Jacques Marin

Jacques Marin

Born: September 9, 1919
Died: January 10, 2001
in Paris, France

Movies for Jacques Marin...

A Star for Two
Title: A Star for Two
Character: Raymond
Released: August 10, 1991
Type: Movie
Love between a man and a woman that endures the ravages of time.
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Title: Marie Pervenche
Released: March 22, 1984
Type: TV
Marie Lorieux, a contract worker at the Paris Police Prefecture, is tired of distributing tickets. While walking the streets of the capital, she finds herself mingled with intrigues all wacky and incredible as each other and decides to act alone in its investigations to the chagrin of his head of department who does not know how to do for the reason and her husband, Hervé, worried constantly.
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The Secret of the Selenites
Title: The Secret of the Selenites
Character: Hercule (Voice)
Released: February 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The film follows the adventures of Baron Munchausen, who is prompted to travel to the moon by his cousin Sirius, an astrologer convinced that it is inhabited by an ancient race called the Selenites. The Selentites incidentally possess the secret of immortality. The Baron takes up his cousin's offer and travels to the moon using a tall masted ship pulled by three hot air balloons and he is aided by his super-ability friends (who are from the prequel to this film, The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen). When they reach the moon, they are initially placed in jeopardy as their craft lands in a crater and they fall into a subterranean sea inhabited by monsters...
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Title: Bel ami
Character: Le commissaire
Released: May 5, 1983
Type: TV
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Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
Title: Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
Character: Albert
Released: March 10, 1982
Type: Movie
A young astrology enthusiast inherits an industrial business. Before any decision, he carefully studies the sign of his interlocutors.
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Ach du lieber Harry
Title: Ach du lieber Harry
Character: Hochwürden Harry
Released: February 26, 1981
Type: Movie
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The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Title: The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Character: Hercule (Voice)
Released: October 24, 1979
Type: Movie
The Fabulous Adventures of the legendary Baron Munchausen is a French animated feature from Jean Image of 1978, inspired by the adventures of Baron Munchausen. Baron Munchausen is wont to bring his friends to tell them about his imaginary exploits.
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Volpone
Title: Volpone
Character: Corvino
Released: December 8, 1978
Type: Movie
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Général... nous voilà !
Title: Général... nous voilà !
Character: Mac Goland
Released: October 18, 1978
Type: Movie
A comedy directed by Jacques Besnard.
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Title: Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Character: Marcel Massanet
Released: September 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
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Horoscope
Title: Horoscope
Character: J.L. Beauché
Released: June 21, 1978
Type: Movie
Vincent and his friend Antoine are convinced to find fortune by following precisely their horoscope. But as they go along the zodiac forecasts, they accumulate absurd misunderstandings.
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Les Deux Vierges
Title: Les Deux Vierges
Character: Achille
Released: April 7, 1978
Type: Movie
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Grandison
Title: Grandison
Character: Landlord
Released: March 28, 1978
Type: Movie
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The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Title: The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Character: L'inspecteur de police
Released: September 25, 1977
Type: Movie
When they get wind that Herman Goering wants the Venus de Milo statue removed from the Louvre and added to his private collection of stolen artworks, three Frenchmen decide to take action.
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Title: Polizeiinspektion 1
Character: Gaston
Released: September 1, 1977
Type: TV
Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.
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Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Title: Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Character: Inspector Bouchet
Released: June 24, 1977
Type: Movie
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.
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Le  Jour de gloire
Title: Le Jour de gloire
Character: le bistrotier
Released: December 8, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1944, a retired German detachment found itself stranded in a French town. The inhabitants try to live in good harmony with the occupants. But one day kids, playing with a grenade, accidentally cause the death of an SS lieutenant.
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Marathon Man
Title: Marathon Man
Character: LeClerc
Released: October 8, 1976
Type: Movie
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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Holy Year
Title: Holy Year
Character: Moreau, le gardien de prison
Released: April 23, 1976
Type: Movie
Two bank robbers, an old and a young, escape from prison to get to the hidden loot.
