to her, woos her and they are soon married. However, back in Paris, Michel realizes that Betty, an articulate sports writer, is not the idealized woman his brain had conceived. Things go awry and the couple is about to separate when well-meaning friends intervene and open up Michel's eyes : he must base his love story on everyday reality not on idle dreaming.
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The Mysteries of Paris
Title: The Mysteries of Paris
Character: Prince Rodolfo di Gerolstein
Released: August 21, 1957
Type: Movie
Paris 1838, Prince Rodolphe vows on the deathbed of his friend Matilde to find Germain, the woman's son kidnapped by his father at birth. Disguised as a tramp, he wanders the city's slums encountering various characters who either help or hinder him.
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Whereabouts Unknown
Title: Whereabouts Unknown
Character: Capitaine Thierry
Released: July 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Michel Thierry is asked by the Second Bureau to go to Provence to help two colleagues, Leroy and Orcado, who are monitoring a gang of arms dealers. As soon as he arrives, Orcado is shot and leaves him an incomprehensible message in which three words are written: Sarah, Métis, Yerco...
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Soupçons
Title: Soupçons
Character: Etienne Jean Marie de Montenoy
Released: November 23, 1956
Type: Movie
"Poisoner" - After her fiancé is arrested Claire finds herself alone and forced to find work. She is hired by a country squire, Etienne de Montenoy, as the tutor of his goddaughter. It does not take long before Montenoy falls for her but a little longer before the young woman, reluctant at first, understands Etienne loves her truly and then requites his love. Etienne lives so happily with her that he decides to make her his heir. Shortly after, he is murdered by poison...
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Nest of Spies
Title: Nest of Spies
Character: Capitaine Thierry
Released: November 16, 1956
Type: Movie
The mysterious death of a well-known criminal sparks an investigation into national security.
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Castle of the Banned Lovers
Title: Castle of the Banned Lovers
Character: Giudice Ranieri
Released: September 6, 1956
Type: Movie
The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with Olimpio. But she has to face the jealousy of his violent and morbid father, and the hostility of his stepmother Lucrezia, who has a relationship with her other stepson, James. The stepmother and stepson-lover plan to kill Francesco. And when the latter dies accidentally, they decide to put the blame on Beatrice and Olimpio.
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Guilty?
Title: Guilty?
Character: Pierre Lemaire
Released: April 10, 1956
Type: Movie
Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France searching for evidence to clear her name.
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The Indiscreet
Title: The Indiscreet
Released: March 16, 1956
Type: Movie
A dying man entrusts 25 million to a young girl's care, but she's afraid of being suspected of theft.
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Girls of Today
Title: Girls of Today
Character: Armando
Released: December 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Peppino Bardellotti, a widower, lives in Milan with his four daughters and ex sister-in-law Matilde, who urges girls to settle down by marrying a wealthy man.
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Crime Boulevard
Title: Crime Boulevard
Character: Gilbert Renaud
Released: July 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Madeleine Vernier, a renowned actress, is soon to perform a play written by her second husband, Gilbert Renaud. Her previous husband, Raymond, shows up and reveals to the young woman that the play is a transposition of a crime that Gilbert has always managed to hide. Disturbed and frightened, Madeleine regains her affection for Raymond, who is delighted, but mysteriously dies. The actress and author would have everything to fear from the police if Maguy, the couple's false friend, were the culprit. The curtain can finally be lifted.
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No Exit
Title: No Exit
Character: Joseph Garcin
Released: December 22, 1954
Type: Movie
The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the group fails to comprehend where they are or why they're there. When the horrible truth dawns upon them, they carp and snipe at one another, blaming everyone but themselves for their dismal fate.
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The Secret of Helene Marimon
Title: The Secret of Helene Marimon
Character: Jacques Taillandier
Released: May 13, 1954
Type: Movie
At the end of the Great War, the wounded Jacques Taillandier is cared for by the beautiful Hélène Marimon and becomes her lover. He hides from her the fact that her husband is a comrade from the trenches, and only reveals the truth when he learns of Marimon's death. Outraged, Hélène drives him away. After many years, Jacques reappears to learn that Hélène had once given him a daughter. Hélène, unwilling to reveal anything to young Dominique, forces the man she loves to leave her country. Dominique not only gets her mother to talk, but also reunites those separated by fate.
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Nuits andalouses
Title: Nuits andalouses
Character: Armand de Puysherbeux
Released: April 2, 1954
Type: Movie
When her father died, Dominique de Bellocombes inherited her ancestors' château, some worthless shares and a mine in Spain. To save the castle, which is in danger of falling into ruin, and pay off her debts, she is determined to marry Armand de Puysherbeux, whom she doesn't love, but who is rich. The situation changes abruptly, however, when news comes through that the Spanish mine holds a vein of untapped gold. Dominique leaves for Andalusia, abandoning her fiancé. Her fiancé, determined not to give up on the beautiful Dominique, precedes her to the site, destroys the plans and claims that the engineer is mad...
