Jean Franval

Jean Franval

Born: November 7, 1926
Died: September 6, 2016
in Tarascon, France

Movies for Jean Franval...

Title: Les Yeux d'Hélène
Released: September 7, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: The Castle of Olive Trees
Character: Antonin Fourcade
Released: June 28, 1993
Type: TV
The Castle of Olive Trees is the ancestral home of the "Laborie de Sauveterre". Located at "Châteauneuf-du-Pape", it holds many mysteries and legends. Like every summer "Estelle Laborie" goes there to take some time off. But this summer she take an important decision: run from Paris and stay here at the castle definitively. Little does she knows that her arrival will awake a lot of drama and secrets, beginning with this enigmatic "Pierre Séverin" who wants to demolish the castle to the ground, to make an amusement parc "Cigaleland". She will learn unfortunately that this "Pierre Séverin" is also knowned as "Marceau" the little boy of the steward of the castle when her father was the master of the domain. That steward also died in terrible circumstance. However Estelle decides to face this vengeance and save the castle with the aid of archaeologist "Raphaël Fauconnier"...
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Omoide wo uru mise
Title: Omoide wo uru mise
Character: Joseph
Released: October 26, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: Le Paria
Character: Antoine
Released: October 11, 1985
Type: TV
Julien Mauriès, the youngest of a perfumer's family was forced to go into exile after having an unfortunate experience in the estate business. He spent 20 years in Venezuela and made fortune in the perfume business. Now, Julien has decided to come back in France in order to start again and to cleanse his honour.
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Le crime de la maison Grun
Title: Le crime de la maison Grun
Character: Wotan Grün)
Released: May 2, 1984
Type: Movie
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The Judge
Title: The Judge
Character: Pinacchio
Released: April 11, 1984
Type: Movie
A courageous judge tries to dismantle a drug traffickers ring.
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Transit
Title: Transit
Character: Pépé
Released: September 6, 1982
Type: Movie
François Cremer is a truck driver who gets out of prison after having served a sentence of several months for a traffic of which he has always proclaimed himself innocent. He soon realizes that he is being followed and threatened by former acquaintances. Alone against all, he has no other recourse than to ask for help to a radio hostess, who had orchestrated a campaign for his release. She becomes frightened and refuses to help him, but he forces her to follow him in his escape. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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Title: Sans famille
Character: Vitalis
Released: December 28, 1981
Type: TV
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Le grand fossé
Title: Le grand fossé
Released: September 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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Black Jack
Title: Black Jack
Character: Black Jack
Released: September 9, 1979
Type: Movie
In this fascinating adventure of the England of the 1750s, the huge Frenchman Black Jack (Jean Franval) miraculously survives a hanging by the British authorities in Yorkshire and escapes from the grim jaws of "justice." He takes to the countryside in the company of Tolly, a teenaged boy who is able to translate Black Jack's odd speech into something comprehensible. They join up with Belle, an aristocratic teenager who has escaped from the madhouse her family imprisoned her in when she grew troublesome. Together, the three join a carnival. However, as it becomes clear that the girl is far from crazy, love between Tolly and Belle grows. This story, set in the mid-18th century, is based on a novel by Leon Garfield.
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Maidens of the Dormitory
Title: Maidens of the Dormitory
Released: November 24, 1976
Type: Movie
The girls in question are forced into high class prostitution by a combination of tuition and compulsion.
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Title: Police Commissioner Moulin
Character: Jo Braun
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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La Ligne de démarcation
Title: La Ligne de démarcation
Character: Le Marseillais
Released: December 3, 1973
Type: Movie
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A Pain in the Ass
Title: A Pain in the Ass
Character: Truck driver
Released: September 20, 1973
Type: Movie
Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.
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Killing in the Sun
Title: Killing in the Sun
Released: March 15, 1973
Type: Movie
The murder of a Parisian mobster starts a war within the world of organized crime.
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The Insolent
Title: The Insolent
Character: Le commissaire
Released: January 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Having escaped from prison Ristack contacts his partner, to organize an attack on a van full of gold. The heist goes well but each man is trying to keep all the loot for himself...
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The Grand Duke's New Clothes
Title: The Grand Duke's New Clothes
Character: Le chambellan
Released: December 23, 1972
Type: Movie
Two crooks think up a scheme to get rich at the expense of the vain and excessive Grand Duke.
