Charles Gérard

Charles Gérard

Born: December 1, 1922
Died: September 19, 2019
in Constantinople, Turkey
Charles Gérard (born Gérard Adjémian, 1 December 1922 – 19 September 2019) was a French actor and director. He appeared in more than fifty films beginning in 1957. In many films he worked with director Claude Lelouch. He was a close friend of Jean-Paul Belmondo for over 60 years. Gérard was of Armenian origin.

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Belmondo, le magnifique
Title: Belmondo, le magnifique
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 3, 2017
Type: Movie
With more than 70 films and 160 million cumulative tickets in France, Jean-Paul Belmondo is one of the essential stars of French cinema.
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Belmondo by Belmondo
Title: Belmondo by Belmondo
Character: Self
Released: May 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Jean-Paul Belmondo returns to the settings of a fantastic career, accompanied by his son Paul. Over a career spanning 50 years, Jean-Paul Belmondo’s movies drew over 130 million people into cinemas. This logbook takes us back to sets and countries, from where we can revisit the films in reference and find out about his fruitful collaborations with various directors. Paul Belmondo will lead the investigation, meeting the stars and his father’s friends (eye-witnesses all) and questioning his father about his journey, sharing it with us so we can discover the man and his story like never before.
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Turf
Title: Turf
Character: Casquette
Released: February 13, 2013
Type: Movie
This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering away the little spare cash they have, they agree to give up gambling. But no sooner have they taken this pledge than Fate intervenes, in the guise of the turf king, Monsieur Paul. The latter persuades the four friends to buy a champion racehorse, not knowing that it is in fact an old nag…
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The Players
Title: The Players
Character: Richard
Released: February 29, 2012
Type: Movie
Eight short films explore the subject of male infidelity. Serial cheaters, Fred and Greg, spend a night on the town doing what they do best, and with absolutely no regrets. The duo play various characters in assorted extracurricular situations, ranging from sexist to the darker sides of carnal desires.
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Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Title: Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Character: (images d'archives)
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: Movie
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Belmondo, itinéraire...
Title: Belmondo, itinéraire...
Character: Self
Released: May 18, 2011
Type: Movie
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A Man and His Dog
Title: A Man and His Dog
Character: Un SDF
Released: January 14, 2009
Type: Movie
An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.
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The Courage to Love
Title: The Courage to Love
Character: un client de la bijouterie
Released: June 29, 2005
Type: Movie
A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers.
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The Car Keys
Title: The Car Keys
Character: L'homme qui vend sa Mercedes
Released: December 10, 2003
Type: Movie
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...
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One 4 All
Title: One 4 All
Character: Inspecteur Charlot
Released: December 29, 1999
Type: Movie
Olivia, Irina and Masha are improving their acting skills. They no longer believe in Prince Charming, and their career is waning. Olivia works at the front desk at the airport and offers a wonderful plan: he would do so that friends will be aboard the Paris - New York plane and will sit next to wealthy men. Their task is to seduce the rich and pull them out of money. But the fraudsters do not suspect that Comissaire Bayard and his young assistant are closely watching them...
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Chance or Coincidence
Title: Chance or Coincidence
Character: l'homme sur le bateau
Released: November 18, 1998
Type: Movie
Once a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her.
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Deux mamans pour Noël
Title: Deux mamans pour Noël
Character: Edouard
Released: January 28, 1998
Type: Movie
After years, Eric decides to track down his mother.
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All That... for This?!
Title: All That... for This?!
Character: Policeman
Released: June 9, 1993
Type: Movie
The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge who get on with the trial and who are being unfaithful to their couples.
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Le Voleur et la menteuse
Title: Le Voleur et la menteuse
Character: Charlot
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
The thief: a gangster on the lam, is waiting for a boat which is to sail away from this harbor,a dead end. The liar: a young woman he meets in a restaurant tells him the story of her life based on the screenplay of a movie she was to make. They fall head over heels in love. The convict who has just escaped from jail wants to keep her out of his predicament, but after a night of desperate love, she refuses to leave him.And the police are tracking him down.
