Pierre Destailles

Pierre Destailles

Born: May 16, 1909
Died: March 31, 1990
in Paris, France

Movies for Pierre Destailles...

The Secret of the Selenites
Title: The Secret of the Selenites
Character: Sirius l'astrologue (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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Je l'aimais trop
Title: Je l'aimais trop
Character: Trivoux
Released: August 5, 1983
Type: Movie
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Les petits oiseaux
Title: Les petits oiseaux
Character: François
Released: November 25, 1977
Type: Movie
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Title: La Poupée sanglante
Released: September 17, 1976
Type: TV
Paris, 1925. Bénédict Masson, bookbinder and poet, is secretly in love with his neighbor, Christine. Christine works at the strange Coulteray mansion where the marquise accuses her husband of being a vampire. But Bénédict has other preoccupations: six of his apprentices have disappeared without a trace.
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Title: Midi trente
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
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Les assassins associés
Title: Les assassins associés
Character: Paul
Released: April 22, 1970
Type: Movie
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Un coup dans l'aile
Title: Un coup dans l'aile
Character: Le docteur
Released: December 31, 1963
Type: Movie
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Germinal
Title: Germinal
Character: Le voleur
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: Movie
Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low and safety left much to be desired. Lantier tried to organize the miners into a union. When mine manager Hennebeau refused to negotiate, the workers launched a general strike, which ended with the intervention of the troops.
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Les Bras de la nuit
Title: Les Bras de la nuit
Character: Inspector Morel
Released: November 29, 1961
Type: Movie
Police inspector, Landais is caught in a tough situation. Daniele has murdered her husband, yet after the inspector starts investigating the case, he is completely overcome by her. Her obvious attractions have him in thrall and eventually he realizes he will do anything not to lose her. His solution is to cover up for her crime, after which things begin to go poorly.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Clara and the Villains
Title: Clara and the Villains
Character: La Commande
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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Et ta sœur...
Title: Et ta sœur...
Character: Le directeur du journal
Released: September 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no problems with justice. The trouble is that he has a sister, Lucrèce, who is agony aunt in his newspaper and who tends not to mince her words. To make matters worse, Francine, his daughter, has fallen in love with Bruno, a penniless student and Lucrèce is prepared to do anything to prevent her marriage..
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Filous et compagnie
Title: Filous et compagnie
Released: November 20, 1957
Type: Movie
Marianne, whose past is not beyond reproach, runs a real estate agency, to whose customers Mr. Donzin grants high-interest mortgages. Donzin provides high-interest mortgages. Mr. Donzin has just executed a charming victim who, unable to repay her loan after her husband's death, has had her business confiscated. Marianne is dreaming of a vigilante when her ex-husband, Alfredo, pardoned from prison, reappears. When he finds out, he sees in Mr. Donzin a "pigeon" worthy of attention.
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Title: La Famille Anodin
Character: Victor Anodin
Released: July 6, 1956
Type: TV
The Anodin family, is a French TV serial, in 8 episodes of 45 minutes, from 1956, on RTF.
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These Sacred Holidays
Title: These Sacred Holidays
Character: Georges PINSON
Released: May 30, 1956
Type: Movie
Georges Pinson, who wants to spend his holidays on the riviera with his wife and his two kids,buys a car.His neighbors and the drivers who overtake him gibe at him.
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Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
Title: Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A man of of principle leads a double life: one for his mistress and one he takes home to his wife.
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Crime Boulevard
Title: Crime Boulevard
Released: July 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Madeleine Vernier, a renowned actress, is soon to perform a play written by her second husband, Gilbert Renaud. Her previous husband, Raymond, shows up and reveals to the young woman that the play is a transposition of a crime that Gilbert has always managed to hide. Disturbed and frightened, Madeleine regains her affection for Raymond, who is delighted, but mysteriously dies. The actress and author would have everything to fear from the police if Maguy, the couple's false friend, were the culprit. The curtain can finally be lifted.