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The Valley Without Spring
Title: The Valley Without Spring
Character: Sandoz father
Released: October 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Two men living in a snow-bound town in the mountains fall in love with the same girl
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Title: Die rote Kapelle
Character: General Iwan Alexejewitsch Susloparow
Released: April 9, 1972
Type: TV
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The Annuity
Title: The Annuity
Released: January 19, 1972
Type: Movie
In 1930, Louis Martinet, a peaceful sexagenarian, no longer has a long life to live according to the words of his doctor, Leon Galipeau, who sees to take advantage of the very interesting situation of the "future deceased". This one indeed has a small house in Saint-Tropez. Galipeau sniffs the windfall. Following his advice, Martinet agrees to give it in life to the brother of the doctor, Emile, and then rushes back to a health of iron. Worse, he even survives the war. Galipeau, exhausted, decide to use the great means to get rid of the importunce who persists in thwarting their project ...
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Fight in Vain
Title: Fight in Vain
Character: Camenfort
Released: October 6, 1971
Type: Movie
Paul lives in Africa. He leads an honest and calm existence. Until the day when he finds his friend Frankovich dead.
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Law Breakers
Title: Law Breakers
Character: Sabatier
Released: May 7, 1971
Type: Movie
A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.
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The Granddaughter's Model
Title: The Granddaughter's Model
Character: Pinko, painter
Released: May 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Four young women embark on a journey of sexual awakening.
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The Donkey of Zigliara
Title: The Donkey of Zigliara
Character: Mayor of Zigliara
Released: February 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Maddalena finds that her donkey has reappeared after being missing for months. However, on the same day, a donkey disappears in a neighboring village. The unfortunate coincidence leads to "war" between the two villages.
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Le Cercle Rouge
Title: Le Cercle Rouge
Character: Hotel keeper
Released: October 19, 1970
Type: Movie
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
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Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Title: Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Released: July 8, 1970
Type: Movie
For 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only will he be separated from his faithful companion, but he is well aware too that the arenas of Arles mean death for Ulysse. Being unable to stand such injustice, Antonin runs away from the farm in the company of Ulysse. Together, they go through the Lubéron, the Baux de Provence, the Alpilles, the Crau and the Vaccarès. Yet, their journey is no pleasure cruise, specially when it comes to crossing National Road 7. After a visit to Marcellin, an old friend of his, Antonin sets off again with Ulysse, this time towards the Rhône River.
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Clock Head
Title: Clock Head
Released: April 11, 1970
Type: Movie
One night in Paris all the clocks and watches of the whole world stopped except that of a small professor.
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Time of the Wolves
Title: Time of the Wolves
Character: L'employé S.N.C.F.
Released: January 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, the criminal (Robert Hossein) is tracked by the inspector (Charles Aznavour), a former childhood friend. Plenty of gunplay and psychology is used to trap the killer. His only tender moments are spent with his girlfriend Stella (Virna Lisi). Dillinger is cornered by the police and kills several innocent victims in a crowd during the shootout. The mob decides to take things into their own hands as they approach the doomed man with a noose when he runs out of bullets.
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The Black Hand
Title: The Black Hand
Released: December 20, 1968
Type: Movie
Somewhere in Europe, a scientific research institute, houses the lair of one of the leaders of a terrorist organization called The Black Hand. Zhan Raur, an Albanian who, under a phlegmatic exterior, is suffering from a delirium of power and also from a heart condition, awaits the visit of an unknown correspondent carrying precious documents. But the F.B.I. He has been replaced by one of his agents, Thomas Asher, who is responsible for unlocking the secrets and ramifications of The Black Hand.
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The Madman of Lab Four
Title: The Madman of Lab Four
Character: Un inspecteur de la DST
Released: November 29, 1967
Type: Movie
This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love. He is chased by his boss, the police, and spies, who seek to secure the secret recipe for their own selfish purposes. A shadowy American underworld figure tries to intimidate the inventor. A half-hearted attempt at comedy tries to go along with the double dealing and trickery of the thin plot of the film.
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Million Dollar Man
Title: Million Dollar Man
Character: Larrieux
Released: August 31, 1967
Type: Movie
A U.S. Treasury Department agent is sent to Morocco to find a fortune in counterfeit money hidden by the Nazis during World War II. The agent escapes from prison with the only man who knows the location of the bogus bills. The duo is shadowed by a group of former Nazi soldiers who hope they will lead them to recover the lost loot. The feature plays as a crime drama with overtones of international espionage.
