Manuel Gary
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 09, 1912
Deathday: December 31, 1988
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1954-12-24
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Overview: A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-24
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The Big Flag
1954-06-21
The Big Flag
Overview: For Naval officers duty comes first. Navy Lieutenant Favrel is one of these men. He has promised his wife Simone to stay with her all the time but a last mission aboard a training cruiser makes him realize that his life is tied to the sea. For his part, Navy cadet Pierre Hardouin understands that sailing is his vocation. The prospect of staying home alone while Pierre is on mission, frightens Madeleine, the girl of his heart. But the young woman ends up accepting the ordeal and marrying Pierre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-06-21
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Tricoche and Cacolet
1938-09-06
Tricoche and Cacolet
Overview: Two friends, Tricoche and Cacolet, are partners in a detective agency. Chance has it that Cacolet is hired by Van der Pouf, a rich banker who wants him to watch over his wife Bernardine while the latter, on her part, seeks the services of Thicoche.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-09-06
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The Chess Player
1938-11-25
The Chess Player
Overview: A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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Saturnin de Marseille
1941-01-09
Saturnin de Marseille
Overview: A student, who wishes to become an opera singer, is helped by a good boy, Saturnin, who improvises as a manager. The student succeeds and becomes famous, without ever forgetting little Denise whom he no longer believes worthy of his love. His guardian angel definitely fixes things.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-01-09
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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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Fric-Frac
1939-06-15
Fric-Frac
Overview: An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-06-15
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L'Étrange Nuit de Noël
1939-08-17
L'Étrange Nuit de Noël
Overview: Taking advantage of their uncle's absence, André and Raymond Rafet organize a New Year's Eve party at his house. The uncle returns unexpectedly, disturbs the party, threatens his nephews to disinherit them and then locks himself in his office. A few minutes later, he is found dead, poisoned.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-08-17
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Le café du port
1940-05-08
Le café du port
Overview: Following a heartbreak, Aimée, a young girl is taken in by the owners of a café for whom she starts working, and falls in love with René, a sailor who gave her a taste for life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-05-08
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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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120, rue de la Gare
1946-06-06
120, rue de la Gare
Overview: On the verge of death, a man entrusts Inspector Burma with an address. Burma conducts a difficult investigation with many twists and turns, which takes him from Lyon to Paris, following in the footsteps of the members of a mysterious business firm.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-06-06
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Le Capitan (1ère époque) Flamberge au vent
1946-03-27
Le Capitan (1ère époque) Flamberge au vent
Overview: France under Louis XIII. 1615. The Duke of Angoulême is at the head of a group of gentlemen who are conspiring to drive the Florentines out of court, of whom Concini is the all-powerful leader. A cadet from Gascony, Adhémar de Capestang, who was later to become the Capitan, left his native province to come and try his luck in Paris. Along the way, he saves a young girl, Gisèle d'Angoulême, from a masked individual who wanted to kidnap her.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-03-27
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The Grand Hotel Affair
1946-03-29
The Grand Hotel Affair
Overview: In Marseilles, the fisherman Tonin closely monitors the actions of the wreckage workers led by a certain Mr. Léon. Could these bizarre individuals have something to do with the double murder at the Grand Hotel?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-03-29
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A Cage of Nightingales
1945-09-06
A Cage of Nightingales
Overview: In France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken the music by forming a choir, despite the skepticism of his boarding school director.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-09-06
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La Renégate
1948-04-09
La Renégate
Overview: In a small town in Spanish Morocco, old Ricardo, who runs a café, lives with his daughter, Conchita. She believes that Ricardo is her father. In reality, he took her in at the age of eighteen months in a douar abandoned during the conquest. One day a Berber chief, Tamar, sees Conchita, tells her that she is from his tribe and wants to take her away. She rejects it, then accepts later to find that Muslim civilization is incompatible with the Christian training she received. She escapes and succeeds in obtaining forgiveness from Tamar. A French officer from the Intelligence Service offers to collect it.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-04-09
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La Nuit de Sybille
1947-03-05
La Nuit de Sybille
Overview: Two burglars enter a house where a young woman has illegally settled. In exchange for her silence, she asks them to play the role of her parents so that she can welcome her lover.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-03-05
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Mirror
1947-05-02
Mirror
Overview: Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-05-02
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Angel of the Night
1944-01-19
Angel of the Night
Overview: A young sculptor presides over the destinies of a student club where a miserable young girl ends up one evening. The treasurer of the association falls in love with the young girl who returns the favor. The war. The sculptor comes back blind. Out of gratitude, the young girl marries him and restores his confidence in his talent; out of discretion, the treasurer steps aside.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-01-19
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Halte... Police!
1948-07-09
Halte... Police!
