Daniel Lecourtois

Daniel Lecourtois

Born: January 26, 1902
Died: January 16, 1985
in Paris, France

Movies for Daniel Lecourtois...

Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Title: Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Character: (images d'archives)
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
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Judith Therpauve
Title: Judith Therpauve
Character: Desfraizeaux
Released: October 6, 1978
Type: Movie
When her old resistance buddies come to her looking for someone to helm a financially troubled liberal newspaper, Judith (Simone Signoret) is at first reluctant, but for this old hero of the French anti-Nazi resistance, challenges are hard to ignore. She takes on the job, mortgaging her house to keep the paper solvent. When things take a turn for the worse, because of concerted opposition by conservative forces, she is forced to sell the paper, and she regards this as a personal failure.
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Title: Police Commissioner Moulin
Character: M. de la Sablière
Released: August 4, 1976
Type: TV
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
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Title: Nouvelles d'Henry James
Character: Le père Herbert
Released: March 13, 1976
Type: TV
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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Title: Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Character: Georges
Released: October 23, 1974
Type: Movie
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce. The strains on the men begin to show particularly in François and Paul's friendship and in Vincent's health. A younger man, Jack, becomes attractive to Lucie, François's wife. Another young friend, the boxer Jean, who's like a son to Vincent and whose girlfriend is pregnant, has taken a bout with a merciless slugger. Has happiness eluded this circle of friends?
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Jury of One
Title: Jury of One
Character: The Attorney General
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: Movie
A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.
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Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Title: Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Character: Bouin
Released: July 24, 1974
Type: Movie
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Stavisky...
Title: Stavisky...
Character: Le président de la commission d'enquête
Released: May 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Irresistible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving hundreds millions of francs gets exposed result is an unprecedented scandal that almost caused a civil war.
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Wedding in Blood
Title: Wedding in Blood
Character: Le Préfet
Released: April 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre's wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will "benefit the town", and wants Pierre's political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife's affair...
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Scoundrel in White
Title: Scoundrel in White
Character: Professeur Dupont
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: Movie
Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Paul, a former womanizer who marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to kill of Martine's many suitors one by one.
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Just Before Nightfall
Title: Just Before Nightfall
Character: Dorfmann
Released: March 31, 1971
Type: Movie
A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
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She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Title: She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Released: April 17, 1970
Type: Movie
Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
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Monsieur le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche
Title: Monsieur le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche
Character: Trestaillon
Released: March 7, 1968
Type: Movie
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Henri
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Le docteur Villemont
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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Comment épouser un premier ministre
Title: Comment épouser un premier ministre
Released: November 11, 1964
Type: Movie
Philippe Lambert, an attractive young attaché to the Prime Minister's office, is a man of many female conquests. One of them, Madame Grandbourg, wife of a very influential man, sent him a passionate letter, which he lost at the theater. Marion, the usherette who found it, contacts him to ask him for a "favor" in exchange for its return: to avoid eviction from the family apartment, because of the father, who gardens in every room and constantly floods the downstairs neighbors. At first, Lambert refuses to give in to the "blackmail" and calls in the police to unmask the indelicate woman, but love soon gets in the way...
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Don't Tempt the Devil
Title: Don't Tempt the Devil
Character: A lawyer
Released: April 17, 1963
Type: Movie
A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
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The Bear
Title: The Bear
Released: December 14, 1960
Type: Movie
A mild-mannered zookeeper has to contend with his tyrannical boss and a talking lovesick bear.
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The Bear
Title: The Bear
Character: Director
Released: December 14, 1960
Type: Movie
A mild-mannered zookeeper has to contend with his tyrannical boss and a talking lovesick bear.
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The Possessors
Title: The Possessors
Character: Albéric Canet
Released: November 19, 1958
Type: Movie
Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François...
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Paris Urchin
Title: Paris Urchin
Released: February 5, 1954
Type: Movie
The adventures of a Parisian boy and his little friends, who have taken on the role of detectives to track down the shady activities of Max, a disreputable individual who is courting Sylvie, the Parisian boy's young aunt... The discovery of a priceless necklace returned to its owner, will bring an upheaval in the destiny of little Jacky. "Born of an unknown father", at the age of twelve he finds an ignored home, a happier life in which his little friends will have their share, as well as Sylvie, who has got rid of Marx and will soon find a fiancé of higher rank.