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Mandat d'amener
Title: Mandat d'amener
Released: August 2, 1953
Type: Movie
Appointed public prosecutor in a small provincial town, Gérard Latour befriends Delanglade, whose young wife becomes his mistress. Shortly afterwards, a fire ravages Delanglade's factory. During the ensuing investigation, the Public Prosecutor discovers the troubled past of the industrialist and his front man, Jacques Perthuis, an ex-convict. They themselves set fire to the factory to collect the insurance premium. Gérard Latour, suspecting his mistress of complicity in her husband's machinations, leaves her after a stormy argument.
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Voice of Silence
Title: Voice of Silence
Character: Mario Rossi
Released: April 29, 1953
Type: Movie
Voice of Silence is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, written by Giuseppe Berto, starring Aldo Fabrizi and Jean Marais.
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Wanda the Sinner
Title: Wanda the Sinner
Character: Stefano Lari
Released: August 16, 1952
Type: Movie
Wrongly accused of his wife's death, a marine officer is forced to resign and sees his life fall apart.
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The Seven Deadly Sins
Title: The Seven Deadly Sins
Character: Ravila (segment "Lust")
Released: March 27, 1952
Type: Movie
A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.
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The Cape of Hope
Title: The Cape of Hope
Character: Robert 'Bob' Legeay
Released: November 14, 1951
Type: Movie
Lyria, a faded beauty who runs a seedy waterfront bar, is madly in love with Bob, a crooked attorney. Bob can't bring himself to confess his love for Minnie, the pretty daughter of Simon, a safe cracker. In order to run away with her, Bob, one of the masterminds of a big-time robbery, betrays his friends. But Lyria, who has found out what is happening, makes Minnie fall into a deadly trap.
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Savage Triangle
Title: Savage Triangle
Character: Paul
Released: September 26, 1951
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one boy’s unconditional love for his mother, despite her tragic mistreatment of him. After being raised by a shepherd for the past 12 years, Simon (Pierre-Michel Beck) is reunited with his mother Marie (Madeleine Robinson). Marie is a prostitute in Marseilles and is now stable enough to welcome Simon back into her life. Unaware of her profession at first, Simon is happy to have his mom back, but in time he learns how she makes her living. This troubles Simon but he continues to love her, despite not loving her chosen profession. His anger toward this issue gets directed toward Marie’s louse of a boyfriend, Paul (Frank Villard), and the result is a heartfelt tale about love and family.
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Avalanche
Title: Avalanche
Character: Edouard Bouchard
Released: June 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Desiring to smuggle into Switzerland with her husband, a woman seduces a guide.
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The Beautiful Image
Title: The Beautiful Image
Character: Raoul Cérusier / Roland Colbert
Released: May 30, 1951
Type: Movie
One day, Raoul Cérusier realizes with amazement that his face has changed. With the exception of an old uncle, no one, not even his wife, recognizes him. From an ordinary, rather ugly man, he has become a charming young man on whom the prettiest girls turn, including his wife whom he seduces. Fortunately, he regains his old face in time and Madame Cérusier, losing a lover, finds her husband again.
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The Lovers of Bras-Mort
Title: The Lovers of Bras-Mort
Character: Jean Michaut
Released: May 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Jean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love with Monique, the daughter of a wealthy boat owner. The girl returns his affection but runs her head against the wall of her family's class prejudices. Her "nearest and dearest" prove indeed prepared to do everything to separate the two lovers. But Monique will not buy in. On the contrary, she leaves her intolerant family to live with Jean among simple, more tolerant bargemen.
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Secret Document: Vienna
Title: Secret Document: Vienna
Character: Rudolf Hennings
Released: August 8, 1950
Type: Movie
During the Great War, in Austria, an officer was shot on the orders of his superior von Pennwitz. Out of revenge, his widow becomes a spy in the pay of France, preoccupied with removing the person responsible for her husband's death. In charge of a mission to von Pennwitz, she suddenly finds herself face to face with her husband, who is still alive. It was a ruse of war to deceive the enemy. It is only at the armistice that the couple will be able to live in peace.
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Minne
Title: Minne
Character: Antoine
Released: May 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Minne is a very imaginative young lady. She pretends to have had lovers and can't think of anything better to do other than... to tell Antoine, her husband, the day she marries him. Bad beginning for the couple... As the marriage is not consummated for years, Minne feels frustrated and tries to find elsewhere the carnal knowledge she does not find at home. But Antoine is a kind-hearted man and on the occasion of a trip, a sexual balance is at last found between the two partners.
