Lucien Desagneaux

Lucien Desagneaux

Born: January 5, 1907
Died: May 9, 1999
in Vincennes, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France

Movies for Lucien Desagneaux...

Cesar and Rosalie
Title: Cesar and Rosalie
Character: Poker player (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1972
Type: Movie
Rosalie, a beautiful young woman gets involved with successful businessman Cesar. One day, Rosalie's former flame David appears and attempts to win her back. Cesar reacts with a jealous intensity never before seen by Rosalie, and because of that, she returns to David. She remains conflicted regarding her choice of partner, but eventually, one of the men does something which resolves the situation.
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Under the Sign of the Bull
Title: Under the Sign of the Bull
Character: Un passager à Orly
Released: March 28, 1969
Type: Movie
In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress has her doubts, as Albert lashes out in a verbal tirade condemning those of little faith in his genius.
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The Night of the Following Day
Title: The Night of the Following Day
Character: Luggage Handler at the Airport (uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1969
Type: Movie
A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.
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Salut Berthe !
Title: Salut Berthe !
Released: August 20, 1968
Type: Movie
Adrien Chautard, a major industrialist from Abidjan, has been chosen to replace an expert on the official Ivory Coast delegation sent to Paris to discuss the country's association with the Common Market. Chautard is delighted at the prospect of this trip, where he will be reunited with the woman of his dreams: Elisabeth. Alas, at Abidjan airport, a nasty surprise awaits him: Berthe, his lawful wife, has decided to leave with him to consult a leading cardiologist in the capital.
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The Sleeping Car Murder
Title: The Sleeping Car Murder
Character: L'homme qui embrasse une femme à la brasserie (non crédité)
Released: November 17, 1965
Type: Movie
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
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Under Your Hat
Title: Under Your Hat
Character: Le président au tripot (uncredited)
Released: September 3, 1965
Type: Movie
An illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.
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A Blonde Like That
Title: A Blonde Like That
Released: February 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Myra, daughter of the circus king, has been kidnapped in South America. Or so her father believes. In reality, Miss Shumway has escaped into the Indian jungle in the company of a conjurer. Millan, a mischievous and adventurous journalist, tracks down the young woman in the Indian sector of Tamazunchale. They get to know each other and Myra tells the young man what drove her to flee her father. But she's run out of money and expects her adventure to come to an end soon. Then she meets a man named Doc, who suggests she contact an old Indian sorcerer.
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Tales of Paris
Title: Tales of Paris
Released: January 17, 1962
Type: Movie
A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love affair with her mother's lover. But it's a guitarist with whom she falls in love. In Françoise, by Claude Barma, a young woman returning to France after living in the United States has an affair with her best friend's lover. In Antonia, by Michel Boisrond, a middle-aged woman tries to convince her ex-lover that she still has many assets to seduce. In Ella, by Jacques Poitrenaud, a Pigalle dancer meets a man in a cab.
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The Big Risk
Title: The Big Risk
Character: Le joueur de billard (non crédité)
Released: March 23, 1960
Type: Movie
On crowded Milan streets, two men execute a split-second payroll heist-in broad daylight-then begin a lightning-paced getaway, via every conveyance available. But after all, when a tough guy's returning to France (where he's been sentenced to death in absentia) after holing up in Italy for nearly a decade, he's got to have some startup money--particularly if he's going back with the wife and kids.
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Clara and the Villains
Title: Clara and the Villains
Released: December 24, 1958
Type: Movie
A rich kid, the daughter of an oil tycoon, lives a life of luxury. Bad guys kidnap the heiress.
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Elevator to the Gallows
Title: Elevator to the Gallows
Character: Un Journaliste (uncredited)
Released: January 29, 1958
Type: Movie
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
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Clandestine Paris
Title: Clandestine Paris
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1957
Type: Movie
In the elegant nightclub of Corsican Luciano, known as Lucky, "Les Naturistes", big sums are gambled at the Longchamp races. Lucky not only "welcomes" the new dancers, he also collects the stakes entrusted to him and personally plays the horses recommended to him by Max, a former convict. But Bramati, Lucky's ex-partner, doesn't forgive Max for double-crossing him and has him shot.
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The Happy Road
Title: The Happy Road
Character: Truck passenger
Released: June 20, 1957
Type: Movie
Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.
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Nest of Spies
Title: Nest of Spies
Released: November 16, 1956
Type: Movie
The mysterious death of a well-known criminal sparks an investigation into national security.
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Hi-Jack Highway
Title: Hi-Jack Highway
Character: Un client (uncredited)
Released: October 18, 1955
Type: Movie
A trucker encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man's widow accuses him of having robbed her husband, and a gang of sinister crooks are also harassing him.
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La rue des bouches peintes
Title: La rue des bouches peintes
Character: Un invité
Released: July 22, 1955
Type: Movie
An English governor in India, deceived by his wife, proposes to him either to accuse the lover of embezzlement, or to condemn her to end her days as a prostitute in the rue des Bouches Peintes. She chooses the second solution...
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Le Crâneur
Title: Le Crâneur
Released: May 10, 1955
Type: Movie
A singer tries to rescue a man drawn into the drug trade.