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The Beautiful Story
Title: The Beautiful Story
Character: Didier Louis
Released: March 18, 1992
Type: Movie
A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.
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There Were Days... and Moons
Title: There Were Days... and Moons
Character: l'homme au couteau
Released: April 11, 1990
Type: Movie
How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its characters towards violence and alienation.
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France images d'une révolution
Title: France images d'une révolution
Character: The Cardinal
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
On the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, this film is a tribute to the French nation, through historical reconstructions of the Revolution and the First Empire, as well as reports on the successes of France modern, the presence of France in the world, its history and its soil.
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Club de rencontres
Title: Club de rencontres
Character: Le commissaire
Released: September 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Bernard is in the middle of a divorce. In the courthouse where he is awaiting the separation settlement, he runs across a childhood friend, Nicolas, who runs a dating service and is passing out flyers to soon-to-be divorcés. Bernard goes with his friend to his club, and gets roped into helping him find his soulmate.
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Bandits
Title: Bandits
Character: Tonton
Released: June 3, 1987
Type: Movie
On the day Jean Gabin dies, a kidnaper who also takes a fortune in jewels heisted from Cartiers murders Simon Verini's wife. (Simon was fencing the jewels for a youthful gang who robbed Cartiers; he suspects them of the murder.) He's framed for the theft and spends ten years in prison, writing to his daughter, Marie-Sophie, who's 11 when he's sent away. Released, he reconnects to Marie-Sophie and to the young thieves, seeks revenge, and is quickly arrested again. She doesn't know what to make of her father, retreats to her Swiss fiancé, and is flummoxed when one of the young thieves falls for her. Is resolution possible when crime cuts across families and romance?
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A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Title: A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Character: Charlot
Released: May 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big-time director whose most recent film was a very expensive bomb. She comes up with the idea of making a romance based upon her fling with Jean-Louis. She contacts him to gain his permission. Jean-Louis is still in racing and goes away for a desert rally while she begins filming. She finds the mood of their romance difficult to recapture in her film.
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Going and Coming Back
Title: Going and Coming Back
Character: Ténardon
Released: March 27, 1985
Type: Movie
Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created from her gripping story. A film entirely made of music because after seeing the young pianist Erik Berchot, Salomé believes seeing her long lost brother, who was a musician as well. A brother she had lost along with her parents in 1943. However, the Lerners did in fact escape the gestapo and might have based themselves in Paris...
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Long Live Life
Title: Long Live Life
Character: Charles
Released: April 18, 1984
Type: Movie
The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Even the movie's trailer shows only a long sequence of faces gazing speechlessly in space. "Like all my movies, this one is about a man and a woman", says Lelouch in the interview.
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Edith and Marcel
Title: Edith and Marcel
Character: Charlot
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
This tragic musical drama chronicles the star-crossed love between beloved French singer Edith Piaf and World Middleweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan who died in a plane crash. The tumultuous affair is paralleled by the love affair of a French POW and his young pen pal who get engaged after writing to each other for four years and having never met. Their romances are framed by the sad, torchy songs of Piaf.
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The Graduates of the Last Row
Title: The Graduates of the Last Row
Character: Le colonel
Released: August 18, 1982
Type: Movie
The students of a prestigious law school try their best to mess things up.
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Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?
Title: Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?
Character: William
Released: June 5, 1982
Type: Movie
David, a Jewish filmmaker in his thirties, is working on a screenplay with autobiographical overtones. His girlfriend, Anna, with whom he lives, finds his story very narcissistic.
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Bolero: Dance of Life
Title: Bolero: Dance of Life
Character: Charlot
Released: May 27, 1981
Type: Movie
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.
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Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Title: Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Character: Prince Atiz
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Le PDG d'une importante société pétrolière voit ses manoeuvres illicites déjouées par un jeune concurrent dont la femme n'est autre que la fille de son fournisseur arabe.
