Robert Dalban
Biography: Robert Dalban (born Gaston Barré; 19 July 1903 in Celles-sur-Belle, Deux-Sèvres – 3 April 1987 in Paris) was a French actor. His work included stage acting, roles in TV shows and dubbing American stars. Moreover, he was a fixture in French cinema for many decades. Source: Article "Robert Dalban" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 19, 1903
Deathday: April 03, 1987
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The Party
1980-12-17
The Party
Overview: A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-12-17
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Fantomas Unleashed
1965-12-08
Fantomas Unleashed
Overview: In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-12-08
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My Uncle Benjamin
1969-11-28
My Uncle Benjamin
Overview: Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same reason he resists the efforts of his sister Bettine to marry him off to Arabelle, the daughter of old Dr. Minxit. Benjamin does agree to go and meet the girl. But that evening his sister finds him at the inn together with Manette, who is arrested by her father. So she decides to go with Benjamin herself. But as result of an incident with the fat Marquis puts paid to the expedition. Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is determined to got his revenge. He succeeds thanks to the gorgeous Vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé, who also helps Manette with her problems against her father. But Benjamin is now arrested by the Marquis...
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-11-28
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Fantomas
1964-11-04
Fantomas
Overview: Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Versatile Lovers
1970-05-06
Versatile Lovers
Overview: Isabelle (Marisa Mell) runs a nursing home for wealthy women who are trying to detox from their various obsessions. Her lover, Serge Belaiev (Robert Hossein), a petty gangster, has pulled off a big hit but his partners have denounced him to the police in order to appropriate his share of the loot. Isabelle takes him in and hides him in an attic of this strange house. In love with Isabelle, Philippe Lansac (Alberto Dalbes), the owner of the place, decides to close the castle...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-05-06
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When the City Awakes
1975-06-05
When the City Awakes
Overview: An armored van is attacked and the gangsters hide the loot in a graveyard.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-06-05
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Only the Wind Knows the Answer
1974-11-20
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
Overview: The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that Hellmann's villa was monitored, the tapes also contain information about the explosion. He uses them for blackmail.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1974-11-20
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This Pretty World
1957-09-27
This Pretty World
Overview: Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of literature in Aix-en-Provence, whom he has hardly ever seen. Gaston announces himself for Christmas, and Pépito decides to make him look good by moving into his headquarters: a château where the crooks will be able to exercise their talents as composers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-09-27
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Dracula and Son
1976-09-14
Dracula and Son
Overview: With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula and his son Ferdinand head abroad. Dracula ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status. His son, meanwhile, is ashamed of his roots and ends up a night watchman in Paris, France where he falls for a girl. Naturally, tensions arise when father and son are reunited and both take a liking to the same girl.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-09-14
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The Great Spy Chase
1964-12-10
The Great Spy Chase
Overview: A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-10
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972-12-06
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Overview: A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-12-06
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Crooks in Clover
1963-11-27
Crooks in Clover
Overview: An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-27
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Le Rabat-joie
1978-01-01
Le Rabat-joie
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Let's Not Get Angry
1966-04-20
Let's Not Get Angry
Overview: One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his money.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-04-20
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The Old Guard
1960-09-02
The Old Guard
Overview: Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-02
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Obsession
1954-10-28
Obsession
Overview: Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-28
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The Eye of the Monocle
1962-11-14
The Eye of the Monocle
Overview: In 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of Corsica. Years later, Schlumpf, the sole survivor of the commando, returns to Corsica to recuperate the treasure -- with British and Soviet spies on his heels, and closely monitored by Dromard, from the French intelligence services. The monocled Dromard is convinced that he can outfox his opponents, but difficulties accumulate: despite his plump appearance, Herr Schlumpf is a sly fellow; Corsica is teeming with treasure hunters from various nationalities; and all parties readily resort to unnatural alliances, brazen treachery, and strong-arm tactics. Who will get the treasure?
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-11-14
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Three Make a Pair
1957-04-10
Three Make a Pair
Overview: Jojo’s ambition is to become a gangster, but to be admitted into a gang he has to prove himself by committing a daring act. To that end, he kills someone in broad daylight, not knowing that his victim is an actor who is playing a scene in a film directed by a cranky film-maker (Darry Cowl). The murder is caught on film, leading Commissaire Bernard (Michel Simon) to think that the killer will be easy to find. Sure enough, Bernard soon makes his arrest, a clown from a circus, but then he faces an almost insurmountable problem. The clown has an identical twin, who is also a clown with the same circus. Both men claim to be innocent…
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-04-10
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The Walls of Malapaga
1949-09-19
The Walls of Malapaga
Overview: A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-09-19
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Hi-Jack Highway
1955-10-18
Hi-Jack Highway
Overview: A trucker encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man's widow accuses him of having robbed her husband, and a gang of sinister crooks are also harassing him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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Petit Con
1984-01-18
Petit Con
Overview: An adolescent who fancies himself a sexy and conscientious young man abuses all his friends and family in a quest for his own independence.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-01-18
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The Gang
1977-01-19
The Gang
Overview: In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-01-19
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Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958-05-07
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Overview: A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-05-07
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There Once Was a Cop
1972-02-11
There Once Was a Cop
Overview: Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-02-11
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Man in the Trunk
1973-10-12
Man in the Trunk
Overview: Bloch, an Israeli secret agent, seeks refuge in the French embassy in Libya to escape being killed. Augier, his French opposite number, has to get him to safety in a diplomatic suitcase.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-12
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Illegal Cargo
1958-02-28
Illegal Cargo
Overview: A female journalist beats two male rivals to a scoop by exposing a white slave racket going on right in 50s Paris.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-02-28
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Human Freight
1937-12-01
Human Freight
Overview: 1915, in invaded Belgium, the Germans seek in vain to dismantle the organization of the smugglers of men who help volunteers to cross the Dutch border.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-12-01
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The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964-09-16
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Overview: A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-09-16
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Promise to the Unknown One
1942-10-02
Promise to the Unknown One
Overview: A young woman is in love with a young writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt. Married to a banker, she must face her husband's anger and the blackmail of a former suitor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-10-02
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Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
1939-06-07
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Overview: In 1917, in a small village in the North, Abbe Gaillard is suspected by the Germans of facilitating the escape of French and Belgian soldiers. A false alibi makes him innocent and he can thus continue his mission, thanks to the devotion of an Alsatian who, in enemy uniform, obscurely serves his country.