Overview: Darrac, a reporter for Paris-Inter, and Nicole, a journalist for Le Soir-Express, know each other, compete and end up falling in love over the three police investigations they follow for their newspapers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-07-09
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Colonel Durand
1948-08-25
Colonel Durand
Overview: In his younger days, a dashing officer, Colonel Durand, compromised Madame De Monthieux, who entered a convent. Now, he is garrisoned at Strasbourg.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-08-25
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Secret Cargo
1947-12-27
Secret Cargo
Overview: In a Central American state, the owner of a dance hall and his sponsor engage in drug trafficking. Are involved in various intrigues, a gypsy orchestra, its singer, the sister of the conductor, some policemen. Imprisonment and death are at the end of the adventures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-12-27
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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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Gunman in the Streets
1950-12-13
Gunman in the Streets
Overview: An American is on the run in the streets and back alleys of France.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-12-13
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At the Grand Balcony
1949-11-30
At the Grand Balcony
Overview: World War I aviator Carbot attempts to establish a commercial airline after the war, for the purpose of delivering the mail to the outermost regions of France.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-11-30
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Skipper Next to God
1951-03-02
Skipper Next to God
Overview: Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playing God on his ship. Tough and bossy, he gives orders which are not to be discussed. But, some day, he is driven to accept on board several German Jews fleeing the nazis and who are refused asylum everywhere. He gradually realizes that skipper he is, but next to God only.The Bible will help him to find the way to self-questioning, awareness and charity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-02
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French Touch
1952-05-09
French Touch
Overview: Mario, a bumptious sheep-shearer, discovers he has a inimtable touch that makes women, as well as sheep, swoon at his professional caress. He is soon the most sought-after hairdresser in France and is awarded the Legion of Honor...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-05-09
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Forbidden Fruit
1952-09-19
Forbidden Fruit
Overview: A doctor, leading an agreed life of the provincial petty bourgeoisie, falls in love with a young woman. As their relationship deepens, he becomes violently jealous and blames her for her dating and friendships.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-09-19
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The Red Inn
1951-10-19
The Red Inn
Overview: A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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The Hunting Ground
1951-10-10
The Hunting Ground
Overview: In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder arise, dividing the community. Amidst the conflict, he develops feelings for a young woman who is the sister of a man harboring a personal grudge against him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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Trip to America
1951-10-31
Trip to America
Overview: As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-31
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The Wild Oat
1953-02-27
The Wild Oat
Overview: A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954-09-24
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Overview: A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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The Little World of Don Camillo
1952-03-28
The Little World of Don Camillo
Overview: In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-03-28
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Carnival
1953-05-25
Carnival
Overview: Dardamelle does not conceal the fact that his wife has made him a cuckold.How will his fellow townspeople react?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-05-25
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L'aventure est au coin de la rue
1944-02-18
L'aventure est au coin de la rue
Overview: A rich young man, Pierre Trévoux, has a desire for adventure and boasts of his courage. While he is staying with friends in the countryside, his hosts, to play a trick on him, organize a fake burglary, but he discovers the hoax. When he returns home, he finds his house broken into. Convinced that the game continues, he does not understand that he is dealing with real gangsters. His recklessness allows him to rout the criminals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-02-18
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The Virtuous Bigamist
1956-12-20
The Virtuous Bigamist
Overview: The Provence, somewhere in the 1950's. Paul Verdier, traveling salesman, leaves his home and his quarrelsome wife for his weekly round. On the train he meets a young woman, Marie, who looks a little lost. No wonder. Marie is pregnant but lacks the customary husband. She's returning to her village but is not exactly looking forward to the confrontation with her parents and the villagers, all pretty conservative people. After getting to know Paul a little better (for which there is ample time during the trip by train and bus) Marie decides to ask Paul to act as her husband, just to allay the suspicions of her family. After some hesitating Paul accepts, charmed by the girl and unaware of the complications such is bound to cause to his own life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-12-20
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Spring, Autumn and Love
1955-04-12
Spring, Autumn and Love
Overview: Fernand Sarrazin, who runs a nougat factory to perfection, is a happy bachelor, notwithstanding the acrimonious presence of his sister-in-law Julie. Love enters his life in the form of a young orphan, Cécilia, whom he saves from drowning, falls in love with and marries. The treacherous Julie uses a young pianist to lead Cecilia astray. She returns, however, repentant, after a short stay in Paris. Good Fernand forgives her, but when he learns of his sister-in-law's actions, he chases her out of his house.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-12
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The Big Circus
1950-03-10
The Big Circus
Overview: During the second World War. The lives of three comrades fighting in the Forces Françaises Libres' flight. Pierre is a valiant pilot, afraid of nothing. Jean is reported missing during the Normandy landings. Jacques gets killed on the very last day of the conflict, leaving behind him a weeping widow.
Genres: War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-03-10
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Don Camillo's Last Round
1955-09-29
Don Camillo's Last Round
Overview: Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-09-29
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Sénéchal the Magnificent
1957-05-24
Sénéchal the Magnificent
Overview: Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-05-24
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Not Any Weekend for Our Love
1950-01-23
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Overview: The announcement of the future marriage of Franck Reno, the star singer, causes considerable excitement around the world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-01-23
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Fernandel the Dressmaker
1956-04-13
Fernandel the Dressmaker
Overview: A modest taylor the women found irresistible inherit a Maison de couture in financial difficulty. Decided to save it he prepare a great collection. But when his wife discovered his relations with one of the mannequin, how would he prevent the scandale without loosing... both of them?!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-13
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