Thomy Bourdelle

Thomy Bourdelle

Born: April 20, 1891
Died: June 27, 1972
in Paris, France

Movies for Thomy Bourdelle...

Head Against the Wall
Title: Head Against the Wall
Character: Colonel Donnadieu
Released: March 20, 1959
Type: Movie
An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.
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White Smoke
Title: White Smoke
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Sophie Mallet is the lively manager of a detective agency, assisted by Emile Gachit, her conscientious but not very effective right-hand man. One day a fellow named David entrusts her a pack of cigarettes that she is supposed to hand over to a certain John Smith. But David soon disappears while John Smith is murdered. Moreover, a lot of dubious characters prove "very interested" in the pack of cigarettes... Which will keep Sophie and Emile for some time...!
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Speaking of Murder
Title: Speaking of Murder
Character: le catcheur
Released: April 12, 1957
Type: Movie
Louis Bertain is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer.
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Le Rouge et le Noir
Title: Le Rouge et le Noir
Released: October 29, 1954
Type: Movie
It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.
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Tabor
Title: Tabor
Released: February 22, 1954
Type: Movie
An evocation of the wartime exploits of the Moroccan "Tabors" in Tunisia, Italy, the French campaign and Germany. During the landings in Corsica, a light-hearted love affair develops between Adjutant Lenoir and a nurse. Fights, escapes and heroic actions lead to victory.
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The Return of Don Camillo
Title: The Return of Don Camillo
Character: Cagnola
Released: June 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
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Double or Quits
Title: Double or Quits
Character: The chief fitter
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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Holiday for Henrietta
Title: Holiday for Henrietta
Character: The Circus Director (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day. The other has a more thrilling and dastardly fate in mind for her. Among the film's irresistible conceits is Hildegarde Neff as an oversexed circus bareback rider.
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Grand gala
Title: Grand gala
Released: December 5, 1952
Type: Movie
An officer brings to him in Morocco a dancer he loves.
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Bille de clown
Title: Bille de clown
Released: September 5, 1952
Type: Movie
Gaston has always wanted to be a clown, which is not to please his father, a stern notary. The latter is adamant : he will never allow his son to tarnish his reputation. Frustrated Gaston falls in love for a pretty circus rider and draws closer and closer to his vocation. Gaston's father dies but goes on interfering, from heaven this time. Cunning and persistence will finally help Gaston to be the clown he has always dreamed of being.
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Captain Ardant
Title: Captain Ardant
Character: The colonel
Released: November 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Representing the French authority in Morocco, Captain Ardant is the target of the bloodthirsty rebel leader Malek. In order to appropriate himself in arms, he does not hesitate to take the captain's collaborator hostage and to do despicable blackmail.
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Vendetta in Camargue
Title: Vendetta in Camargue
Released: August 23, 1950
Type: Movie
The young Huguette arrives in Camargue to take over the farmhouse and the breeding of bulls from which she has just inherited - Huguette has to face the thefts of horses and bulls by the Romanichels and stand up to the Gardians, who do not appreciate being commanded by a young woman. Fortunately, her neighbor Fred will be there to help her to overcome all these obstacles.
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The Unknown Road
Title: The Unknown Road
Released: December 2, 1949
Type: Movie
The Moroccan adventure of Charles de Foucauld, explorer in Morocco, in 1883-1884. The ex-officer's contact with the wisdom of the Koran, the mores of the natives, the solitude on the edge of the oases made him rediscover his faith and already we guessed in him the future Father de Foucauld.
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La Bataille du feu
Title: La Bataille du feu
Character: Commander
Released: April 24, 1949
Type: Movie
Activities and exploits of firefighters in the context of a village then the capital and under the bombardments of the Second World War where the saving of lives was more important than that of factories.
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A Cop
Title: A Cop
Character: Un inspecteur
Released: December 3, 1947
Type: Movie
Georges, hunted by the Germans, had taken refuge with his brother, Commissioner PJ Paris. Once released, he teams up for the sake of a girl with the lackluster Zattore. A bank is robbed, but the police is fast and Georges will either lose his life.
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Les Cadets de l'océan
Title: Les Cadets de l'océan
Character: Gueguen
Released: November 14, 1945
Type: Movie
In the harbor of Toulon, on the “Ocean” training ship, the apprenticeship of the cabin boys and experts of the Navy is punctuated by permissions in town, friendships, bullying, and loves.
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The Black Rider
Title: The Black Rider
Character: Pierre le Mauvais
Released: March 31, 1945
Type: Movie
In Flanders in the eighteenth century, Ramon de Ortila, a young lord who has been dispossessed of property has turned into a gentleman brigand. His main target is Monsieur de Saint-Brissac, the salt tax farmer. But Solange, his daughter, sets a trap and lures the young man to her father's manor. Little does she know that love is at the rendezvous.