Genres: War Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-06-07
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Pasha
1968-03-14
Pasha
Overview: Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-03-14
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Boulevard
1960-11-30
Boulevard
Overview: Boulevard focuses on Georges 'Jojo' Castagnier, an adolescent who lives in a poor room under the roof of a block of apartments in the Pigalle section of Paris. He ran away from home when he realized that his step-mother hated him from day-one. Among Jojo's many neighbors is the gorgeous Jenny Dorr , a nightclub dancer, whose lover he dreams of being. But, to Jojo's disappointment, Jenny becomes the lover of Dicky, a former boxer, who spends his time loafing about the Pigalle cafés. Jojo lacks for steady work, but manages to meet his financial obligations with a series of odd jobs. He tries selling magazines, which is a success for a while, though posing as Narcissus for two gay artists proves to be something of a disaster. Eventually, he woos Marietta, one of his other neighbors and a girl more suited to his age. But when things go really awry, Jojo becomes desperate and tries to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of his building
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-30
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La Neige sur les pas
1942-06-03
La Neige sur les pas
Overview: Abandoned by her husband Marc, Thérèse Romanay cheats on him with André Norans. When Romanay finds out, he drives her away. She runs away with her lover. But, during a mountain excursion, Norans is killed and Thérèse is herself seriously injured. But she recovers. The husband then forgives the unfaithful wife, and the couple reunites.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-06-03
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Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
1943-07-14
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
Overview: A scientist who have discovered how to turn salt water into petrol dies before he has revealed his formula. By mistake it's assumed that his assistant knows it although he does not.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-07-14
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Their Last Night
1953-10-23
Their Last Night
Overview: Arriving in Paris, Madeleine Marsan rents a room in a guesthouse where she makes the acquaintance of Pierre Ruffin, a respectable municipal librarian. Through Pierre, Madeleine finds work as a schoolteacher and soon realises that she is in love with him. Then she discovers that Pierre is in truth the head of a band of crooks. Caught by the police after a failed robbery, Pierre manages to escape. With Madeleine’s help, he goes on the run.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-10-23
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When the Pheasants Pass
1965-09-10
When the Pheasants Pass
Overview: Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who involves them (against their will) in high-profile swindling, but their success is quite limited. For starters they are deceived by Mrs. Paterson, a charming widow. Later on, Ribeiro, a Portuguese contractor and former victim of the two crooks, traces them and forces them to work on one of his building sites for damages. Just then, Larsan-Bellac resurfaces with plans to lure Ribeiro once again. —Guy Bellinger
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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Angel and Sinner
1945-10-13
Angel and Sinner
Overview: During the stagecoach trip of a frightened group of inhabitants of Rouen, Elisabeth Rousset, known as "Boule de Suif", renders these people a signal service, but comes up against their stupidity and their sufficiency. A little later, Boule de Suif assassinates the formidable Prussian lieutenant whom his friends had nicknamed Fifi and who shamelessly displayed his taste for pillage and his sadistic tendencies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-10-13
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No Problem!
1975-06-18
No Problem!
Overview: A man with a gunshot wound in the stomach comes to first house and collapses in Anita's apartment. A minute later he dies and the girl horrified by what happened, must look for somebody who would help her get rid of the corpse...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-06-18
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The Last Judgment
1945-12-08
The Last Judgment
Overview: In Central Europe, resistance to the Germans in growing. But the partisan leader is denounced and killed. His daughter and the son of the traitor love each other. Condemned by his comrades, the informer commits suicide in front of the young couple.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-12-08
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Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963-02-15
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Overview: In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by little each one discovers each other’s more or less troubled history… when a mysterious death introduces the Police within this huis clos, hastens disclosure of well‑kept secrets and ruffle this little World.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-02-15
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Marie-Octobre
1959-04-24
Marie-Octobre
Overview: A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin. The former members of the network have carried on with their lives after the war, but this evening they are going to have to live again a fateful night – the night their leader was killed. He had been betrayed, his name given to the Germans. The search for the traitor puts each personality in the spotlight – and also that of the killed leader, Castille.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-04-24
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The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947-09-19
The Crowned Fish Tavern
Overview: Captain Palmer's daughter, Maria, is neglected by her husband, the cynical Leo, who lives with the beautiful Sylvia. To defeat his son-in-law, Palmer has the idea of putting Sylvia back in the presence of Pierre, her first love. Leo takes revenge by creating many difficulties for Palmer who retaliates by starting a violent fight where Leo is killed. Everything seems to point to Pierre, but...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-09-19
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The Killer is Listening
1948-01-01
The Killer is Listening
Overview: April fools in a studio where a radio host pretends to shoot dead all the performers....till a true crime occurs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-01-01
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A Man Walks in the City
1950-03-22
A Man Walks in the City
Overview: Le Havre, France, in 1949. In a town that still shows the scars of war, several friends meet up in Albert's café. One of them, Laurent, has lost his job on the docks and his marriage to Madeleine is falling apart. He knows that his wife wants to start an affair with friend, Jean Sauviot. Jean is a lonely man who is attracted to Madeleine but doesn't want to commit himself to the wife of a friend. On the day that Madeleine tells her husband that she is seeing Jean, Laurent goes looking for Jean to find an explanation. Arriving on the docks in the evening, he attacks an American sailor who looks like Jean, but the man fights back and runs away after killing Laurent accidentally. Madeleine thinks that Laurent was killed by Jean and believes that she can start a new life with her lover. The police have other ideas...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-03-22
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The Secret of Monte-Cristo
1948-09-17
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
Overview: One of Alexandre Dumas's most popular adventure novels is "The Count of Monte-Cristo". What is little known is that the famous writer made up neither its plot nor its characters. Dumas actually heard the true story of a man named François Picault during a stay at a private mansion and only adapted it into the novel everybody knows . Picault (who in the book would become Edmond Dantès) was about to marry the beautiful Marguerite (Mercédès in the novel) when he was denounced by three jealous friends who falsely accused him of being a spy for England. Picault was placed under a form of house arrest. In his prison, he made friends with an Italian abbot. When the man died, he left his fortune to Picault whom he had begun to treat as a son. On his release, Picault, who had become wealthy, was able to pursue his ruthless revenge on the three men who were responsible for his misfortune.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-09-17
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961-09-27
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Overview: "Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-09-27
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The Little Rebels
1955-10-21
The Little Rebels
Overview: Judge Julien Lamy regularly deals with the welfare of children, namely down on their luck delinquents. When an orphan named Alain Robert burns down a barn belonging to his abusive foster family, Judge Lamy has no choice but to send him to a juvenile jail. There he meets an older boy named Francis Lanoux, who is desperate to escape and be reunited with his girlfriend Sylvette. The boys eventually flee the institution, as Francis goes in search of his lost love and Alain continues looking for his parents. Unfortunately, the little rebels run into some big problems once on the outside.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-10-21
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The Hell of Lost Pilots
1949-08-18
The Hell of Lost Pilots
Overview: A plane flying to Dakar is caught in a storm and has to land in the desert. Deprived of a radio, he is unable to give his position and the water reserves are limited to two days. Each, among the military crew and the civilian passengers, experiences the ordeal according to his character.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-08-18
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Assassin in the Phonebook
1962-03-02
Assassin in the Phonebook
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-03-02
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The Seven Deadly Sins
1952-03-27
The Seven Deadly Sins
Overview: A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-03-27
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Paris Pick-Up
1962-05-04
Paris Pick-Up
Overview: On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-05-04
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The Lovers of Bras-Mort
1951-05-17
The Lovers of Bras-Mort
Overview: Jean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love with Monique, the daughter of a wealthy boat owner. The girl returns his affection but runs her head against the wall of her family's class prejudices. Her "nearest and dearest" prove indeed prepared to do everything to separate the two lovers. But Monique will not buy in. On the contrary, she leaves her intolerant family to live with Jean among simple, more tolerant bargemen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-17
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The Passerby
1951-05-18
The Passerby
Overview: A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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The Beautiful Image
1951-05-30
The Beautiful Image
Overview: One day, Raoul Cérusier realizes with amazement that his face has changed. With the exception of an old uncle, no one, not even his wife, recognizes him. From an ordinary, rather ugly man, he has become a charming young man on whom the prettiest girls turn, including his wife whom he seduces. Fortunately, he regains his old face in time and Madame Cérusier, losing a lover, finds her husband again.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-30
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When You Read This Letter
1953-07-26
When You Read This Letter
Overview: After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister. Both of them fall prey to a womanizing mechanic with psychopathic tendencies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-26
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Witness in the City
1959-05-06
Witness in the City
Overview: Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-05-06
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Death of a Killer
1964-04-01
Death of a Killer
Overview: When Massa is released from prison, he's sure that Luciano, an old freind, is responsible for his incarceration. Massa proceeds to keep watch on Luciano, who has been living with Massa's beloved sister Maria. Feeling doubly betrayed because of his unhealthy adoration for Maria, Massa is determined to get back at Luciano and ends up in a deadly game of roulette.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-01
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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974-06-19
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Overview: A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and invent himself an awful life. Then he meets the beautiful woman whose goal in life is to sleep with the less exciting guys on Earth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-06-19
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The Insolent
1973-01-25
The Insolent
Overview: 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...