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Price of Love
Title: Price of Love
Character: Jojo
Released: January 5, 1955
Type: Movie
Because he loved a trainer named Suzy too much, honest Pierre Menard wasted his life and died. Innocent, but implicated in the ransacking of a jewelry store, he receives a five-year residence ban, which he ignores, only to find himself reduced to joining Paulo's sinister gang. The police finally arrest him and force him to become an informer if he doesn't want to leave Paris. He accepts and signs his death warrant.
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Crainquebille
Title: Crainquebille
Released: April 19, 1954
Type: Movie
In the Mouffetard district of Paris, Jérôme Crainquebille, an affable four-season merchant, is stopped by a police officer and taken to the station, unjustly accused of shouting "Mort aux vaches!" ("Death to the cows!"). When he returns to work after a fortnight's detention, he is ostracized by his neighbors. Lonely, Crainquebille sank into despair and alcoholism. His life in prison seemed sweeter, and his attempts to return were in vain. He owes his salvation to the affection of a local kid.
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The Knight of the Night
Title: The Knight of the Night
Character: l'inspecteur Leblanc
Released: November 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a few years together, the couple slowly sinks into weariness. Bella has forgotten what happiness used to taste like. Then a mysterious squire appears. Aware of the couple's faltering situation, he makes Bella and Georges a most astonishing proposal: he claims to be able to separate Good from Evil in Georges. Reluctant at first, the couple eventually agrees to play along. But it's not long before they realize that in Georges, it's Evil that has prevailed.
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Lightly and Shortly Dressed
Title: Lightly and Shortly Dressed
Character: Maître Jacques Vermorel
Released: November 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Jacqueline and Jacques, newlyweds, are in frequent discussions. The cause is Jacqueline's flirtatious nature, which she has not been able to shake off despite her marriage. One of her tennis partners, Pierre, declares his love for her, but Jacqueline advises him to marry Simone instead. Meanwhile, the husband is approached by an unsympathetic character who suggests that Jacqueline is his mistress.
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Rooster in dough
Title: Rooster in dough
Character: Roger Vernon
Released: June 2, 1952
Type: Movie
A famous lawyer is irritated to see his fiancée spending her time trying to educate Languille, a tramp. Wanting to discourage his Saint-Bernard side, he asks a young engineer to introduce himself to her, under the guise of a tramp. But his plan turns against him, because the young man falls in love with his beautiful.
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My Wife Is Formidable
Title: My Wife Is Formidable
Character: le portier de l'hôtel
Released: December 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Raymond Corbier, a sculptor, has a wonderful wife, Sylvia, whom he adores. To save a passionate admirer who simulates suicide because she does not respond to her advances, Sylvia, an irreproachable wife, is forced to lie for the first time to Raymond.
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Perfectionist
Title: Perfectionist
Character: Gaston Berval
Released: November 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of his patients die during surgery and Delage starts doubting. Is he actually such a great man? To fight desperation he decides to take in the deceased child while devoting more time to Florence, his hitherto neglected wife.
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Trip to America
Title: Trip to America
Character: Le cuistot
Released: October 31, 1951
Type: Movie
As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about.
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The Merry Pilgrims
Title: The Merry Pilgrims
Character: The twins
Released: May 25, 1951
Type: Movie
With no contract in view, Aimé Barelli, the leader of the band of the same name, decides to take a holiday. As this is the Holy Year, the young artist accepts to follow his mother on a pilgrimage to Rome. His band members - complete with their agent - decide to follow suit. Good idea because on the train to Rome, there is a whole class of charming schoolgirls, including charming Rosita and - surprise ! - Nicole, Aimé's pretty but elusive beloved. The trip is cheerful but eventful and life gets even more complicated with the interference of Duranval, a fake talent agent but genuine trouble shooter. At a time confusion is such that a bomb explodes and the whole gang find themselves in ... heaven! But Saint Peter has pity on them and sends them back to earth. At long last Aimé can marry Nicole while his musicians spread mirth around them.