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Le Guignolo
Title: Le Guignolo
Character: Abdel Fahrad, sbire de Yasser
Released: March 26, 1980
Type: Movie
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look after his briefcase until after they have landed. Alexandre agrees, but the stranger is shot dead soon after and Alexandre himself becomes the target of enemy agents who are keen to recover the briefcase...
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C'est encore loin l'Amérique?
Title: C'est encore loin l'Amérique?
Character: André
Released: January 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Julienne Lebas is a financial assistant at a real estate developer but she has published a novel and hopes to become an actress someday.
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Les Charlots en délire
Title: Les Charlots en délire
Character: Charles Roger Chabot
Released: October 23, 1979
Type: Movie
Gérard, CEO of the factory "La voix du peuple", decides to close his factory by dismissing all his staff, starting with Jean Barbier, the chief of staff, and Phil Dechambre.
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The Bit Between the Teeth
Title: The Bit Between the Teeth
Character: Ménard
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....
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Cop or Hood
Title: Cop or Hood
Character: Cazauban
Released: March 28, 1979
Type: Movie
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt. If they were closely examined, Stan's methods for pursuing this investigation might embarrass the police. For instance, he drives into a criminal's house in a fancy, expensive race car. In another incident, he callously blows up a casino owned by Musard , one of the town's crime bosses. On that occasion, he first forces Musard to remove his clothes, and the poor criminal watches his casino explode from across the square while standing naked in a phone booth. Meanwhile, Stan seduces the lovely Edmonde.
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Les givrés
Title: Les givrés
Character: Le dragueur 1
Released: March 28, 1979
Type: Movie
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The Small Timers
Title: The Small Timers
Character: Charlot, dit "L'Empereur"
Released: September 27, 1978
Type: Movie
A gang of small time crooks, prosecuted by an stubborn police inspector, is unfairly accused of a breaking and entering. After being set free by the inspector's wife, she becomes their boss and starts planning their first big score.
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Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Title: Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Character: Le gardien du pensionnat
Released: May 17, 1978
Type: Movie
1978, France. Young recruits are secretly digging an underground tunnel to get to the boarding school for girls, located in front of their barracks. Sexual girls are digging a tunnel towards...
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Ne pleure pas
Title: Ne pleure pas
Character: L'entraineur Deltreuil
Released: March 15, 1978
Type: Movie
Marc Lafarge, 13, is idolized by his brother Thomas, 20, future veterinarian and amateur boxer. Thomas has a soul of justice. Thus, returning home with Marc after a fight, he hits a little thug who has just robbed an old lady.
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Animal
Title: Animal
Character: Hyacinthe
Released: October 5, 1977
Type: Movie
Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing them to end up in a hospital. After they come out Jane doesn't want to talk to Mike so he decides to get her a job in a film in which he is a stunt double for his double who is a star in action pictures but is in fact a wimp.
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The Toy
Title: The Toy
Character: The photographer, colleague of François
Released: December 8, 1976
Type: Movie
When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.
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The Body of My Enemy
Title: The Body of My Enemy
Character: Le chauffeur de taxi
Released: October 13, 1976
Type: Movie
Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Ten years ago, he would have married her. Now only hatred holds them together. Francois is accused of murder. A hooker and a football star lie slaughtered. He thinks he has been framed by the mob. Going underground, he finds that the trail leads all the way to the top - to Gilberte's family. He needs friends. And friends are hard to come by in his town.
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Title: Police Commissioner Moulin
Character: Mario
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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Incorrigible
Title: Incorrigible
Character: Raoul
Released: October 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Un jour, la fête
Title: Un jour, la fête
Released: February 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Michel returns from a trip. He meets up with his friends from the H.L.M. housing estate. Together, they have set up a meeting place. The developer has the place demolished. Furious, instead of rebelling, the friends organize a party in the housing estate. The party gets off to a good start, but a tragic event interrupts it...
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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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Marriage
Title: Marriage
Character: un ancien combattant
Released: December 31, 1974
Type: Movie
Four wedding anniversaries serve to chronicle the beginning and end of a thirty-year marriage.