Genres: Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-25
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Berlin Express
1948-05-01
Berlin Express
Overview: In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt becomes involved in a Nazi assassination plot.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-01
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Law of Men
1962-07-04
Law of Men
Overview: After a planned robbery on an armoured car the investigating police officer encounters a female journalist who specialises in criminology, and who he suspects may have had a role in the heist.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-07-04
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Desert Assault
1969-07-30
Desert Assault
Overview: Allied and German forces are stranded in desert during WW II and attempt to surrender each other.
Genres: War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-07-30
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A Little Virtuous
1968-02-21
A Little Virtuous
Overview: In Paris, the young photographer Ferdinand falls in love with Claire, a pickpocket. Shortly after, he is assaulted because he took pictures of the young woman with another man, Brady, his sponsor. The policeman Lorenzi is put on the case, but in love, Ferdinand does not want to denounce her. However, a stolen object that she offered him will allow his indictment: Claire will spend a year in prison. When she is released, Ferdinand marries her. Kerman, Ferdinand's new boss, employs Claire in his cabaret. She puts on a famous act during which she picks the pockets of the spectators, then gives the objects back at the end of the show. But Brady reappears, demanding 80% of the young woman's earnings, otherwise he will denounce Claire's bigamy, to whom he is still married! Ferdinand prepares to flee with his wife. When he finds her, he comes across the corpse of Brady, whom Claire has just killed.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-02-21
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Under the Sign of the Bull
1969-03-28
Under the Sign of the Bull
Overview: In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress has her doubts, as Albert lashes out in a verbal tirade condemning those of little faith in his genius.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-03-28
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Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959-11-11
Signed, Arsène Lupin
Overview: At the end of the Great War, Arsène Lupin resumed his adventurous life. Theft of three paintings committed by an adversary leads him to the treasure of the Golden Fleece.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-11-11
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Gigolo
1951-11-08
Gigolo
Overview: Back from the war, Marceau Le Guern remembers. Educated in an orphanage run by Dominican brothers, he fell into misery when he left it. His only asset was his good looks, which did not escape the attention of Madame Alice, a shady woman who persuaded him to pose for pornographic photos meant for lonely aging women. Marceau also served as a gigolo before the war and captivity put an end to this juicy business. Now he wants to start a new life, all the more as ha has found love in the person of a pure young lady named Dominique. But Madame Alice won't hear of it...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-11-08
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Highway Pick-Up
1963-11-13
Highway Pick-Up
Overview: An escaped convict makes a remote gas station his safe haven. But soon the cunning, devious wife of the owner seeks a chance to use him to get what she wants.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-13
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People of No Importance
1956-02-15
People of No Importance
Overview: During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is already married and is old enough to be Clothilde’s father. Things take a turn for the worse when Jean loses his job and his wife finds out about his affair. But Clothilde’s predicament is even more distressing...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-02-15
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Ivory Coast Adventure
1965-04-01
Ivory Coast Adventure
Overview: An Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival gangs.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-04-01
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The Madman of Lab Four
1967-11-29
The Madman of Lab Four
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-29
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The Wicked Go to Hell
1955-12-07
The Wicked Go to Hell
Overview: Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all fall in love. Alas for our "heroes," Vlady intends to avenge the death of her sweetheart at the hands of Hossein and his confreres. Not only do these heels go to Hell, but they do so with a spectacular flourish. Les Salauds Vont en Enfer was adapted by Rene Wheeler from a play by Frederic Dard.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-12-07
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Les Gorilles
1964-12-23
Les Gorilles
Overview: A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-23
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Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1976-04-14
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Overview: The love story like no other of an aristocrat with the daughter of the bellboy at Chez Maxim's restaurant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-14
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Hail the Artist
1973-12-06
Hail the Artist
Overview: Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a reconciliation with his ex-wife. But in this, as in his professional life, Nicolas is doomed to disillusionment and failure.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-12-06
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The Brain
1969-03-07
The Brain
Overview: Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-03-07
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Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
1973-01-25
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
Overview: The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract tourists. To their horror, the plan misfires when a group of hippies are the first to move in. The hippies' free and unconventional ways quickly upset the staid lives of the locals. Then one of the locals is found murdered, and suspicion inevitably falls on the newcomers. Eventually, the locals and the hippies join forces to solve the mystery, and in the course of their adventures learn to respect each others' ways.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-25
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She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970-04-17
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Overview: Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-17
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Incorrigible
1975-10-15
Incorrigible
Overview: 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?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-10-15
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La Chèvre
1981-12-09
La Chèvre
Overview: When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-12-09
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Hothead
1979-02-14
Hothead
Overview: François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous mockeries.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-02-14
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The Restaurant
1966-09-09
The Restaurant
Overview: A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-09-09
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A Trap for Cinderella
1965-10-22
A Trap for Cinderella
Overview: Based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel, the story revolves around a young girl who suffers from amnesia after surviving a terrible fire.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-10-22
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The Seventh Juror
1962-04-18
The Seventh Juror
Overview: In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually her boyfriend is charged with the crime and, in a strange twist of fate, the killer finds himself serving on the jury.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-04-18