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Peek-a-boo
Title: Peek-a-boo
Released: October 15, 1954
Type: Movie
A small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it out for himself.
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Je suis un mouchard
Title: Je suis un mouchard
Released: April 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Mado loves Henry but is coveted by Bob Torquella, a dangerous gangster. The latter, mad with jealousy, is prepared to do everything to get rid of Henri. He and his accomplice involve him in a dangerous robbery. Henri is hurt and arrested by the police. But the young man, a weak character, denounces his accomplices. Two years later, the two gangsters run away from prison. Bob finds that Henri and Mado are husband and wife and have a daughter. In a panic, Henri runs for cover.
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Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
Title: Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
Character: An American gangster (uncredited)
Released: April 12, 1953
Type: Movie
An accordionist playing in disreputable halls is mistaken for a gangster by a special envoy from the American crime syndicate in charge of investigating the French milieu. The American will prepare a hold-up with a gang of women specialized in scamming tourists. But the accordionist will make the hold-up fail and all the criminals will end up behind bars.
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Holiday for Henrietta
Title: Holiday for Henrietta
Character: The pursuit agent (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day. The other has a more thrilling and dastardly fate in mind for her. Among the film's irresistible conceits is Hildegarde Neff as an oversexed circus bareback rider.
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Du Guesclin
Title: Du Guesclin
Released: June 3, 1949
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th century.
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L'échafaud peut attendre
Title: L'échafaud peut attendre
Character: Pharmacist
Released: February 9, 1949
Type: Movie
A trio of criminals gradually become entangled in theft and crime. Serge is arrested, his mistress, Hélène, and his accomplice, Michel, both become lovers, try to exonerate him and use false fingerprints first, then after Serge's conviction, gloves covered with the same fingerprints of the prisoner.
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Le diamant de cent sous
Title: Le diamant de cent sous
Released: January 7, 1948
Type: Movie
For fun and to dazzle his wife, the novelist Morgan steals a ring and gets rid of it in the costume jewelry section of a supermarket. Sophie buys the diamond, which forces the novelist to embark on crazy adventures to recover the jewel.
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Loves of Casanova
Title: Loves of Casanova
Character: (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 1947
Type: Movie
On his way to Paris, Casanova keeps on collecting female conquests, does not shy away from duels and gets into many a colorful adventure. Once in the capital, the fearless knight saves the honor of a great lady, conquers the niece of his implacable enemy but courts disaster for love of Coraline, a faithless opera dancer.
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The Murderer Is Not Guilty
Title: The Murderer Is Not Guilty
Character: (uncredited)
Released: July 29, 1946
Type: Movie
In a film studio, several actors are the victims of attempted murders. Julien Brisseau, a writer, decides to use these facts as the backbone of his new novel. But while he is working on his detective story, young actors are actually killed. Julien thence gets suspected by police inspector Vétillard. To clear his name, Julien undertakes to investigate and find the killer on his own.
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The Last Penny
Title: The Last Penny
Released: January 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks to Marcelle, the secretary of the director of the agency, who is a childhood friend. She does her best to keep the young man away from the scams of his boss. However, the director, in love with Marcelle and jealous of Pierre, succeeds in trapping and ruining him. Marcelle will then denounce him to the police, but before being arrested he will kill her.
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The White Waltz
Title: The White Waltz
Character: Student of the Conservatory
Released: December 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Bernard Lampré, a young composer, is engaged to Hélène Madelin, a gifted intern. Jealous of Professor d'Esperel, the great surgeon she proudly assists, Bernard, goes out and wanders in the rain all night long. He catches cold, falls ill and is sent to a sanitarium. There he meets again Jacqueline, a girl who studied music with him at the Conservatoire. Learning that she is dying, Bernard decides to play the comedy of love to soften her last moments.
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The Inevitable Mr. Dubois
Title: The Inevitable Mr. Dubois
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 22, 1943
Type: Movie
With a hand of steel, Hélène efficiently runs a big luxury perfume factory in Grasse. There is no room for fun in her dull businesswoman's life. Then, a car accident drops Claude Dubois, a painter, into her lap. But the artist will have to deploy all his subtle wiles and clever tricks to rouse Hélène's feelings and get her to enjoy the cozy life of a cherished wife.
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Sideral Cruises
Title: Sideral Cruises
Character: Un homme à la gare sidérale (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1942
Type: Movie
Robert and Françoise Monier make a hot air balloon to fly to the stratosphere. After a visit to Venus, they return home, but have only aged 15 days whereas 25 years have passed on Earth.
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Sins of Youth
Title: Sins of Youth
Character: An admirer (uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1941
Type: Movie
A rich businessman living alone is deprived of the nephew he was to have brought up decides on his doctor's advice to search for the four illegitimate children he once fathered, which leads him to accept responsibility for his actions.
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Le valet maître
Title: Le valet maître
Released: October 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters, even if, like him, they are valets. Morillon will indeed prove better at bridge than his master and will eventually win the affection of Antonia, a lively foreigner Ravier also coveted.