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From Hong Kong with Love
Title: From Hong Kong with Love
Character: Le gradé de la police
Released: December 17, 1975
Type: Movie
Bons baisers de Hong Kong (From Hong Kong with Love) is a 1975 French film directed by Yvan Chiffre. It is a parody of James Bond movies featuring Les Charlots with scenes shot in Hong Kong. Mickey Rooney featured in the film as well as Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell, stars of the James Bond films who appeared as M and Moneypenny respectively.
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Flic Story
Title: Flic Story
Character: Owner of the inn in Saint-Rémy
Released: October 1, 1975
Type: Movie
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.
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Trésor party
Title: Trésor party
Character: Adair
Released: June 12, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Système 2
Character: Self
Released: January 19, 1975
Type: TV
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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The Island at the Top of the World
Title: The Island at the Top of the World
Character: Captain Brieux
Released: December 16, 1974
Type: Movie
A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an expedition team to go on the search, but when they reach their destination they must escape from some Viking descendants who will kill to keep their existence a secret.
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Impossible Is Not French
Title: Impossible Is Not French
Character: Dussautoy
Released: December 11, 1974
Type: Movie
Antoine, an accountant by trade, becomes a private detective to support his family. His wanderings lead him to transport a cargo of malachite to Le Havre, in the hope of a large bonus. With the help of his family, and despite a few mishaps, Antoine achieves his goal.
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Shut Up, Gulli
Title: Shut Up, Gulli
Character: The banner bearer
Released: October 30, 1974
Type: Movie
A TV channel organizes a super-8 competition, and Kenavec family decides to film their small village in Brittany.
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Les murs ont des oreilles
Title: Les murs ont des oreilles
Character: Lucas, the gardener
Released: September 30, 1974
Type: Movie
A writer separated from his wife moves to the countryside with his secretary and children. From his office, he can hear everything that is going on.
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Pétrus
Title: Pétrus
Character: Le commissaire
Released: August 13, 1974
Type: Movie
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Shaft in Africa
Title: Shaft in Africa
Character: Cusset
Released: June 14, 1973
Type: Movie
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
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Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Title: Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Character: L'épicier, collaborateur avant l'heure
Released: May 24, 1973
Type: Movie
1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. They'd like to just stay out the fights, but a Lieutenant urges them to use a captured truck to break through to their troops.
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A Time for Loving
Title: A Time for Loving
Character: Driver
Released: April 1, 1972
Type: Movie
The story of an apartment in Paris and the various people that occupy it over the years.
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Cash-Cash
Title: Cash-Cash
Character: Bernard Lockwood
Released: December 17, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Title: The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Character: Antoine Simonet
Released: October 13, 1971
Type: Movie
Victor, grocer and tyrannical boss, never stops telling his family about his seafaring past, although they never believe him. When his nephew wins a model-boat contest and is commissioned to build a full-scale boat, Victor tries to make his mark.
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Jo
Title: Jo
Character: Andrieux
Released: August 31, 1971
Type: Movie
A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.
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Darling Lili
Title: Darling Lili
Character: Major Duvalle
Released: June 18, 1970
Type: Movie
World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace singing rallying patriotic songs. She is also half German and is an undercover German spy, using her feminine wiles to gather information from the high ranking and generally older military officers and diplomats she seduces.
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Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
Title: Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
Character: Scholar #1 (voice)
Released: December 13, 1969
Type: Movie
When seven archaeologists find an ancient Inca temple, they become victims of an ancient curse. Back in Europe, one by one they fall into a deep sleep and only once a day, all at the same time, they wake up for a few minutes and experience hallucinations where the sinister living mummy of Rascar Capac appears.
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Three Men on a Horse
Title: Three Men on a Horse
Released: December 12, 1969
Type: Movie
A man has found a way to win any bet he places on a horse. However, he himself must never be the person to place the bet.
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A Very Curious Girl
Title: A Very Curious Girl
Character: Félix Lechat
Released: December 3, 1969
Type: Movie
Treated as an outcast and exploited by the villagers of a small town, a young woman liberates herself through sex, which she uses as a tool of economic gain and an instrument of revenge against those who have wronged her.