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The Troubles of Alfred
1972-03-01
The Troubles of Alfred
Overview: Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. Recovering, the young lady puts him up at her house, as he has run out of places to live. He joins a Parisian sporting team and seems to have transferred his bad luck to a corrupt television boss who is attempting to manipulate the game so that Alfred's Paris team loses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-03-01
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Prends ta Rolls et va pointer
1981-08-12
Prends ta Rolls et va pointer
Overview: Camille Vigault, takes advantage of his vacation to visit a cousin winemaker in Roussillon. Quickly tired by work in the countryside, he prefers to buy an old abandoned Rolls Royce from his cousin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-08-12
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The River of Three Junks
1957-01-25
The River of Three Junks
Overview: In Saigon, the heads of the French counter-espionage network replace the secretary of dangerous traffickers with one of their agents to uncover a trade in bacteriological bombs.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-01-25
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Distracted
1970-12-09
Distracted
Overview: A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-12-09
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Mandat d'amener
1953-08-02
Mandat d'amener
Overview: Appointed public prosecutor in a small provincial town, Gérard Latour befriends Delanglade, whose young wife becomes his mistress. Shortly afterwards, a fire ravages Delanglade's factory. During the ensuing investigation, the Public Prosecutor discovers the troubled past of the industrialist and his front man, Jacques Perthuis, an ex-convict. They themselves set fire to the factory to collect the insurance premium. Gérard Latour, suspecting his mistress of complicity in her husband's machinations, leaves her after a stormy argument.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-08-02
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Price of Love
1955-01-05
Price of Love
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-01-05
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Die... We'll Do the Rest
1954-10-15
Die... We'll Do the Rest
Overview: Unable to go to America where he dreamed of making his fortune, Ulysse Sylvain decided to apply the methods that had been successful across the Atlantic to his parents' village. He posed as a buisinessman, won the confidence of the notables and transformed the village in the American style, complete with pin-ups, cowboys and so on. Tourists flocked to the village, but Ulysse's greatest idea was to put the cemetery into operation in the American style, and to attract customers with a splash of advertising. Concessions sold out fast, and everyone wanted their place for eternity... However, administrative obstacles are about to cause a catastrophe that Ulysses will avoid at the last moment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-15
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La Madelon
1955-12-02
La Madelon
Overview: 1914, a small village of the Marne. Charming and woken up, Madeleine, said the Madelon, who works in the coffee(café) of his father, Tourlourou, account of numerous pretenders. To the rich Antoine Pichot, she prefers corporal Beauguitte. When the war bursts, she(it) searches for the latter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-12-02
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Pas de souris dans le business
1955-04-08
Pas de souris dans le business
Overview: Without seeming to touch it, journalist Trupeau is interested in the doings of Mireille, a jewelry store saleswoman. A certain Jojo is hanging around the young girl, and not for the right reasons, but to pull off a "heist". Although one of his men betrays him and has to be shot, Jojo succeeds. The police investigate, question and pursue Mireille. Exasperated and disillusioned, the pretty salesgirl shoots Jojo. Fortunately, the journalist is there to prove that she's as white as an ermine. And the ch timents rain down on the culprits.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-08
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Sexpot
1957-10-23
Sexpot
Overview: Coveted by many of the men around her, the sensual Nathalie is a magnet for passion. After many adventures and dramas, she will find the happiness she longs for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes
1956-06-05
In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: A horrific and, on the face of it, incomprehensible murder has just been committed on the unsympathetic person of a loan shark. The victim's body is found lifeless, but the circumstances of his death are far from clear. For want of anything better to go on, the police immediately suspect a penniless gentleman who had the bad idea and misfortune to be present at the time of the crime. The police don't take the time to look for other possible suspects, and are not at the end of their surprises. A dark story seems to lie behind this imbroglio of incoherent facts.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-06-05
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Minuit... Champs-Elysées
1954-01-29
Minuit... Champs-Elysées
Overview: A burglar, Bob Duchemin, is charged with murder following a mysterious settling of accounts. Suspicion also falls on the manager of a cabaret on the Champs-Elysées, as well as the owner of the establishment, Enrico. But Bob is also found guilty and sentenced to twenty years' hard labor. Soon abandoned by his fiancée, Lili, Bob learns that she has become Enrico's mistress, one of the attractions at the Tipico. The young singer's affair quickly makes her an international star. For his part, Bob escapes and seeks revenge. He meets a young pure freak who dissuades him from carrying out his murder plans. Bob kills Enrico anyway, but in self-defense. Afterwards, having been found innocent, he will be able to "remake his life" with the pure young girl.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-01-29
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La joyeuse prison
1956-06-29
La joyeuse prison
Overview: Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison, where all the inmates live amicably together. Among them, various colorful characters : a farmer, a poacher, a distiller, a forger, two pickpockets, a safe-cracker, a gangster and... a good-looking guy who pleases Rosette, Benoit's daughter, well. But too much leniency takes its toll : after Vauclin, the gangster, manages to escape and a complaint is filed against "the deplorable disorder reigning in the joyful prison", Benoit is given early retirement. He will know how to take advantage of his new status live a joyful life with his wife, his daughter and André, his son in law, in fact the nice-looking young prisoner who, in the meantime, has been cleared of all charges.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-06-29
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Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
1955-03-01
Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
Overview: Working for a stock-car team, Robert dreams of becoming a racing driver himself. For a long time this is only a pipe dream until one day fortune smiles on him when he saves the life of a young woman. Gisèle, the young lady in question, happens to be the daughter of a car manufacturer. Robert and Gisèle fall for each other and decide to marry. They get on quite well except on one point: Gisèle does not want her husband to take part in car races. But passion is the strongest and, breaking the ban, Gilbert wins the La Baule car event. Overcoming her aversion, Gisèle finally allows her husband to pursue his brilliant career.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-03-01
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Le souffle du désir
1958-04-09
Le souffle du désir
Overview: Daniel Bellanger, a night-club crooner, is a basically straight,honest man. He has just married Christiane, a cashier in a Montmartre hotel and his main objective in life is to live happily with his wife and Pierrot, the son she had of a former union. Unfortunately Daniel accepts the offer of his old friend Freddy to run a gambling den. The place is frequented by a host of dubious guys, among whom a hood named Mario. The latter finds Christiane to his liking and soon shows he is prepared to do anything to take her away from Daniel, including kidnapping little Pierrot.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-04-09
