Clément Harari
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Birthday: February 10, 1919
Deathday: May 16, 2008
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Known For
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980-08-08
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Overview: Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.
Genres: Comedy Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-08
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The Bitch
1984-09-05
The Bitch
Overview: After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangster and his former girlfriend…the same woman who sent the cop to prison years before.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-09-05
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It Happened in Aden
1956-08-22
It Happened in Aden
Overview: During a stopover in Aden, a charming actress is kidnapped by an Arab prince.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-08-22
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Train of Life
1998-09-16
Train of Life
Overview: In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
Genres: Drama Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-09-16
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Shut Up When You Speak!
1981-09-02
Shut Up When You Speak!
Overview: Giacomo has an idol: James Bond. When he dreams, he dreams of himself, his fabulous adventures, especially in Tunisia, and a beautiful wife, Belle. In reality he is unemployed, overwhelmed by an obsessive mother who continually called to see if he wore his woolen tank top and is treated by a doctor who thinks he is Einstein. Finally Giacomo is followed by bizarre characters, kidnapped and taken to Tunisia to live a wonderful adventure of her dreams, from the dangers of any kind ... and he met Beatrice
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-09-02
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
1981-06-17
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Overview: In 19th century London, a sex maniac sneaks into the engagement party of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osbourne, turning the event into a nightmarish whirlpool of murder and debauchery.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-06-17
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The Flight of the Eagle
1982-08-26
The Flight of the Eagle
Overview: The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are not heard of again.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1982-08-26
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Once in Paris...
1978-11-09
Once in Paris...
Overview: A subtle, down-to-earth and autobiographical depiction of an American screenwriter in Paris who befriends his chauffeur and has an affair with a British aristocrat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-09
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The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962-09-14
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Overview: The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls on her only to find her married to a janitor who doesn't know what kind of dancing his wife performs; Denis, a Jesuit novice, leaves the order to avenge his sister's suicide, which was provoked by Garigny, who seduced her into prostitution and drug addiction; Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her; a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant; Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss; the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-14
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It Happened in Paris
1952-12-26
It Happened in Paris
Overview: Wealthy American Patricia comes to spend some time at her uncle's place in Paris. While out on her own for the evening she meets pseudo-Russian prince Vladimir in a bistro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-12-26
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I'm Losing My Temper
1974-10-09
I'm Losing My Temper
Overview: Pierre is a clumsy, overly serious math teacher at an all-girls high school. His life is thrown into chaos after encountering a beautiful British actress and the paparazzi that follow her around.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-09
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The Sleeping Car Murder
1965-11-17
The Sleeping Car Murder
Overview: Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-11-17
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A Witch's Way of Love
1997-03-19
A Witch's Way of Love
Overview: Michael Firch is very skilled in computers and he goes to Paris to meet very important persons to discuss a contract. Michael was born on a special astral date. On arriving in Paris, he meets Morgane and her son. Morgane is a witch, she is beautiful, she is good and she needs Michael to save her son from evil powers. Molok is a sorcerer and he opposes Morgana's plan.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-03-19
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Me and the Colonel
1958-10-01
Me and the Colonel
Overview: Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitches a ride with reluctant Polish serviceman Colonel Prokoszny, who harbors a bias against Jews. They are soon joined by Prokoszny's bride-to-be, Suzanne, who takes an immediate liking to the engaging Jacobowsky. This furthers the hostility between Jacobowsky and Prokoszny, but they must put their differences aside to evade the Nazis trailing them.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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These Kids Are Grown-Ups
1979-03-14
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
Overview: When a real-estate promoter attempts to take over the homes of two electronics whizzes and boot them out, they contrive ingenious ways to inconvenience and harass him. By pooling their knowledge, they are able to pull off a crucial robbery using a very special box of chocolates.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-03-14
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Who Stole the Body?
1963-02-01
Who Stole the Body?
Overview: Edouard and Félix work in a real estate agency. One day, they are threatened with dismissal if they don't manage to sell a very isolated house to an elderly, silver and somewhat unusual Englishwoman. In the house, they discover a corpse. The visit is spent dragging the corpse from room to room, cupboard to chest, so as not to frighten the otherwise impressed buyer. But the corpse disappears. He has to be found before the deed can be signed. The two salesmen become detectives, tracking down the dead man's many female acquaintances. All the seducer's conquests are sifted through, to find the one who left her jewels at the scene of the crime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-02-01
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Demoniac
1957-04-26
Demoniac
Overview: Gervais escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been carrying on a romance by correspondence with Hélène, whom he has never seen, Gervais makes the acquaintance of the woman and they move in, but her sister Agnès dabbles in the black arts, which should be warning enough for Gervais to make himself scarce. Yet he sticks around, intrigued that the dead man's sister, Julia, refuses to blow the whistle on him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-04-26
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Isabelle Eberhardt
1991-11-21
Isabelle Eberhardt
Overview: The true story of explorer, journalist and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, originally from Switzerland. She moved to Annaba in Algeria in 1897 with her mother, who preferred to live in the Algerian neighborhoods rather than the European neighborhoods that she hated, and converted to Islam. Her lifestyle shocked the French colonialists: she dressed like a man, frequented cafes and smoke shops. Fascinated by the desert, she traveled the Sahara under the identity of Si Mahmoud, she published articles and books on the world she discovered in southern Algeria, strongly criticizing the colonial authorities. Arriving in El Oued, the soldiers prevent him from continuing his journey. She disobeys and overhears officers shooting Arab prisoners. Arrested, she was accused of espionage and was expelled from Algeria. She married Slimane, a Muslim non-commissioned officer in 1901. Having become French through this marriage, she could now reside in Algeria.