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The Night of the Following Day
Title: The Night of the Following Day
Character: Bartender
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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The Girl on a Motorcycle
Title: The Girl on a Motorcycle
Character: Pump Attendant
Released: June 21, 1968
Type: Movie
Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom and escape - to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.
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The Man in the Buick
Title: The Man in the Buick
Character: Un Déménageur
Released: January 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Mr Jo, nicknamed "the man with the Buick", is the darling of the small town of Honfleur. But he is in fact a trafficker with a bad reputation who would like to forget about his past, now limiting himself to smuggling rubies under the cover of a charitable organization which offers underprivileged children holidays in Switzerland. However, Mr. Jo is in love with a pretty widow and, in order to marry her, he is willing to get involved in a hold-up again. And "the man with the Buick", who seemed so honorable, will surprise the inhabitants of Honfleur when Inspector Menard reveals his secret activities.
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The 25th Hour
Title: The 25th Hour
Character: Le soldat chez Debresco
Released: April 26, 1967
Type: Movie
A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.
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The Oldest Profession
Title: The Oldest Profession
Character: Policeman (segment "Aujourd'hui") (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1967
Type: Movie
A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.
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How to Steal a Million
Title: How to Steal a Million
Character: Chief Guard
Released: July 13, 1966
Type: Movie
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
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Lost Command
Title: Lost Command
Character: Mayor
Released: May 1, 1966
Type: Movie
After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.
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Paris in August
Title: Paris in August
Character: Bouvreuil
Released: January 7, 1966
Type: Movie
A man is alone in Paris during the month of August while his woman and children go on vacation. He meets a young English girl posing as a model who came to Paris for a shoot.
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Fantomas Unleashed
Title: Fantomas Unleashed
Character: Agent de police ferroviaire
Released: December 8, 1965
Type: Movie
In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.
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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Title: How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Character: Le brocanteur déménageur qui rachète le mobilier (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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The Chicken
Title: The Chicken
Character: Le père
Released: July 19, 1965
Type: Movie
The Chicken [Le Poulet] is a 1965 French short comedy film directed by Claude Berri. The film follows a father, mother, and son who go to visit a chicken farm. The son catches and brings home a chicken. The father plans to eat it if the chicken doesn't lay eggs. The boy aims to save the chicken and comedy ensues. It won an Oscar in 1966 for Best Short Subject.
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Black Humor
Title: Black Humor
Character: segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Released: April 12, 1965
Type: Movie
A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.
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Vacaciones para Ivette
Title: Vacaciones para Ivette
Character: Noel Bernard
Released: December 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Andrés' parents, in Madrid, and Pierre's parents, in Paris, have agreed to a school exchange for their children during the summer. However, when they go to the station to pick up Pierre, 10 years old, they meet an attractive young woman who takes his place. The presence of Ivette is a shock to the family, especially for the older son, who is strongly attracted to the French.
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The Train
Title: The Train
Character: Jacques
Released: September 24, 1964
Type: Movie
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Title: Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman, Francoise. The film shares the same plot with "Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.
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The Calculus Affair
Title: The Calculus Affair
Character: Dupond / Dupont (voice)
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Strange things are happening in the evening at the mansion: glass things break without any apparent reason. Professor Calculus, somewhat apathetic to the whole series of events, leaves the following day to attend a conference on nuclear physics in Geneva. Foreign powers get wind of his work and send their agents to investigate.
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Un coup dans l'aile
Title: Un coup dans l'aile
Character: Barman
Released: December 31, 1963
Type: Movie
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Charade
Title: Charade
Character: Edouard Grandpierre
Released: December 5, 1963
Type: Movie
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name?
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Gigot
Title: Gigot
Character: Jean
Released: November 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film.
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The Gentleman from Epsom
Title: The Gentleman from Epsom
Character: Raoul
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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Assassin's Check
Title: Assassin's Check
Released: August 10, 1962
Type: Movie
In this French murder mystery, a young journalist goes from a bad situation to much worse. He has been having problems in his relationship with his girlfriend, and one evening he goes out on a bender. Too drunk to remember how he got that way, he goes home to sleep it off. When he wakes up in the morning, he discovers that his hangover is the least of his problems -- he is now a suspect in a murder investigation. After getting back together with his girlfriend, he decides to hide out with a friend of his and let the heat cool down -- a big mistake, as he soon finds out.