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The Lottery of Happiness
Title: The Lottery of Happiness
Released: February 15, 1953
Type: Movie
Mr Lucas, a grocer, wants to attract the clientele; he imagines a lottery; every week, you can win a bike. It's a big success.
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The Truth About Bebe Donge
Title: The Truth About Bebe Donge
Character: Georges Donge
Released: February 13, 1952
Type: Movie
François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married life and understands how his wife who adored him suffered from his many affairs and indifference.
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Adorable Creatures
Title: Adorable Creatures
Character: Jacques
Released: January 2, 1952
Type: Movie
Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of his own and they have a meeting.
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Jamaican Man
Title: Jamaican Man
Character: Docteur Marc Heckart
Released: December 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Jacques Mervel, also known as "L'Homme de la Jamaïque" makes use of his talents as a gun runner in Tangiers, Morocco. After triumphing over a rival gang, he decides to quit the job and to start a new life with Vicky, a pretty young nurse. In Paris, a doctor lets him know that he is affected by leprosy. In desperation, Jacques runs away from Vicky to spare her. When she realizes the reason why Jacques has disappeared from her life, she joins him with a view to helping him fight the disease.
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The Gamblers
Title: The Gamblers
Character: Ikharev
Released: December 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Adaptation of classical Russian Nikolai Gogol's comedy.
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Lost Souvenirs
Title: Lost Souvenirs
Character: Le directeur de l'hôtel
Released: November 11, 1950
Type: Movie
Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.
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The Man Who Returns from Afar
Title: The Man Who Returns from Afar
Released: April 7, 1950
Type: Movie
A man, after a fight, believes he has killed his cousin, and hides the body. The dead man had only passed out, but when he regained consciousness, he became amnesiac. When she sees him again, the woman who loved him takes him for a ghost.
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Rendezvous in Paris
Title: Rendezvous in Paris
Character: Purser on board
Released: March 12, 1947
Type: Movie
When she sets sail for Lisbon, Catherine Laurence, a famous classical singer has but one wish: to be left alone. Unfortunately she soon gets bothered by a rude, invading man. Later she gets to know him better and becomes susceptible to his charm. She realizes that Michel is in love with her and it is not long before she goes beyond her disastrous first impression. Although not quite sure he is a perfectly honest man she entrusts him with a delicate assignment: keep her precious pearl necklace coveted by Van Coolart, a fake Dutch diamond-merchant, and give it back to her in Paris. If he is a robber himself, so much the worse for her. But if Michel keeps the Paris rendezvous love is in store for both of them. Nevertheless there is a crucial factor she regrettably disregards, composer Raymond Aubour, a faithful friend who has been her suitor for ten years.
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Dreams of Love
Title: Dreams of Love
Character: Ronchaud
Released: January 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Paris, 1833. The famous composer Franz Liszt is friends with Chopin who introduces him to Countess Marie d'Agout. Very quickly Liszt falls in love and she, who is already married and has two children, abandons honor and reputation to follow him. They leave to live a great passion in Italy. Then, Franz Liszt gives concerts, the triumph awaits him everywhere. Little by little the fame of the composer will move the two lovers away.
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There's No Tomorrow
Title: There's No Tomorrow
Character: Armand
Released: March 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Evelyne, a woman of bourgeois origin, now reduced to dancing in a sleazy nightclub, is reunited with her first love, who has become a successful doctor.
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La Cité des lumières
Title: La Cité des lumières
Released: December 8, 1938
Type: Movie
The life of two students, Rodolphe and Madeleine. They love each other but he is rich and she has just lost her father and is forced to work in a nightclub. Rodolphe leaves her but quickly understands that he loves her and finds her.
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Golden Venus
Title: Golden Venus
Character: André de Saint-Guillon
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
La Venus D'Or (Golden Venus) was based on Business, a play by Pierre Sabatier. Mirielle Balin stars as Judith, the mistress of ruthless oil magnate Harfstrong (Jacques Copeau). What Harfstrong doesn't know is that Judith is a spy for his hated business rival. When he does find out, he cannot get rid of her because she knows too much about his own crooked dealings. After several more reels of mutual betrayal and recriminations, the story suddenly shifts to the "good" characters, clean-limned young pilot Andre (Daniel Lecourtois) and his sweetheart Michelle (Andree Giuze). Set up as a fall guy for the villains, Andre somehow emerges from the experience none the worse for wear.