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L'irrésistible Catherine
1957-05-10
L'irrésistible Catherine
Overview: A legionnaire, Georges, promised his friend, who died of a snake-bite, to marry Catherine, the girl with whom he had a child. Back in France, the young soldier goes in search of Catherine. The girl he finds is a dumb puritan; in spite of his disappointment, he keeps his promise and asks for her hand. At the last moment, in the town-hall, he discovers the girl he is to marry is not the true Catherine. So he leaves his fiancee and heads for Paris where the true girl works as a cabaret dancer. But the deserted fiancee is not prepared to accept it.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-05-10
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Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit
1960-08-17
Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit
Overview: A young girl, Christiane, leaves her family to join friends with whom she intends to "make a life". Two boys, Jo and Paul, look after the heroine, whose relations seem rather shady. Jo, a guide in a tourist agency specializing in nightlife in Paris, has a "shadow" of his own in the scatterbrained Annette, who is determined to marry him. While touring the capital's cabarets, Jo meets a model, Jacynthe, and her photographer, Daniel, as well as a star, Jackie, and her manager, Helios. The latter organizes a mock jewel robbery for publicity purposes, with Jackie as the victim. But contrary to expectations, the robbery takes place.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-08-17
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I'll Get Back to Kandara
1956-12-20
I'll Get Back to Kandara
Overview: One evening, professor André Barret sees the author of a murder in the darkness; cafe owner Cordelec is the victim. From then on, his suspicions fall on one of his students who had just arrived in his class, Bernard Cormiere.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-12-20
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Zaza
1956-10-03
Zaza
Overview: Around 1900, Zaza was the undisputed star of the "Variétés parisiennes". Bonded with pianist Cascard, she indulges in adventures and falls in love with handsome Bernard Dufresne. A short affair. Surprised by her friend's behavior, she believes he has a mistress in the provinces. In reality, he is married and Zaza, faced with her daughter, prefers to step aside. From now on, she'll live for her art, and will always refuse to renew her acquaintance with the man who made her suffer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-03
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The Singer from Mexico
1957-01-24
The Singer from Mexico
Overview: Vincent Etchebar is spotted by the impresario Cartoni who gives him the opportunity to break into Paris. But nothing will go as planned.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-01-24
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OK Patron
1974-06-01
OK Patron
Overview: Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organization" appoints one. She instructs her two bodyguards to take on anyone who likes money, doesn't have any and, above all, doesn't want to work too hard - in short, "the average Frenchman"... They discover Léon Bonnet, a representative of "magic crosses". They send him gifts: champagne, weapons (a mistake...), a ring for his fiancée, and a meal worthy of the finest gourmets. In return, they take him to Mario's dying bedside, and have him sign over the estate. It's then that Leon, with his angelic good looks, restores order within the Mafia, surprising all his adversaries with his manners, and outwitting the police...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-06-01
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Law of the Streets
1956-04-25
Law of the Streets
Overview: Yves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace" in Paris, an old-timer with whom he has a sincere friendship. The love of Zette, a young girl he has met, and the benevolent friendship of Father Blain, the bistro owner, give him the desire for regular work. "Jo le Grec", a pimp jealous of Dédé's friendship with Yves, seduces Wanda, a prostitute he loves, and shoots Dédé dead. Blain prevents him from doing the same to Yves, and shoots him in turn. Yves can live an honest life with Zette and the baby she's expecting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-25
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Daughters of Destiny
1954-01-21
Daughters of Destiny
Overview: Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne d'Arc, medieval warrior and Elisabeth, American war widow who comes on pilgrimage in Italy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-01-21
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The High Life
1960-02-16
The High Life
Overview: Doris Putzke is fond of dating men in her quest to find the perfect one. In her brief relationships, she goes from one disillusionment to another, constantly deluding herself about the intentions of her lovers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-02-16
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Idiot in Paris
1967-03-22
Idiot in Paris
Overview: Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-22
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Les Livreurs
1961-07-24
Les Livreurs
Overview: These two friendly delivery boys from a Parisian department store not only take their job to heart as much as possible, but also consider themselves responsible for the happiness of the customers they have to deliver to. This leads them successively to help, at the cost of incredible acrobatics, a young couple celebrating the first anniversary of their marriage, to mingle with the clientele of a rather disquieting doctor, to almost perish in an ambush that was of course not intended for them, and to avoid a domestic quarrel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-07-24
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Panurge's Sheep
1961-07-05
Panurge's Sheep
Overview: Charles and Jeanne Renard live with their young kids in a dormitory town. Everyday train and metro,work and return by train and metro to the dormitory town (the famous french sentence "Métro,boulot,dodo"). But how fragile is marital bliss ?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-07-05
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Long March
1966-05-31
Long March
Overview: In June 1944, a young doctor, Chevalier, under the threat of guns, is forced to treat a wounded man in a camp of resistance fighters (maquisards). He recognizes the man, minister of the Third Republic, called Morel by his companions. Carnot, the chief of the maquisards, is suspicious of a doctor who expressly disapproves of the resistance and wants to have him shot as soon as he has treated Morel. Philippe, who is second in command, intervenes in favor of the Chevalier. Meanwhile, peasants denounce the maquisards to the Nazis and the camp is surrounded by the Germans. The camp is saved thanks to Philippe who takes command of the group. He decides to leave the shelter and they begin the long march through the Cévennes to rally maquisard Napoleon in the Vercors...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-05-31
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Dossier AST-555
1960-11-25
Dossier AST-555
Overview: A cabaret is used as a cover for drug trafficking, but the police are unable to uncover the means used to smuggle the opium. It turns out that one of the accomplices is repatriating the bodies of her compatriots who have died abroad and smuggling the drugs. A race is waged between the police and the culprits: the law triumphs.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-25
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Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961-04-04
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Overview: Henri IV falls in love with the young Charlotte de Montmorency, 40 years his junior. The king decided to marry her off to his nephew, Henri de Condé, so that he could later make her his mistress.