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Tiara Tahiti
Title: Tiara Tahiti
Character: Desmoulins
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their personal battle in peace-time Tahiti.
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La pendule à Salomon
Title: La pendule à Salomon
Released: October 4, 1961
Type: Movie
Jean-Baptiste Rousse, nicknamed Noble Coeur, a journeyman carpenter in a village in Bigorre, was deported in 1942. On his return, he realizes that his compatriots have let the wood reserves on his building site be stolen. After an altercation with the mayor, he decides to take justice into his own hands and, with the help of his son Roland, cuts down the trees in the communal forest to pay him back. The mayor alerts the police. Noble Coeur takes refuge in the bell tower and, when the mayor refuses to let him bring in his wood, he demolishes it with an axe.
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
Title: The Counterfeiters of Paris
Character: Inspector Larpin (uncredited)
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 Black Monocle
Title: The Black Monocle
Character: Trochu
Released: August 29, 1961
Type: Movie
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the Third Reich. There is an Italian fascist, Heinrich; a German, Matthias; a Russian; and Dromard, a blind French war hero with a black monocle. - from IMDB
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The President
Title: The President
Character: Gaston, le chauffeur de car et guide
Released: March 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Aged 73, the former President of the French Council Émile Beaufort still plays a central role in the political life of the country. Writing his memoirs allows him to look back on his career and discuss his relationships with Philippe Chamalont, about to become President of the Council.
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Women and War
Title: Women and War
Character: M. Gaspard, l'épicier
Released: February 1, 1961
Type: Movie
In 1944, in a small village in Calvados, just as the Allies landed, a British plane was shot down. The wounded pilot seeks help. All the villagers, who speak only of resistance, refuse to help, for fear of reprisals. Only the mayor, Dr. Leproux, takes him in and nurses him back to health, then entrusts him to the Resistance. But the Germans get wind of the story and arrest Leproux. He is saved by Major Frantz. But the budding friendship between these two men "doesn't stop the drums", and the war is on.
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The Truth
Title: The Truth
Character: Le conducteur du bus
Released: November 2, 1960
Type: Movie
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
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The Enemy General
Title: The Enemy General
Character: Marceau
Released: October 18, 1960
Type: Movie
OSS agent, working with the French underground, ambushes Nazi convoy with high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison and smuggle him to England.
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Towards Ecstasy
Title: Towards Ecstasy
Character: The butcher
Released: September 22, 1960
Type: Movie
Catherine married Jérôme, a wealthy landowner living in North Africa, from a bourgeois but noxious background. While living in total family harmony, she is seized by a mystical crisis following a vision of a cleric in ecstasy. She abandons her home and worldly possessions to take a job as a maid. After a bumpy road that severely tested her spirituality, Catherine found peace by returning to live with her devoted partner.
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Love and the Frenchwoman
Title: Love and the Frenchwoman
Character: Le contôleur du train (Le Mariage)
Released: September 16, 1960
Type: Movie
The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.
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The Old Guard
Title: The Old Guard
Character: Le brigadier en vélo
Released: September 2, 1960
Type: Movie
Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside
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Au cœur de la ville
Title: Au cœur de la ville
Released: April 11, 1960
Type: Movie
Louis saves a five-year-old girl, Monique, who wants to throw herself into the river. He consoles her, takes her home and nurses her back to health. Thanks to Monique, the old man regains his zest for life. Monique tells him that she has misplaced her mother's purse and is afraid to go home. Louis takes her back and continues on his way.
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The Versailles Affair
Title: The Versailles Affair
Released: February 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Suzuki, a Japanese secret agent, is sent to Versailles to unmask a certain Klauss, who is to receive stolen documents from Saudi Arabia.
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Pantalaskas
Title: Pantalaskas
Character: Tropmann
Released: February 8, 1960
Type: Movie
An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.