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Jeannou
Title: Jeannou
Character: Peyrac
Released: November 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Jeannou lives in a castle in Périgord with his father, the last man of aristocratic lineage landowners, very attached to traditions. She meets Peter, a young engineer, she joined in Paris, decided to marry her. A few months later, pregnant, she returned to the area where the wedding will be celebrated.
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Immortal France
Title: Immortal France
Released: April 7, 1943
Type: Movie
The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.
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Hangman's Noose
Title: Hangman's Noose
Character: Bronson
Released: November 23, 1940
Type: Movie
In England, a boxer is sentenced to death for a murder he does not seem to have committed.... Anthony Gethryn, who has just resigned from the police on the occasion of his marriage, has three days left to find the real killer.
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Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Title: Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Character: Stanley
Released: February 1, 1940
Type: Movie
The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France as his motherland.
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La Belle Revanche
Title: La Belle Revanche
Character: Peters
Released: May 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A painter who has led a free and independent life meets true love. A jealous former lover intervenes to prevent her from being happy and succeeds in driving away the one she loves. The young woman regains a taste for life thanks to her work and her friends.
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
Title: Adrienne Lecouvreur
Released: October 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.
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Chéri-Bibi
Title: Chéri-Bibi
Released: March 2, 1938
Type: Movie
An innocent young man, burglar Cheri-Bibi, and his gangsters are sent to a penal colony.
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Sisters-in-Arms
Title: Sisters-in-Arms
Character: Le juge Goldschmidt
Released: December 2, 1937
Type: Movie
During the war from '14-'18, two women travel by foot in the North of France and Belgium to aid an organization to provide information to the English
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The Men Without Names
Title: The Men Without Names
Character: Bordage
Released: December 1, 1937
Type: Movie
The life in Morocco of an officer of the Foreign Legion, Colonel de Joyeuse.
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Arsène Lupin, Detective
Title: Arsène Lupin, Detective
Character: Cassire
Released: April 30, 1937
Type: Movie
Arsène Lupin decides to run a detective agency in addition to being a gentleman thief. As a detective he happens to cooperate with police in order to unveil the criminal activities of a villain. When he succeeds the villain returns the favour. The unmasked Arsène Lupin manages to escape with the villain's gangster moll as his new companion.
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Quand minuit sonnera
Title: Quand minuit sonnera
Character: Eric Schutz
Released: November 27, 1936
Type: Movie
A criminal is being blackmailed by his former accomplices. He does everything in his power to gain time because the statutory limitation for the crime he committed starts at midnight.
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Seven Sinners
Title: Seven Sinners
Character: Paul Turbé
Released: June 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at an hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker.
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The Call
Title: The Call
Character: General
Released: May 1, 1936
Type: Movie
The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer, who became an explorer, and then became a Catholic priest and hermit in the Sahara
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Un homme de trop à bord
Title: Un homme de trop à bord
Character: Werner
Released: December 6, 1935
Type: Movie
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The Man with a Broken Ear
Title: The Man with a Broken Ear
Released: March 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Colonel Fougas, stricken with catalepsy during the Russian campaign in 1812, was resuscitated after more than a century by French scholars and is not getting used to our time.
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Maria Chapdelaine
Title: Maria Chapdelaine
Character: Esdras Chapdelaine
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
A young woman has three suitors on her father's logging ranch on the Quebec frontier.
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The House on the Dune
Title: The House on the Dune
Released: August 3, 1934
Type: Movie
In a village on the French-Belgian border, a smuggler named Sylvain falls in love with the pretty Pascaline, which infuriates Germaine, his mistress. The jealous woman reports Sylvain to the police. As a result, the young man gets hurt during a night chase. Fortunately Pascaline offers him hospitality and looks after him.
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Vers l'abîme
Title: Vers l'abîme
Character: The commissioner
Released: July 13, 1934
Type: Movie
The dramatic story of a military attaché, in a European embassy who will sign a fake check, in order to recover important secret documents that have been stolen from him.
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Iceland Fisherman
Title: Iceland Fisherman
Released: April 20, 1934
Type: Movie
Gaud Mevel, a young Paimpolaise brought up in Paris, falls in love with the rough sailor, Yann Gaos. When he knows she is an orphan and poor, he marries her. A few days later, he leaves for Iceland from where he will never return. The sea will take him back, jealous of his feelings.
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Adieu les beaux jours
Title: Adieu les beaux jours
Character: Commissioner Domprel
Released: September 3, 1933
Type: Movie
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L'Étoile de Valencia
Title: L'Étoile de Valencia
Character: Captain Mendoza
Released: June 16, 1933
Type: Movie
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July 14
Title: July 14
Character: Fernand
Released: January 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A light, comedy romance about a cab driver named Jean and a flower girl named Anna that takes place in Paris during the Bastille day celebration of July 14th.
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Porthos
Released: December 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Young d'Artagnan leaves Gascony for Paris where he hopes to become a Musketeer of the Guard. He does meet three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, but totally by chance and for... a duel against them! But he soon befriends them and follows them in their adventures, notably on a secret mission to uncover a plot contrived against the Queen by Cardinal Richelieu.