Genres: History Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-04-04
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Prostitution
1963-03-22
Prostitution
Overview: A young girl from the provinces ends up in Paris and falls into the vicious circle of prostitution, before resolving to denounce her torturers to the police.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-03-22
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Clash of Steel
1962-10-18
Clash of Steel
Overview: In 16th-century France, the Chevalier de Pardaillan rescues the beautiful gypsy "Violetta", in reality Isabelle, daughter of the Comte d'Entraigues and prey of his sworn enemy, the Duke Henri de Guise. Pardaillan and Isabelle fall in love, and the valiant chevalier will not rest until the advent of King Henri IV.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-10-18
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Brigade Anti Gangs
1966-08-18
Brigade Anti Gangs
Overview: The struggle between a ruthless leader of a bank robbers and the cops who are determined to put him in jail for long.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-08-18
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Une merveilleuse journée
1980-11-12
Une merveilleuse journée
Overview: The unusual day of a young pharmacist's assistant, between Deauville and Cassis.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-11-12
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Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971-02-10
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Overview: Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-02-10
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A Little Virtuous
1968-02-21
A Little Virtuous
Overview: In Paris, the young photographer Ferdinand falls in love with Claire, a pickpocket. Shortly after, he is assaulted because he took pictures of the young woman with another man, Brady, his sponsor. The policeman Lorenzi is put on the case, but in love, Ferdinand does not want to denounce her. However, a stolen object that she offered him will allow his indictment: Claire will spend a year in prison. When she is released, Ferdinand marries her. Kerman, Ferdinand's new boss, employs Claire in his cabaret. She puts on a famous act during which she picks the pockets of the spectators, then gives the objects back at the end of the show. But Brady reappears, demanding 80% of the young woman's earnings, otherwise he will denounce Claire's bigamy, to whom he is still married! Ferdinand prepares to flee with his wife. When he finds her, he comes across the corpse of Brady, whom Claire has just killed.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-02-21
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Love Lies
1983-03-19
Love Lies
Overview: After a harrowing breakup, Marcel returns to his favorite hotel to find his room occupied by a journalist, whom he attempts to impress.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-03-19
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Clerambard
1969-01-01
Clerambard
Overview: When a cruel man is visited by Saint Francis and convinced to change his ways, his family believes him to be insane and locks him away in order to sell his beloved castle
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Diabolique
1955-01-29
Diabolique
Overview: The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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Jenny Lamour
1947-10-04
Jenny Lamour
Overview: Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-10-04
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The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
1976-01-07
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
Overview: A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-01-07
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Out of It
1978-10-10
Out of It
Overview: The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-10-10
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It Happened All Night
1960-09-13
It Happened All Night
Overview: Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn’t like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful brunette named Christine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-13
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The Menace
1961-03-01
The Menace
Overview: Josepha is on the verge eighteen living with her drunken washed up actor uncle. She longs for the companionship of a group of her mo-ped riding peers who dabble in activities on the shady side of a legal dividing line. In order to get the semi-delinquent group to accept her, Josepha runs to the police with a tall tale about the local druggist, Savary. The police are looking for a sex murderer, and Josepha insists Savary is their man. What she does not know, however, can do her considerable damage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-03-01
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Love and Cool Water
1976-03-24
Love and Cool Water
Overview: Jip, a young piano teacher in Paris, lived in the cozy comfort with his mistress Mona, who is twenty years older, until he met the young and lovely Rita. Together, they lead a bohemian lifestyle and go on a trip to the south. But on their return, Rita falls ill ...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-03-24
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Of Flesh and Blood
1963-07-08
Of Flesh and Blood
Overview: Samuel finances his participation in a card game by stealing parts from a jeep. He cheats at cards, and has his hands broken as a consequence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-07-08
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Love on a Pillow
1962-09-05
Love on a Pillow
Overview: A young girl rescues a man from a suicide attempt. He turns out to be a sociopath, who begins to take over her life, abusing her both verbally and emotionally, yet she can't seem to tear herself away from him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-05
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The ComDads
1983-11-23
The ComDads
Overview: Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-11-23
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A Loser
1972-04-18
A Loser
Overview: Granier, a former accountant imprisoned for financial embezzlement, is released from prison and decides to help his cellmate to escape...
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-04-18
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Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974-09-11
Like a Pot of Strawberries
Overview: Amandine is twenty years old, the most beautiful buttocks in Paris, and unfortunately a very ugly nose, which forces her in her profession of model, to pose only from behind. Trying in vain to save money that her sister Joëlle constantly borrows from her, she will finally be reimbursed and will thus be able to afford aesthetic surgery and become a lovely cover girl...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-09-11
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Misdeal
1969-04-30
Misdeal
Overview: A musician named Jacques Christens, is given a proposition by an old man. For ten million Francs he is asked to impersonate a certain Paul de Baer – a man who is supposedly exiled in the Amazone. Christens is told this scheme will save Mr. Baer from ruin. An adaptation of Boileau and Narcejac's "D'entre les Morts".
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-04-30
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The Party 2
1982-12-08
The Party 2
Overview: A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-12-08
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Too Late to Love
1959-05-05
Too Late to Love
Overview: Walter, a reporter and photographer, meets Catherine in a train. The young lawyer recently gained an acquittal for a man who killed his alcoholic father to save his mother. Campaigning against alcoholism, she asks Walter to help her unmask a wine merchant engaged in shady practices.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-05-05
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The House Under the Sea
1947-08-20
The House Under the Sea
Overview: A stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband Lucien. But she suddenly experiences a passionate love, taking refuge with Constant in a cave they call “home under the sea.”
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-08-20
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Au P'tit Zouave
1950-03-16
Au P'tit Zouave
Overview: Au p'tit Zouave, a café, sees a colorful clientele from working-class Paris. An assassin will shake up the daily life of the regulars.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-03-16
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Vertigo For A Killer
1970-08-05
Vertigo For A Killer
Overview: Jean-Pierre Desagnat's Vertige pour un tueur involves Marc as a hood hunted down by his boss when he fails to execute a man who happens to be his friend. He is hidden by a woman whose husband has murdered his business associate and wants Marc to take the rap for the crime.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-08-05
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The Moment of Truth
1952-10-22
The Moment of Truth
Overview: After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of supposedly happy marriage. Back home, he demands answers from Madeleine. A long night of explanations ensues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-10-22
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The Strollers
1950-11-25
The Strollers
Overview: Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-11-25
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The Lebanese Mission
1956-09-12
The Lebanese Mission
Overview: In Lebanon, industrialist Hennequin, director of a French oil company, entrusts engineers Jean Domèvre, a Frenchman, and Mokhrir, a Lebanese, with the prospecting of an isolated region granted to him by Countess Athelstane Orloff. Their search remains fruitless until Mokhir reports the discovery of a uranium deposit, but disappears before Jean can identify the location. He goes to the Countess for help in finding Mokhir and surprises her when, due to financial difficulties, she is negotiating her concession with the Englishman Hobson, director of a rival company. Attracted by Jean, the Countess nevertheless gives him her preference and they set off together in search of Mokhir.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-09-12
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A Legitimate Defense
1958-06-11
A Legitimate Defense
Overview: Two friends from the last war, Pierrot, a bar owner, and Gustave, a police inspector, are in contact with a notorious gang of racketeers in Montmartre. Tired of putting up with Albert the King's demands, Pierrot kills the gangster during a bar brawl. His first instinct is to flee, but on Gustave's advice, he turns himself in to the law. All things considered, he'll be safer in prison than exposed to the reprisals of the "underworld". Pierrot goes to trial. He was acquitted as having acted in self-defense. But his release leaves him open to the vengeance of Bob, one of Albert's accomplices. Pierrot narrowly escapes an ambush, but is finally able to rid himself of the threat hanging over him, thanks to the friendship of Inspector Gustave, and finally reunites with the companion of his life, Dora, who has never stopped trembling for him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-06-11
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Service Entrance
1954-08-16
Service Entrance
Overview: Walking alone and looking desperate, young Marie-Lou is taken in hand by Léo, a street photographer and his squatter friends. They all want to know what happened to her, so to satisfy their curiosity, Marie-Lou starts recounting her unfortunate experiences as a housemaid. On account of adverse circumstances, she tells them, she lost all of the jobs she had in five different families. To crown it all, the young man she has fallen in love with, a brilliant artist, is in prison...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-08-16
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King on Horseback
1958-02-28
King on Horseback
Overview: Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by King Louis XV, the Duke of Saint-Sever takes offense at it and challenges Henri to a duel. However, while they fight, a group of Austrian soldiers appear suddenly and the two rivals instantly unite to repel their enemies. Unfortunately, Saint-Sever is mortally wounded and, feeling he is about to die, he entreats his new friend to offer protection to Toinon, his natural daughter, whose life is being threatened...