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-11-21
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Double Agents
1959-09-09
Double Agents
Overview: Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Robert Le Beal. A brilliant "little" spy film. Hossein and Vlady play mysterious characters who meet up one night in a lonely cabin in the wilds of Normandy. They are both spies, but whom do they work for-the Allies or the Nazis.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-09-09
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Mano rubata
1989-08-02
Mano rubata
Overview: A young writer meets an enigmatic girl who becomes his obsession. Over the course of a strip poker game at a wealthy household, an extreme game of seduction takes place that comes dangerously close to death. Lattuada switches the plot's timeline from the 60s to the 80s, and the setting from Rome to Paris.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-02
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Inspector Blunder
1980-12-03
Inspector Blunder
Overview: A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-12-03
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La Traversée de Paris
1956-10-26
La Traversée de Paris
Overview: Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-26
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Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973-03-31
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Overview: Alain Cluny is Balthazar, a bumbling middle-aged intellectual who spouts off from time to time about leftist causes, usually to his current girlfriend. Then Edwarda (Bernadette Lafont), who is active in the political underground, comes into his life. From that point on, he begins to act on his beliefs. Edwarda's underground political action group stages a little drama to test Balthazar's commitment and reliability, putting him through an interrogation by what appear to him to be French secret police. Having passed this test, he is given a real assignment. This film is a comedy with elements of satire, and it explores the humor to be found in left-wing pretentiousness of all kinds. - Rovi
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-03-31
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Radio corbeau
1989-02-01
Radio corbeau
Overview: This fast-paced mystery is in part based on a novel by Yves Ellena and is at least equally based on the 1943 classic Le Corbeau, which in 1951 was produced in English by Otto Preminger as The Thirteenth Letter. In this movie, someone is using a pirate radio broadcast to dish the dirt on the lives of the elite of a small French town.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-02-01
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The Spies
1957-10-10
The Spies
Overview: A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-10-10
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The Sewers of Paradise
1979-03-14
The Sewers of Paradise
Overview: In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won the nickname, "the great drain robbery," and this romanticized cinematic retelling of the true story stars Francis Huster as Spaggiari.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-03-14
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L'Homme sans visage
1975-09-04
L'Homme sans visage
Overview: This 8-episode miniseries, like Franju's previous Feuillade homage, Judex, was written by and stars the silent filmmaker's grandson, Jacques Champreux. It was shot in 16mm and 4:3, alongside a theatrical version, Nuits rouge – that in 35mm and 1.66:1.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-09-04
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Girl Merchants
1957-09-13
Girl Merchants
Overview: A young French woman travels to South America for a job offer and ends up a prisoner in a slave camp for women by a sadistic gangster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-09-13
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Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
1975-05-24
Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
Overview: A French film about a famous American trial - that of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who became the first people in American history to receive the death penalty for espionage.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-05-24
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Tamango
1958-01-24
Tamango
Overview: A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-01-24
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Stop the Massacre
1959-11-11
Stop the Massacre
Overview: Promoted to wrestling champion by chance, Tonin, known as le Bourreau de l'Ardèche, moves to Paris. He is quickly snapped up by Monsieur Bob, a self-styled manager who, in reality, hides his dealings under the cover of a nightclub, but who is also Tonin's regimental buddy. So Tonin acts as a front man, while Bob provides him with fake victories. The beautiful Wanda, the gangster's mistress, appeals to Tonin; she's charitable and sets him on the right path. He returns to the Ardèche and marries the daughter of the village mayor, after learning what a dangerous protector Bob is.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-11-11
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Charade
1963-12-01
Charade
Overview: After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-01
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Keep Talking, Baby
1961-10-06
Keep Talking, Baby
Overview: Ex-boxer Eddie is framed for murder. While serving time, he tries to clear his name and uncover the real culprit behind the deadly setup.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-10-06
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Le Scorpion
1962-09-21
Le Scorpion
Overview: Peter is commissioned by William to rob an Amsterdam bank. He wants to find out who li is working for. With the help of Corinne, a young prostitute, he investigates and approaches the bank.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-21
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Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis
1975-05-13
Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis
Overview: After the death of one of his clients, a Swiss industrialist decides to call his brother to transport the corpse to Switzerland. The journey will not be easy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-05-13
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Killer Spy
1965-09-23
Killer Spy
Overview: The most secret agent Stanislas Dubois, tired of saving the world alone decides to retire and to start writing his memoirs. The enemies of humanity, progress and peace in the world found out about it and created an international network of espionage "13 columns". Unfortunately they platted a slot in the good old France. They should think better...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-23
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Operation Diplomatic Passport
1965-03-31
Operation Diplomatic Passport
Overview: The daughter of a foreign diplomat in Paris is courted by two men. One of them entrusts her with a harmless commission for Poland, as she has a diplomatic passport. But it's a trap, and the girl is forced to work for Eastern spies.