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Les Filles du Rhône
Title: Les Filles du Rhône
Character: Fabregas Son
Released: April 20, 1938
Type: Movie
Frédérique, married to a brutal and vile being who dies tragically during a duel with the trident, falls in love with Jean, the fiancé of her younger sister Margarido. Both fight against their passion, to see it finally flourish because, to ensure their happiness, Margarido who has guessed everything, does not hesitate to sacrifice himself.
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The Call of Life
Title: The Call of Life
Character: Doctor Lenoir
Released: May 21, 1937
Type: Movie
A love between a teacher and his assistant is thwarted, because of their too great age difference.
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Les Demi-Vierges
Title: Les Demi-Vierges
Character: Maxime de Chantel
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Maxime, heir to an old provincial family, is deeply in love with Maud whom he makes his fiancée. But learning that the young girl's life has not always been beyond reproach, he refuses to marry her and returns to his castle in the company of his sister who, happier than him, has met a man worthy of being in Paris. love.
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The Green Domino
Title: The Green Domino
Character: Naulin
Released: December 27, 1935
Type: Movie
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Votre sourire
Title: Votre sourire
Released: December 7, 1934
Type: Movie
Because Colin has a charming smile, he seduces his boss, a great decorator. And Colin, who ruined himself to approach the young woman, succeeds in becoming her partner and then her husband.
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Coralie and Company
Title: Coralie and Company
Released: June 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.
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Iris perdue et retrouvée
Title: Iris perdue et retrouvée
Released: January 12, 1934
Type: Movie
To save her brother compromised in a case of forgery in writing, Iris agrees to marry a shady financier, lover of her sister-in-law. A young painter, in love with her, persuades her to flee with him, but tired of the life of an artist, Iris returns to her family....
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Madame Bovary
Title: Madame Bovary
Character: Léon Dupuis
Released: January 4, 1934
Type: Movie
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault. In her new home, Emma finds conflict with her mother-in-law, a husband uninterested in the social whirl, and general discontentment; thereby proving an easy conquest for philanderer Rodolphe. Other lovers follow. Does tragedy await?
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Madame Bovary
Title: Madame Bovary
Character: Léon
Released: January 4, 1934
Type: Movie
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault. In her new home, Emma finds conflict with her mother-in-law, a husband uninterested in the social whirl, and general discontentment; thereby proving an easy conquest for philanderer Rodolphe. Other lovers follow. Does tragedy await?
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L'Agonie des aigles
Title: L'Agonie des aigles
Character: Young aristocrat
Released: November 24, 1933
Type: Movie
Under the regime of Louis XVIII. Years after Waterloo, Napoleon's loyal officers live in retirement on half-pay. Useless and idle, they have lost their prestige and keep meeting in the hope of the Emperor’s return. When Napoleon dies, they decide to plot the rise to power of Napoleon II.
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The Beautiful Adventure
Title: The Beautiful Adventure
Character: André, le fils
Released: October 18, 1932
Type: Movie
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A Girl and a Million
Title: A Girl and a Million
Released: October 7, 1932
Type: Movie
The French language version of Sehnsucht 202 (1932).
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The Fortune
Title: The Fortune
Released: January 22, 1932
Type: Movie
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Mr. Marshal
Title: Mr. Marshal
Character: Lieutenant Tradivot
Released: October 30, 1931
Type: Movie
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My aunt from Honfleur
Title: My aunt from Honfleur
Released: October 26, 1931
Type: Movie
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Checkmate
Title: Checkmate
Released: August 21, 1931
Type: Movie
After his engagement party with beautiful Aline, Claude, a struggling writer, meets his two closest friends. The trio sets up a daring publicity stunt, involving a fake murder. The scheme backfires as the fake victim gets really dead.
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Misdeal
Title: Misdeal
Character: Un danseur
Released: September 14, 1928
Type: Movie
Maldone is a canal worker, happy with his life after running away from his family estate. He falls in love with Zita, a young gypsy girl, during a local fete. However, after his brother dies, Maldone is called back to manage the estate. There, he takes up the life of a landowner and marries a neighbor's daughter. Years later Maldone is still restless on the estate, and becomes obsessed with Zita, after meeting her by chance one evening.