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-02-28
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The Lovers of Tomorrow
1959-08-26
The Lovers of Tomorrow
Overview: A man throws a revolver in the Seine and checks into a hotel run by an unhappy Turkish couple. The wife falls for the mysterious guest, and kills her husband to prevent him from the turning the man in to the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-08-26
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Freddy
1978-04-11
Freddy
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-04-11
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Resistance
1945-10-31
Resistance
Overview: An Alsatian, head of a section of the Gestapo, is actually spying on behalf of the French and dismantling a Nazi network. His activities are brought to light by the Germans and he owes his life only to the intervention of a young woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-10-31
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Where the Truth Lies
1962-03-14
Where the Truth Lies
Overview: A young veterinarian falls in love with a strange woman, a former explorer who might be a Voodoo priestess, after he comes to help her ailing cheetah. She begs him to return to Africa with her, but he doesn’t want to leave his wife. Soon his wife finds herself plagued by a series of bizarre accidents.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-03-14
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Fandango
1948-12-03
Fandango
Overview: In the Basque Country, two friends, José and François, live a cheerful life. The two sly foxes use their wit to boost the business of an innkeeper they have a connection with. José is in love with Angélica, the innkeeper"s daughter, while François courts petite Annette. José also happens to have a beautiful voice and one day a night club manager hears him and wants to hire him. He will have to choose between Angelica, the inn, his roots... and a singing career in Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-12-03
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The Case Against X
1952-06-11
The Case Against X
Overview: Paul Dorgères, a wealthy industrialist, has been mysteriously murdered. The investigation is entrusted to the experienced Chief Inspector Bonnardel and his young rookie assistant, Inspector Richard. Suspicion turns to his mistress Catherine Villard, with whom he had just broken up on the night of the crime. She is soon arrested and charged. However, Inspector Richard discovers a button at the scene of the crime which could help him to trace the trail and confound the culprit(s).
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-06-11
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M'sieur la Caille
1955-08-16
M'sieur la Caille
Overview: Pépé la Vache, who coveted Fernande's love, denounced her protector: Dominique le Corse, who was arrested. But Fernande was attracted by Jesus the Quail, a guy of dubious manners. Intimidated by Pépé, the Quail moved away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-08-16
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The Slap
1974-10-23
The Slap
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-23
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Umbrella Coup
1980-10-08
Umbrella Coup
Overview: Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-10-08
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A Choice of Killers
1967-08-02
A Choice of Killers
Overview: Since the car accident that caused the death of his wife, the comics author Stéphane Destouches sinks into alcohol and wanders the roads of Morocco.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-08-02
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The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
1967-05-20
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
Overview: When an oily attorney dies at the hands of the mafia, a dedicated French detective investigates the man's murder. He soon uncovers a drug-smuggling operation and lets his sawed-off shotgun do the talking to the toughs in this Gallic gangster feature.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-05-20
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Port of Point-du-Jour
1960-04-13
Port of Point-du-Jour
Overview: Emile is a steelworker in a car factory ;a confirmed bachelor going on fifty, he leads a peaceful life .One night, he is woken up by a burst of machine gun fire. The cafe in the corner of the street has been burglarized.A distraught young girl rushes into his apartment building and hides in his room .When the police make a search, he makes her out to be his lover for the night.Madeleine tells her about her sad past : she has severed all links with her parents ,she's an unwed mother and in the underworld's clutches. Emile sends his protegee to old mommy Dupont's place ,in the suburbs of Paris.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-04-13
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Destination Fury
1961-07-23
Destination Fury
Overview: Lemmy Caution has been assigned by Interpol to work as a double agent. Little does he know how many spies are on to this deception and how dangerous his assignment has become.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-07-23
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Yours Truly, Blake
1954-12-01
Yours Truly, Blake
Overview: Larry Blake is an American airline pilot who loves women and ... trouble! Wherever he goes troubles indeed follow, like this time in Paris. On vacation in the French capital, the happy American decides to discover Paris by Night. As of his first night out, he gets to know Michèle Marley, a beautiful entertainer, and looks forward to a wonderful night of pleasure. But things do not go according to plan. Indeed, Laurent, Michèle's partner is found dead and not only is Michèle accused of killing him but Larry is suspected of being her accomplice as well ...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-01
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Blood on His Sword
1961-09-06
Blood on His Sword
Overview: Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get her valuable lands in dowry. The King is wise to this, and since his daughter does not feel inclined to accept, he refuses. Charles sets up a plan to abduct the prince, in a way that the suspicions will fall upon Robert de Neuville, a noble enamoured of the princess. Robert manages to free her from the castle where she was being kept. Charles keeps setting traps, and managing people to perjure against Jeanne, and the King himself. Finally, Jeanne escapes alive from a pack of wolves, who set watching the lady alone in the snow covered woods, instead of attacking her. Charles does yet accuse her of being a witch - wishing to have her dead rather than being the wife of Robert... Robert will be her champion in a Judgement of God. Will the 'miracle of the wolfs' repeat itself, or fearless Charles defeat Robert in the sword duel?
Genres: Adventure Romance Action Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-09-06
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The Vintage
1957-05-08
The Vintage
Overview: A young Italian fugitive and his older protective brother hide among the grape pickers at a vineyard in Provence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-08
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Towards Ecstasy
1960-09-22
Towards Ecstasy
Overview: Catherine married Jérôme, a wealthy landowner living in North Africa, from a bourgeois but noxious background. While living in total family harmony, she is seized by a mystical crisis following a vision of a cleric in ecstasy. She abandons her home and worldly possessions to take a job as a maid. After a bumpy road that severely tested her spirituality, Catherine found peace by returning to live with her devoted partner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-22
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The Chips Are Down
1947-07-01
The Chips Are Down
Overview: "Les jeux sont faits," is a fantasy film based on a screenplay by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. A society heiress and a resistance fighter are tragically killed at the same moment and meet in the afterlife. They are offered a second chance at life if they can prove their love is real or be doomed to roam the earth as ghosts.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-07-01
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The Pink Telephone
1975-10-15
The Pink Telephone
Overview: A small industrialist from Toulouse, goes to Paris to negotiate the buyout of his company from an American financial group. During his stay, the representative of the large firm calls on a luxury call girl to facilitate their "business".