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Danton
Title: Danton
Released: October 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Reconstruction of Danton's political career, from the moment he had just been admitted as a lawyer and became friends with Camille Desmoulins and Fabre d'Eglantine. Until his death sentence on the charges of Robespierre.
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Transit Camp
Title: Transit Camp
Character: Cesare
Released: July 28, 1932
Type: Movie
Set among the traveling circus community. Artists of many talents and origins. A showman causes an accident in which his wife is killed. He accuses the circus clown who spends ten years in prison. It was made as a polyglot film with each actor speaking in their own language.
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Fifty Fathoms Deep
Title: Fifty Fathoms Deep
Released: June 24, 1932
Type: Movie
Two friends, Tim and Pinkie, are divers. A woman comes to separate them: she gets married secretly by Pinkie and during her absence, accepts Tim's advances. Pinkie doubts his friend Tim, but a shipwreck reconciles them while the culprit loses her life.
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Fantômas
Title: Fantômas
Character: L'inspecteur de police Paul Juve - l'ennemi juré de Fantômas
Released: May 20, 1932
Type: Movie
The Marquise de Langrune invites her friends at her castle in Beaulieu. Among them is Lord Beltham who also came to bring her a significant sum of money. The mysterious Fantômas kills the Marquise during the night. Inspector Juve is sent on his trail.
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Tumultes
Title: Tumultes
Character: Gustave Krouchovski
Released: April 21, 1932
Type: Movie
Fresh out of prison a small-time crook finds his girlfriend's dropped him, which sends him into a murderous rage.
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Verdun, memories of history
Title: Verdun, memories of history
Released: November 6, 1931
Type: Movie
A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.
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The Rebel
Title: The Rebel
Released: July 31, 1931
Type: Movie
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Halfway Up the Sky
Title: Halfway Up the Sky
Character: Jim
Released: June 12, 1931
Type: Movie
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The Devil's Holiday
Title: The Devil's Holiday
Character: Mark Stone
Released: March 27, 1931
Type: Movie
Betty marries rich Allan out of interest and drives a wedge between him and his family.
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Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Title: Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Character: Caïn
Released: November 28, 1930
Type: Movie
A stoker, dissatisfied with his job, escapes from his ship to an island where he lives with a native girl. Eventually he is picked up by a passing steamer.
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Under the Roofs of Paris
Title: Under the Roofs of Paris
Character: François
Released: April 28, 1930
Type: Movie
In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.
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The Divine Voyage
Title: The Divine Voyage
Character: Mareuil
Released: June 13, 1929
Type: Movie
A girl in search of sailors lost in the Pacific.
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Verdun: Visions of History
Title: Verdun: Visions of History
Character: The German officer
Released: November 8, 1928
Type: Movie
A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
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Sea Fever
Title: Sea Fever
Released: November 18, 1927
Type: Movie
The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea.
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Les fiançailles rouges
Title: Les fiançailles rouges
Released: February 11, 1927
Type: Movie
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Le chemineau
Title: Le chemineau
Released: December 17, 1926
Type: Movie
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Jean Chouan
Title: Jean Chouan
Character: Kléber
Released: January 22, 1926
Type: Movie
This 8 chapter serial drama tells the story of a resistance movement led by Jean "Chouan" Cottereau against the Republicans in Western France starting in 1793.
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Jocaste
Title: Jocaste
Character: Dr. René Longuemarre
Released: May 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Following her father's advice, Hélène Haviland (Sandra Milovanoff) accepts the marriage proposal of Fellaire de Sizac (Abel Tarride). Later she finds Dr. Groult (Henri Fabert), one of their friends, trying to kill her husband by poisoning slowly over a long period of time. It's painful but she keeps silence...
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Fan Fan the Tulip
Title: Fan Fan the Tulip
Released: January 2, 1925
Type: Movie
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Iceland Fishermen
Title: Iceland Fishermen
Released: October 10, 1924
Type: Movie
Faithfully reproduced observations of Breton fisherfolk in story of the man a local woman really loves who will not at first give himself to her because of his fondness for the sea that takes him away.
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La Brière
Title: La Brière
Released: January 2, 1924
Type: Movie
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The Red Inn
Title: The Red Inn
Character: Dutchman
Released: September 27, 1923
Type: Movie
Two young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them and, for lack of space, shares their room. At dawn he is found dead. A few years later justice is done.
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Le taxi 313-X-7
Title: Le taxi 313-X-7
Released: March 30, 1923
Type: Movie
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Geneviève
Title: Geneviève
Character: Cyprien
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Geneviève is an orphan child and living with her little sister Josette. Because of her economic situation, she cancels marriage with an honest and respectful man. Josette, after a short and tremendous love affair, dies leaving a little baby boy. Due to this incident, Geneviève is convicted and imprisoned. Wandering from town to town, village to village, she finally manages to get to her ancient fiance's house.