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Match contre la mort
Title: Match contre la mort
Released: December 2, 1959
Type: Movie
The Lourmel couple are taking part in the final round of a TV game show: the wife has to answer questions; if she fails, her husband drives a racing car to make up the lost minutes. Moments before the start of the show, a phone call informs Lourmel that her six-year-old son has been kidnapped, and that the ransom is the amount to be won on the game show.
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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Title: Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Character: Albert
Released: September 2, 1959
Type: Movie
Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.
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Croquemitoufle
Title: Croquemitoufle
Released: May 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Returning from a two-year stay in Terre Adélie, explorer Bernard Villiers meets up with his best friend, Thomas Desjardins, whose diplomatic duties call him to London. While Thomas is away, Bernard learns that Catherine, his wife, has run off with his collaborator Michel. Out of friendship for Thomas, and always resourceful, he follows the couple and tries to separate them. He does so much, in fact, that he falls in love with Catherine.
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Drôles de phénomènes
Title: Drôles de phénomènes
Character: The inspector
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Since the day their mother Aline remarried, Patrice and Eric, a joyful pair of twins, have been very happy. Indeed, François Chantour, their stepfather, is very kind and behaves like a big brother to them. Even if they are not very rich, the four of them live a cheerful life in their charming house. The trouble is that, in Lyon, the family on the boys'father's side are worried, especially the twins' grandmother, who fears Patrice and Eric are given a bad education. She therefore brings them to her big house in the hope of their improving their manners. A very unfortunate decision indeed.
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Guinguette
Title: Guinguette
Character: Albert
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Renée dite Guinguette, a former prostitute, has earned enough money on the Parisian sidewalk to buy her dream: a waterfront guinguette. Her new lover, Marco, offers her the use of an unused adjoining barn to store the second-hand cars he trades in. But the "used" cars are actually stolen, and the charming Marco is a bad boy. After a few deaths and various vicissitudes, love finally triumphs.
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The Gambler
Title: The Gambler
Character: L'employé du casino qui cherche sous la table
Released: October 26, 1958
Type: Movie
In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Alexei discovers that his employer is a compulsive gambler who has been almost ruined by his addiction. The only money the General has is provided by the Marquis de Grieux, an adventurer who intends to marry Zagorianski’s sister, Pauline. In doing so, de Grieux hopes to profit from the vast inheritance that will come the General’s way from his Aunt Antonina, who is presently very ill. Alexei is appalled by this society which lives only for money. He loves Pauline and wants to take her to a healthier place, but when she refuses to marry him, he begins to gamble at the casino…
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Madame et son auto
Title: Madame et son auto
Character: Rouille
Released: October 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Sophie Dirondel, history teacher at the Saint-Cloison-sur-Ermoise, wins the jackpot of a lottery, a 2CV. The good-natured woman is both happy and slightly upset, as she doe not have her driving-license. But she decides to take driving lessons and although she does not prove very gifted she manages to pass the test. She grasps the opportunity to achieve one of her sweetest dreams and, proudly sitting behind her wheel, heads for the City of Light. Alone in Paris, she gets to know Victor Martini, a smooth operator. The man who, in real fact, is the leader of a gang, has no problem bamboozling the naive woman.
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The Roots of Heaven
Title: The Roots of Heaven
Character: Cerisot
Released: October 15, 1958
Type: Movie
In Fort Lamy, French Equitorial Africa, idealist Morel launches a one-man campaign to preserve the African elephant from extinction, which he sees as the last remaining "roots of Heaven." At first, he finds only support from Minna, hostess of the town's only night club, who is in love with him, and a derelict ex-British Army Major, Forsythe. His crusade gains momentum and he is soon surrounded by an odd assortment of characters: Cy Sedgewick, an American TV commentator who becomes impressed and rallies world-wide support; a U.S. photographer, Abe Fields, who is sent to do a picture story on Morel and stays on to follow his ideals; Saint Denis, a government aide ordered to stop Morel; Orsini, a professional ivory hunter whose vested interests aren't the same as Morel's; and Waitari, leader of a Pan-African movement who follows Morel only for the personal good it will do his own campaign.
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The Cheaters
Title: The Cheaters
Character: Hippolyte Félix
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: Movie
Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's lover, a rich heiress.