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Law of Survival
Title: Law of Survival
Character: Le jardinier
Released: April 19, 1967
Type: Movie
In 1960, Stan, the protagonist, after having made a fortune in Asia, returns to Corsica, to visit a friend's tomb. In Ajaccio, he meets Helene, who she rescues from her kidnappers, who take advantage of her "charms" in a house of ill reputation. They hide then somewhere in the mountains, where they are pursued by the Corsican mobsters...
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Deux Romains en Gaule
Title: Deux Romains en Gaule
Character: Un ancien combattant gaulois
Released: February 25, 1967
Type: Movie
This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.
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Huckleberry Finn
Title: Huckleberry Finn
Character: Doctor Robinson
Released: January 28, 1967
Type: Movie
A TV movie about Huckleberry Finn, directed by Marcel Cravenne and released in France back in 1967.
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Un mois à la campagne
Title: Un mois à la campagne
Character: Bolchinstov
Released: June 21, 1966
Type: Movie
1840. The arrival of a young tutor in a wealthy Russian family will stir the hearts of two women. The mother, Natalia Petrovna, and her 17-year-old ward, Vera, fall in love with the frustrated boy... Adaptation of Ivan Tourgueniev's most famous play, starring Delphine Seyrig as Natalia Petrovna.
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Funny Money
Title: Funny Money
Released: March 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs.
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Requiem pour un caïd
Title: Requiem pour un caïd
Released: July 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has three women working for him, including Eva and Jeannette, and is currently "conditioning" a charming, naive Orly employee, with whom he poses as an honorable businessman. Inspector Delille's plan is to arrest Jo for some crime and, while he's being held at the P.J., to delve into his other criminal activities and confound him.
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Diary of a Chambermaid
Title: Diary of a Chambermaid
Character: Le facteur
Released: March 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
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In the Affirmative
Title: In the Affirmative
Character: Un policier
Released: February 10, 1964
Type: Movie
The film is a road movie that follows a middle aged man who gives a young woman a lift. On the car radio, news bulletins warn the population against a recently escaped sadist who is known to prey on young women and children. Lelouch often cuts away from the main story, if only briefly, to parallel events that are not necessarily crucial to the story but illustrate what is suggested by the radio.
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Where Are You From, Johnny?
Title: Where Are You From, Johnny?
Character: L'ancien
Released: October 29, 1963
Type: Movie
Without knowing it, Johnny, a young rock musician, finds himself involved with a Parisian drug gang. Realising he is being set up, he throws the drugs into the Seine and takes refuge in the Camargue with his family and his fiancée, Gigi. Meanwhile, the dealers are hot on their heels.
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Cocagne
Title: Cocagne
Character: Regular at the bistro
Released: March 8, 1961
Type: Movie
As the driver of a garbage truck in Arles, Marc-Antoine leads a quiet life with his wife, Mélanie, and their two children. When Amédée's "Fanny" is stolen from the bouliste club, Marc-Antoine offers to repaint another one. As soon as the work is finished, he becomes a local celebrity and, intoxicated by his new-found fame, leaves his family to go with Hélène, the young waitress, to his friend Septime's house in the Camargue to take up painting. Eventually, Marc-Antoine realizes that he is dissatisfied and that his success seems dishonest. He realizes that happiness awaits him with his wife, children and friends, and resumes his simple life without remorse.
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A Martian in Paris
Title: A Martian in Paris
Character: An inspector (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1961
Type: Movie
The title role in the French comedy-fantasy A Martian in Paris is filled by Darry Cowl. The higher-ups in Mars want to learn all about that strange commodity, peculiar to the planet Earth, known as "Love". Darry soon figures out what makes the world go 'round when he meets the gorgeous Nicole Mirel. A Martian in Paris was obviously inspired by the 1960 American comedy A Visit to a Small Planet, which starred Jerry Lewis. Darry Cowl's imitation of Lewis is passable, but it certainly didn't fool the "Le Roi Crazy Jerry" idolators at Cahiers du Cinema and Positif magazine.
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Happy Arenas
Title: Happy Arenas
Released: August 13, 1958
Type: Movie
A watchman with a sensitive heart, Fernand falls in love with Violette and Pervenche, two of the daughters of his boss, Maître Arno. At a bullfight starring three attractive Spaniards, the girls and their sister Marguerite - with whom Fernand's companion Rémy is in love - compete in charm, to the despair of both suitors. Followed by Marina, a pretty girl who seems to take a keen interest in Fernand, the two friends decide to retire to Les Martigues, far from their belles. But soon annoyed by Marina's insistence, Fernand returns to Maître Arno's manade, while Rémy decides to become a bullfighter to win back Marguerite.