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-10-15
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Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968-09-06
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
Overview: Rita is a girl that lives on taking gangsters as lovers. But when the money stops coming, she swears revenge.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-09-06
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Three Disordered Children
1966-06-01
Three Disordered Children
Overview: A man falsely recognize two teenagers and one child as his own children in order to avoid jail so his life becomes more and more chaotic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-01
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My Other Husband
1983-09-21
My Other Husband
Overview: A woman leaves her husband and marries another man without divorcing the first.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-09-21
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The Mysteries of Paris
1962-10-04
The Mysteries of Paris
Overview: The Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and helps his widow -- unjustly accused of robbery -- to find her missing daughter.
Genres: History Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-10-04
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Madame
1961-12-21
Madame
Overview: Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumstances bring Lefebvre a noble title and even more -- Napoleon decides to make him the local ruler over a large territorial fiefdom. But trouble brews when Madame Sans-Gene, now elevated to the nobility along with her man -- cannot keep her frank observations under control.
Genres: Comedy Drama History Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-12-21
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The Versailles Affair
1960-02-10
The Versailles Affair
Overview: Suzuki, a Japanese secret agent, is sent to Versailles to unmask a certain Klauss, who is to receive stolen documents from Saudi Arabia.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-02-10
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The Pavements of Paris
1961-02-19
The Pavements of Paris
Overview: Arlette has too provincial parents to whom she announces her plan about own independence. After her departure, Marc, her absent fiance seek for her in vain in Paris until he discovers her picture on the magazine cover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-02-19
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Give Me My Chance
1957-10-18
Give Me My Chance
Overview: 17 year-old small-town girl Nicole Noblet comes to Paris dreaming of becoming a world-famous actress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-10-18
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The Baron of the Locks
1960-04-13
The Baron of the Locks
Overview: The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-04-13
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Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967-03-16
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Overview: In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-16
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Et qu'ça saute !
1970-09-11
Et qu'ça saute !
Overview: A uranium deposit brings turmoil to the small South American republic of Guatalpa. Between two revolutions, the government tries unsuccessfully to decide whether the Americans, Soviets or Cubans will exploit the concession. Delegates from these nations spy on and betray each other to achieve their goal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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Time of the Wolves
1970-01-21
Time of the Wolves
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-01-21
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The Gallant Musketeer
1964-02-21
The Gallant Musketeer
Overview: Set against the troubled period of the Wars of Religion in France, at a time when the three Henries (Henri III, Henri de Guise and Henri de Béarn) vied for the the throne, these new adventures of Pardaillan have the gallant musketeer defend the rightful king Henri III.Jean gives his full to thwart the Duke of Guise's attempts to have the king assassinated. A heartthrob more than ever, Pardaillan will awake serious interest in many a girl, at times becoming their prey like with Bianca Farnese, De Guise's agent.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-02-21
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Manon
1949-03-09
Manon
Overview: Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.
Genres: Drama Adventure Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-03-09
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They Were Five
1952-01-23
They Were Five
Overview: Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-01-23
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Please, Not Now!
1961-04-19
Please, Not Now!
Overview: A sexy model pretends to have a new boyfriend in a wacky plan to make her ex-lover jealous.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-04-19
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Caroline and the Rebels
1955-03-11
Caroline and the Rebels
Overview: A swashbuckling heritage reveals itself as the adopted son of 19th-century Spaniards develops into a suave lady-killer.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-11
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The Right of the Maddest
1973-03-27
The Right of the Maddest
Overview: The guardian of a nursing home lends a compassionate ear to the complaints of two new pensioners who love each other and have only one dream: to see the sea. To help them realize their dream, the brave man steals the car of the director. She quickly discovers the crime and drags her pale husband to the pursuit of the trio, aboard a tanker truck...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-03-27
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Vice and Virtue
1963-03-01
Vice and Virtue
Overview: 1944 : Occupied France. Juliette (Vice) is Wehrmacht General Bamberg's mistress and enjoys a privileged life. Her younger sister Justine (Virtue) is about to marry Jean who is in the Resistance and come to Juliette for help. Both sisters end up at "la Commanderie", where Juliette becomes SS Colonel Schonberg's mistress and Justine is detained with other pretty girls who must satisfy the sexual needs of high-ranking nazi officials. Inspired by "Justine ou les infortunes de la vertu" by the marquis de Sade
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-03-01
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Les Truands
1956-04-27
Les Truands
Overview: "Thieves We Are" - In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee steals the watch belonging to the town mayor. The story develops into a history of the watch-thievery business, told in anecdotal fashion.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-27
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Maid in Paris
1956-01-20
Maid in Paris
Overview: Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by her mother, she takes advantage of a trip to Paris to get away from it all and live her own life. That's how she meets Antoine du Merlet, whom she takes for a young hoodlum when in fact he's a police superintendent. She spends the night at his place, which leads to a number of setbacks for poor Antoine, who is stigmatized by the headmistress, abandoned by his mistress and has to face a strip-tease session starring the unconscious Penny... But Penny's a spicy one and Antoine's a nice guy, so... !
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-01-20
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La Môme Pigalle
1955-11-29
La Môme Pigalle
Overview: Released from prison, Arlette returns to her job as a cabaret star. The police try to get her to confess where the stolen jewels are hidden.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-11-29
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Falling Point
1970-09-11
Falling Point
Overview: Three men kidnap a young girl and keep her in a small house on an isolated beach, waiting for her father to pay up the ransom. But the youngest one, in charge of watching her, let accidentally the girl see his face and it becomes no longer possible to return her alive...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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Les Misérables
1982-10-20
Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-10-20
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The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975-12-10
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Overview: The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-10
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Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973-05-24
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Overview: 1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. They'd like to just stay out the fights, but a Lieutenant urges them to use a captured truck to break through to their troops.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-05-24
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Spy, Stand Up
1982-01-27
Spy, Stand Up
Overview: Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-01-27
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Too Shy to Try
1978-08-23
Too Shy to Try
Overview: Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy, so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman, Aldo; he spends 6,000 francs on tapes, books, and a punching bag. Soon after, he's smitten by Agnes, a hotel guest with a model's looks and photographers wherever she goes. When she leaves for Nice, he follows, meeting Aldo on the way. Aldo becomes his boldness coach. Pierre gets a job washing dishes where Agnes is staying, but after a week or so, she's off to Deauville, with Aldo and Pierre in pursuit. Using funds they get by selling Aldo's car, this time Pierre poses as a polo-playing jet setter. Will this win the heart of Agnes?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-08-23
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Armageddon
1977-03-16
Armageddon
Overview: After years of poverty, Carrier, a repairman, inherits a large sum of money upon his brother's death in an accident. Now rich, he decides it is time to make his mark and be known at any cost. Becoming more and more mentally unstable, he begins to threaten police and the government signing his tracts, "Armaguedon". A detective from Interpol heads the investigation and prepares a trap at an international conference of world leaders in Paris.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-03-16
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Not Guilty
1947-09-24
Not Guilty
Overview: An alcoholic doctor accidentally kills someone and manages to make the death look like an accident. The episode triggers a sense of confidence and he resolves to correct the miseries of his life.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-09-24
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