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Love Is My Profession
Title: Love Is My Profession
Character: Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Trianon
Released: September 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
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Women Are Talkative
Title: Women Are Talkative
Released: June 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Sentimental marivaudage between Nicole, her husband Christian, her friend Alexandre and a provincial girl, Marie-Josèphe, who marries Alexandre after arousing Nicole's jealousy.
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The Night Affair
Title: The Night Affair
Character: Le garçon de café (uncredited)
Released: May 14, 1958
Type: Movie
Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky (Najda Tiller), whom he considers to be more victim than criminal. Taking it upon himself to wean Lucky away from narcotics, Vallois also wins her love -- and, incidentally, smashes the dope ring responsible for her addiction.
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Hardboiled Egg Time
Title: Hardboiled Egg Time
Character: Le pêcheur à la ligne
Released: March 19, 1958
Type: Movie
A shy, penniless employee of the garage owner Grillot, the gentle Louis wins $10 million in the lottery. Flitting along the banks of the Seine, he takes in Raoul Grandvivier, an unknown, untalented painter who has just botched a spectacular suicide intended to draw attention to himself. Raoul takes him back to his studio, where he meets his charming daughter Lucie. In order to see Lucie again, with whom he is in love, Louis offers to sell the paintings. In reality, he's the one paying for them, to make it look like a wealthy art lover.
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Three Days to Live
Title: Three Days to Live
Character: Thérese
Released: March 12, 1958
Type: Movie
Struggling actor Simon witnesses a murder; he didn't see the killer, but that doesn't stop him from claiming that he did in order to get his name into the papers. Sure enough, the murderer targets him as his next victim. Our hero is temporarily rescued by Jeanne, a fellow aspiring actress who has always had a crush on him.
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Les Misérables
Title: Les Misérables
Character: Le secrétaire de Monsieur Madelaine
Released: March 12, 1958
Type: Movie
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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La Parisienne
Title: La Parisienne
Character: Le policier motard (uncredited)
Released: December 16, 1957
Type: Movie
The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.
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The Gates of Paris
Title: The Gates of Paris
Character: an inspector (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...
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Let's Be Daring, Madame
Title: Let's Be Daring, Madame
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1957
Type: Movie
Two couples of friends who have arranged to meet in the woods get lost and find themselves in an embarrassing situation: the husband of one with the wife of the other? Each couple tries to get through this forced cohabitation honestly, but everything is turned upside down when two young Sunday gangsters appear. What follows is a cross-country chase through the woods, which leads the whole gang back to the house, where one of the couples manages to leave, free at last, on an old tandem, bound for... Africa!
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The Vintage
Title: The Vintage
Character: Cousin (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1957
Type: Movie
A young Italian fugitive and his older protective brother hide among the grape pickers at a vineyard in Provence.
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Reproduction interdite
Title: Reproduction interdite
Released: February 6, 1957
Type: Movie
An art dealer in dire straits, after being ripped off by two crooks, one of whom owns a genuine painting by Gauguin while the other is an expert copyist, finds them again and, instead of killing them as he originally intended, joins in their game – with ultimately disastrous results.
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The Trip Across Paris
Title: The Trip Across Paris
Character: Owner of the restaurant Saint Martin
Released: October 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.
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Title: Une enquête du commissaire Prévôt
Character: L'inspecteur Lacoste
Released: August 15, 1956
Type: TV
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Blood to the Head
Title: Blood to the Head
Character: L'agent de police (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1956
Type: Movie
François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.
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That Naughty Girl
Title: That Naughty Girl
Released: April 10, 1956
Type: Movie
Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is a wild, shapely sex kitten.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
Title: Lady Chatterley's Lover
Released: December 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Based on D. H. Lawrence’s 1928 novel of the same name, Lady Chatterley’s Lover stars Danielle Darrieux, Leo Genn, and Erno Crisa in this controversial tale of adultery! After her husband is paralyzed from fighting in WWI, Lady Chatterley feels a loss of intimacy between her husband and herself, and decides to have an affair with the gamekeeper, a man of a lower class.