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-03-31
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X-Ray of a Killer
1965-03-31
X-Ray of a Killer
Overview: The murder of a bandit gives a policeman the opportunity to unmask the activities of a spy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-03-31
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Faites donc plaisir aux amis
1969-02-05
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Overview: Jean-Louis, a garage worker and womanizer, asks his friend and boss to reverse roles for a while, to make his brother, who has just arrived from South America, believe he's not only the boss, but also his wife's husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-02-05
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Défense de savoir
1973-08-29
Défense de savoir
Overview: When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does everything in his power to expose the truth.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-08-29
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No Time for Ecstasy
1961-09-01
No Time for Ecstasy
Overview: Michel, a young man of Ukrainian origin, flees the Red Army and joins the International Brigades in Perpignan to fight Franco. He was arrested for being Russian, Communist and deserter. He was wounded by his involvement, but fell in love with an American journalist.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-09-01
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The Blue Note
1991-06-05
The Blue Note
Overview: A look at the last few days of in the life of composer Frédéric Chopin's professional life.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-06-05
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The Longest Day
1962-09-25
The Longest Day
Overview: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-25
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Saxo
1988-01-27
Saxo
Overview: A record company manager is on the verge of bankruptcy. He meets two musicians, a saxophonist (Joe) and his sister (Puppet), a singer and guitarist, who he will launch successfully. But Puppet is to be murdered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-01-27
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Macédoine
1971-01-01
Macédoine
Overview: The tale of a young pretty girl's rise to a top model and her finding of emptiness in her life after success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Secret Agent Fireball
1965-04-07
Secret Agent Fireball
Overview: An American CIA agent must find the whereabouts of valuable microfilm that was smuggled over by two Russian scientists who had been hoping to defect.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-04-07
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Trap for the Assassin
1966-06-15
Trap for the Assassin
Overview: An industrialist is falsely accused of murdering one of his creditors and, because he cannot reveal that it was his mistress who gave him the money needed to pay the debt, he is sentenced to life in prison. He escapes, makes a fortune, and, years later, discovers the real culprit.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-15
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The Dance of Death
1960-05-25
The Dance of Death
Overview: On his journey through USA, Simon Templar, alias 'the Saint', landed in Palm Springs. After arrival, Simon is offered a job as a bodyguard of a millionaire who is threatened with death.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-05-25
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Huckleberry Finn
1967-01-28
Huckleberry Finn
Overview: A TV movie about Huckleberry Finn, directed by Marcel Cravenne and released in France back in 1967.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-01-28
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Monkeys, Go Home!
1967-02-08
Monkeys, Go Home!
Overview: Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited - four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities - but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-08
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Love Is My Profession
1958-09-17
Love Is My Profession
Overview: Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-17
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Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
1964-03-11
Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
Overview: Jeff Gordon, FBI agent, infiltrates a gang and finds himself in the midst of a gang war.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-03-11
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Triple Cross
1966-12-09
Triple Cross
Overview: A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
Genres: Adventure War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-09
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Give 'em Hell
1955-03-29
Give 'em Hell
Overview: During the 1950s, in Portuguese Mozambique, small-time American hustler, ex-soldier, ex-boxer and adventurer Johnny Jordan is looking for a new gig. His opportunity comes in the form of a local shipping tycoon and importer Moreno who offers Johnny a job after Johnny saves Moreno from an armed mugger on the waterfront.
Genres: Adventure Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-03-29
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La Goutte d'or
1990-09-11
La Goutte d'or
Overview: Idris is a young shepherd in the desert of Tunesia. One day a jeep drives by and a woman takes a picture of him; she says she's from Paris and promises to send him a copy. But when nothing arrives during the next months, Idris becomes worried. His father advises him to get his "face" back or bad things may happen to him. So he sets out to Paris... and discovers Paris as a world full of strange things and weird behavior.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-09-11
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The Adventures of Salavin
1964-11-04
The Adventures of Salavin
Overview: Finding himself unemployed overnight, Louis Salavin lets himself go into an incurable laziness despite the support of his friends and his mother...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Tout le monde peut se tromper
1983-02-10
Tout le monde peut se tromper
Overview: A young woman, employed in a jewelry store, decides to take advantage of the heist she witnesses. She shoots down one of the burglars; the other will pursue her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-02-10
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Les clés du Paradis
1991-10-30
Les clés du Paradis
Overview: Two brothers, one very successful and the other not, switch places with each other, exchanging jobs and wives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-10-30
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