Léo Joannon

Léo Joannon

Born: August 21, 1904
Died: March 28, 1969
in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Léo Joannon (21 August 1904 – 28 March 1969) was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman.

Joannon first attracted international attention in early 1939 during the production of S.O.S. Mediterranean, when his attempts to include shots of a German naval ship docked in the port of Tangier created a diplomatic incident between the pre-World War II French and German governments. The film later won the Grand Prix du Cinema Français.

Joannon is best known to international audiences as the director of the comedy film Atoll K (1951), which was the final motion picture starring the legendary comedic double act Laurel and Hardy. Among his other better-known films were Le Defroqué (1954) and Fort du Fou (Outpost in Indochina) (1962).

Joannon died in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

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Movies for Léo Joannon...

Assassin in the Phonebook
Title: Assassin in the Phonebook
Released: March 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Fernandel plays Albert, the unhappy brunt of jokes by his fellow office-workers who goes from the frying pan into the fire. Albert gets caught up in a robbery that also goes from bad to worse when it leads to several murders. Although he is not a killer and essentially innocent, there does not seem to be very much that Albert can do to convince others of the truth.
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The Desert of Pigalle
Title: The Desert of Pigalle
Character: Maurice
Released: April 2, 1958
Type: Movie
A young priest works as a barman in a Pigalle cafe in Paris. He tries to prevent the women there to prostitute themselves....
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A Girl in a Pocket
Title: A Girl in a Pocket
Character: Troisième employé
Released: November 6, 1957
Type: Movie
A professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his female lab assistant, when she drinks the liquid by accident and shrinks to 3 inches tall. The professor keeps her in his pocket until he can find an antidote. Sometimes she's naked, too.
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L'Homme aux clés d'or
Title: L'Homme aux clés d'or
Released: November 7, 1956
Type: Movie
Antoine Fournier, a language teacher at a secondary school in Lille, was disgraced by four young men he had caught stealing money from a charity collection. Dismissed from the teaching profession, Fournier found a job as a porter in a Monte Carlo palace through his wartime friend Ansaldi. A few years later, when he became the first concierge, the "man with the golden keys", chance brought him into the presence of the young men, married but as Machiavellian as ever. He won't take revenge on them, but their baser instincts will.
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Sister Angele's Secret
Title: Sister Angele's Secret
Released: March 21, 1956
Type: Movie
A poor wop entrusts his savings to an antique dealer's care. Bad idea. When he comes back to claim his dough,the villain acts as if they've never met. And the poor Italian immigrant kills him.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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Farewell, friends
Title: Farewell, friends
Released: March 14, 1931
Type: Movie
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The Woman and the Puppet
Title: The Woman and the Puppet
Character: Don Mateo's Friend
Released: May 31, 1929
Type: Movie
Womanizer Don Mateo helps a girl in a train when attacked by a other woman. This girl, Conchita - a cigarette maker, soon visits the rich Don Mateo at his palace in Sevillia. He falls for her, but she likes to play with him.
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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.