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Hi-Jack Highway
Title: Hi-Jack Highway
Character: le gendarme au commissariat
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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Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Title: Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Character: Le garagiste (non crédité)
Released: October 18, 1955
Type: Movie
Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...
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La rue des bouches peintes
Title: La rue des bouches peintes
Character: Le policier
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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The Fugitives
Title: The Fugitives
Character: Un prisonnier
Released: June 17, 1955
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, in 1943, two French prisoners, François and Michel, escape from Stalag B377 in northern Germany near the Baltic Sea. They meet another escaped compatriot, Pierre, who has donned the uniform of a German officer and joins them. Their goal: to reach neutral Sweden. To get there, they'll have to walk part of the way, then take a train to the coast and, from there, find a way to cross the sea to the shores of Sweden.
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Black Dossier
Title: Black Dossier
Character: Un policier
Released: May 10, 1955
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.
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Les hommes en blanc
Title: Les hommes en blanc
Released: May 9, 1955
Type: Movie
Jean Nerac completes his medical studies, sure of a successful career, but less sure of his attempts with fellow student Marianne, who refuses to accept him. Nerac leaves for the Auvergne. An old doctor will soon die, but replacing him will be difficult, as one of Jean's colleagues has failed. However, with patience, skill, modesty and friendship, Jean Nerac overcame the mistrust of his patients. He settled in these austere mountains, and Marianne, convinced of the young man's worth, helped him with her presence.
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French Cancan
Title: French Cancan
Character: Un spectateur (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
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Give 'em Hell
Title: Give 'em Hell
Character: Police inspector
Released: March 29, 1955
Type: Movie
During the 1950s, in Portuguese Mozambique, small-time American hustler, ex-soldier, ex-boxer and adventurer Johnny Jordan is looking for a new gig. His opportunity comes in the form of a local shipping tycoon and importer Moreno who offers Johnny a job after Johnny saves Moreno from an armed mugger on the waterfront.
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On the Bench
Title: On the Bench
Released: December 6, 1954
Type: Movie
La Hurlette and Carmen are a pair of philosophical tramps who enjoy simple pleasures in the company of the cheerful Sosthène. As in the fairy tales, La Hurlette learns that he has just inherited a tidy fortune, provided he can find a job. By dint of hard work, he manages to do so, and a banquet brings together his disinherited friends. Determined to live the high life, La Hurlette and Carmen lose all their inheritance at the Cabourg casino, and end up as philosophical as ever on their favorite bench.
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Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Title: Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Character: Gaston, un voisin du sixième étage, sous les toits
Released: November 26, 1954
Type: Movie
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La Belle au bois dormant
Title: La Belle au bois dormant
Released: April 15, 1954
Type: Movie
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Double or Quits
Title: Double or Quits
Character: Lucien
Released: February 6, 1953
Type: Movie
In Bourganeuf, an old maid, Charlotte Bourdier, confesses to Marie Chassagne that she has forged a sentimental intrigue by correspondence with the presenter of the Radio Circus, Zappy Max. Marie agrees to meet him when he comes, but she in turn falls in love with him, who confesses his love to her.
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Forbidden Games
Title: Forbidden Games
Character: Georges Dolle
Released: May 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.
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Alone in Paris
Title: Alone in Paris
Character: Un homme du village (uncredited)
Released: November 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Henri and Jeannette Milliard, a newly married couple from Normandy arrive in Paris where they intend to spend their honeymoon. Unforfunately a wicket gate in the metro separates the couple. In panic, Henri looks for his wife across the capital. He ends up finding her at the hotel they were to put up. But it looks as if Jeannette has gone through some distressing adventure.
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The Killer is Listening
Title: The Killer is Listening
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
April fools in a studio where a radio host pretends to shoot dead all the performers....till a true crime occurs.
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The Beautiful Trip
Title: The Beautiful Trip
Character: A thug
Released: June 26, 1947
Type: Movie
She dragged out a more than mediocre life in the port of Antwerp; he is a renowned pianist-virtuoso. These two solitary beings, totally different, meet by chance on a liner and gradually realize that they complement each other harmoniously.