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Under the Paris Sky
Title: Under the Paris Sky
Character: Michel
Released: March 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.
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Beware of Blondes
Title: Beware of Blondes
Character: Lionel, the traveler
Released: November 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Back from a stay in the Far East, a woman who knew the names of the chiefs of a drug ring is murdered. Georges Masse, the famous reporter, decides to investigate, accompanied by his faithful photographer P'tit Louis. He will come across some unappetizing characters like M. Dubois, a killer, Luigi Costelli, a dangerous trafficker and a beautiful but dubious lady, Suzanne Wilson. After being himself suspected, Masse will make the truth triumph.
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Les femmes sont folles
Title: Les femmes sont folles
Character: Justin
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Marguerite secretly loves a novelist whose face no one knows. The jealous husband sets up a scheme by asking an actor friend to play the novelist and behave in an execrable way in order to disgust his wife. But things never turn out the way you think they will.
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L’atomique Monsieur Placido
Title: L’atomique Monsieur Placido
Released: July 5, 1950
Type: Movie
A gangster, thief of atomic formulas, has a double in the person of a naive musician. A music hall artist who makes eyes at the musician is deceived by the gangster who also takes advantage of the resemblance to track down a band of thugs who are chasing him. Virtue is ultimately rewarded.
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A Certain Mister
Title: A Certain Mister
Character: Le Majeur, membre de la bande
Released: May 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Documents relevant to National Defence have been concealed in a certain vase by a dangerous gang of robbers. To neutralize the criminals, a seasoned police commissioner and his clumsy assistant, young inspector César, join forces with a colorful trio of thieves nicknamed Le Pouce (Thumb), L'Index (Index Finger) and Le Majeur (Middle Finger)...
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Branquignol
Title: Branquignol
Character: Pierrot
Released: December 16, 1949
Type: Movie
In this sketch comedy compared to the American film Hellzapoppin, a spectacle is put on to celebrate the wedding of a nobleman, but the results are disastrous.
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Millionaires for One Day
Title: Millionaires for One Day
Character: Le cafetier
Released: December 13, 1949
Type: Movie
A typographer makes a mistake by printing the winning number of the national lottery. Many people believe they have won the jackpot. Pursued by his newspaper editor, the worker appears in court where all mystified people are invited to testify.
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Valse brillante
Title: Valse brillante
Released: December 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A prima donna hires a man to pretend to be her lover so as to protect her from an unwelcome suitor. Unbeknownst to her, he is a tenor in disguise.
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Suzanne and Her Brigands
Title: Suzanne and Her Brigands
Released: June 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Suzanne is a lawyer, she's just got her degree and she is married to a cop. We follow her through three investigations.
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Mission in Tangier
Title: Mission in Tangier
Character: Maurin, un agent français
Released: June 6, 1949
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London.
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The Spice of Life
Title: The Spice of Life
Character: L'employé du gaz
Released: November 26, 1948
Type: Movie
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and Robert Benchley had done for years in American short subjects. Among those are the Practical Joker who will do anything for a laugh; the Party Entertainer who never stops singing; the Talkative Neigbor who forgets the time; the noisy neighbors who dance the tango all night; and women drivers, people who telephone at meal time, the friend you never saw before and amatuer medical experts. Much use of trick photography, montages, puppets and animation along with some adult Gallic wit and gentle satire.
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Dropped from Heaven
Title: Dropped from Heaven
Character: Fernand
Released: November 20, 1946
Type: Movie
Gaby, the singer of the "Raymond's Jazz" band, leads Maurice, one of the musicians, to believe that, following a night he spent with her in the hay, he is the father of her child. In fact, the baby is neither his nor hers. He is the son of Madeleine, a young war widow who has entrusted him to her friend Gaby until she is allotted a flat. One day, Maurice happens to meet Madeleine and falls in love with her but he does not dare to confess his "paternity" to her. Fortunately the misunderstanding is clarified and Maurice can at the same time marry Madeleine and adopt her kid.