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The Slap
Title: The Slap
Character: Christine's neighbor (uncredited)
Released: October 23, 1974
Type: Movie
A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.
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And Now My Love
Title: And Now My Love
Character: Simon's Friend
Released: May 15, 1974
Type: Movie
The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.
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A Free Man
Title: A Free Man
Character: Félix
Released: May 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Henri's wife has divorced him. While Henri is not excessively upset about the divorce, he is sad, hates to be alone, and dislikes the sorts of wrenching changes that are being forced on him. Indeed, his ex-wife cannot get him to leave their shared quarters by the court deadline without having a terrific row with him. When he finally leaves, he leans a great deal on his 10-year-old daughter for company, comfort and support. She gets used to that and has to make adjustments when Henri gets a new woman in his life.
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Happy New Year
Title: Happy New Year
Character: Charlot
Released: April 13, 1973
Type: Movie
Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
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Money Money Money
Title: Money Money Money
Character: Charlot
Released: May 4, 1972
Type: Movie
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
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Title: Midi trente
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
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It Only Happens to Others
Title: It Only Happens to Others
Character: Un collègue de Marcello (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.
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Smic, Smac, Smoc
Title: Smic, Smac, Smoc
Character: Charlot 'Smic'
Released: September 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards and live in the same construction facility. One day, Amidou leaves them to marry Catherine, a salesgirl. The trouble for Charles and Jean is that going to their friend's wedding means buying new clothes, which is problematic given their low income Moreover, they are determined to make this day an unforgettable one, despite their lack of money. Will they be able achieve their aim?
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Smic, Smac, Smoc
Title: Smic, Smac, Smoc
Released: September 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards and live in the same construction facility. One day, Amidou leaves them to marry Catherine, a salesgirl. The trouble for Charles and Jean is that going to their friend's wedding means buying new clothes, which is problematic given their low income Moreover, they are determined to make this day an unforgettable one, despite their lack of money. Will they be able achieve their aim?
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The Crook
Title: The Crook
Character: Charlot
Released: November 20, 1970
Type: Movie
A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.
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The Sleeping Car Murder
Title: The Sleeping Car Murder
Character: Un travesti près du kiosque à journaux (non crédité)
Released: November 17, 1965
Type: Movie
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
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Anyone Can Kill Me
Title: Anyone Can Kill Me
Character: Un détenu
Released: December 6, 1957
Type: Movie
The holdup of the bank is a success. All happened according to plan. Now, Cyril Gad and his four accomplices must secure an alibi. What better place than a prison cell? As a result the five gangsters have themselves arrested on minor charges and start waiting until they are released. Unfortunately three of them die mysteriously, another one is openly murdered. The only man still alive, Tony, is scared. Easy to understand why...
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Monsieur Vincent
Title: Monsieur Vincent
Character: Un galérien (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1947
Type: Movie
The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.
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Mystery Tour
Title: Mystery Tour
Character: Strombolian (uncredited)
Released: May 21, 1947
Type: Movie
The basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended "voyage surprise" (the title is translated as "Mystery Tour") for unsuspecting vacationers. They soon realize, while riding in the old man's home-made bus, that he hasn't bothered to plan any kind of itinerary. As a result, they end up in completely preposterous situations, of course. Voyage surprise!
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Destiny
Title: Destiny
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1946
Type: Movie
This is the story of two brothers: the good one, the virtuous gent, an acclaimed singer, and the bad one who leads a wild life.
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Back Streets of Paris
Title: Back Streets of Paris
Released: November 27, 1946
Type: Movie
Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, one of her former accomplices hounded by the police, finds sanctuary with her. During a drinking spree, he has the bad idea to entrust to her a suitcase filled with bank notes, a loot with which Victor hopes to rebuild his life in South America. But Rose, lured by temptation, betrays Victor, who is arrested by the police. However, he manages to escape with only one thing in mind, to take revenge on Rose...