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Just Out
Title: Just Out
Character: Maréchal
Released: October 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon and the hero, Marc Fournier Zola Prize winner. Naive, the latter quickly becomes formidable, especially since his wife's infidelities have provided him with the material for a new novel.
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Gigi
Title: Gigi
Character: Gaston
Released: October 5, 1949
Type: Movie
Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old friend, the rich playboy Gaston LaChaille, and following his affairs from afar. But when Gaston throws off his latest mistress, it looks as if Gigi just might be ready to begin her destined career.
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The Cheat
Title: The Cheat
Character: François
Released: July 26, 1949
Type: Movie
The life of a weak-willed man is thrust into a downward spiral by the scheming of his manipulative girlfriend and her mother.
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The Red Signal
Title: The Red Signal
Character: Ing. Nicolas Riedel
Released: February 4, 1949
Type: Movie
A physician whose wife was killed when two trains collided has remained a tormented soul,In his mind,he can still hear his wife whisper "Stop the train! Stop it!" .
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Sextette
Title: Sextette
Character: Jean
Released: September 17, 1948
Type: Movie
A man remembers all the incredible stories that took place in his hotel.
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Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort
Title: Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort
Released: April 14, 1948
Type: Movie
Elisabeth D'Anthar cheats on her husband François with Simon De Chabre. François, who suspects something, surprises his rival and wounds him. Elisabeth 's sister, to save the situation, claims that Simon is actually in love with her and came to see her. They have to get engaged and Simon breaks up with his lover. But Elisabeth is not prepared to accept it, and she becomes the head of a gang of "drivers" in order to kidnap her husband. Famous Vidocq intervenes.
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False Identity
Title: False Identity
Released: December 6, 1947
Type: Movie
A man who has just deposited a will with a notary is run over by a car. As his overcoat bears the name and address of Emile Blondin on a label, the police go there and discover that the dead man is not Emile Blondin. But this one is soon discovered murdered. The police then became interested in Georges Blondin, the victim's brother, whose goddaughter, Juliette, was also the notary's secretary.
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The Marriage of Ramuntcho
Title: The Marriage of Ramuntcho
Character: Georges
Released: October 22, 1947
Type: Movie
A Parisian painter working in the Basque country succeeds in keeping together a young woman and her smuggler boyfriend, even though the artist has feelings for the intended bride himself, and then he completes a painting on the subject of the wedding.
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Le Mystérieux Monsieur Sylvain
Title: Le Mystérieux Monsieur Sylvain
Character: Ancelin
Released: April 16, 1947
Type: Movie
In an aero-naval base, a marine engineer who was about to deliver the name of a redoubtable spy is murdered. Shortly afterwards three different men appear on the crime scene, each of them claiming to be Monsieur Sylvain, the expected sleuth. But which of the three investigators is actually Sylvain? And what about this delightful young lady who arouses one of the police inspectors? Couldn't she be the murderous spy?
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The Faceless Enemy
Title: The Faceless Enemy
Character: Inspecteur Wens
Released: November 20, 1946
Type: Movie
Professor Artus, a scientist specializing in artificial life, wants to try an experiment on an automaton; he is entrusted with a death row inmate. The professor is soon found murdered. It is Inspector Wens, helped by a journalist, who must solve the case. Franck Villard in the role of Wens succeeds Fresnay.
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Box of Dreams
Title: Box of Dreams
Character: Jean
Released: July 11, 1945
Type: Movie
Nicole tries to seduce a young man who lead a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.
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Sacred Fire
Title: Sacred Fire
Character: Jean Delmas
Released: November 12, 1942
Type: Movie
A young woman from the countryside travels to Paris to become an actress. Despite all kinds of difficulties, affronts and emotional adventures, she succeeded in gaining a place in the world of entertainment and becomes a great movie star.
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Cartacalha, reine des gitans
Title: Cartacalha, reine des gitans
Released: January 21, 1942
Type: Movie
The gypsy dancer Cartacalha is elected queen of the gypsies. She loves a horse breeder, the Galejon, but following misunderstandings and perfidy, she leaves for Paris, invited by a playwright who predicts a total success on stage. Having become a star, she returns to the Camargue where, still abused, she tries to commit suicide.
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The Last One of the Six
Title: The Last One of the Six
Character: Un homme
Released: September 16, 1941
Type: Movie
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens is put in charge of the investigation into the murder of one of six friends who, in the past, made a very profitable promise.