Marcel Journet
Also Known As: Marcel Charles Brunet
Biography: Marcel Charles Brunet, better known by his stage name Marcel Journet, was a French actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lyon, France
Adult: No
Birthday: August 08, 1895
Age: 129 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 05, 1973
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Letter from an Unknown Woman
Overview: A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-28
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Elevator to the Gallows
Overview: A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-01-29
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The Foxes of Harrow
Overview: An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-24
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To the Ends of the Earth
Overview: A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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The Crime Doctor's Gamble
Overview: While visiting France, a criminal psychologist tries to clear a disturbed young man of his father's murder.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-27
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Adventures of Captain Fabian
Overview: It all begins with the discreet romance between the Creole maid Lea Mariotte and her young boss, George Brissac, an amoral bourgeois who plans to inherit his uncle's fortune and marry a young woman from a good family. After an incident where she kills a man, she is saved from the gallows by Fabian, a ship's captain, who has personal reasons for antagonizing the Brissacs. He takes care of her and falls in love with her, but doesn't tell her. She, in turn, takes the opportunity to return to her lover Brissac's arms, forcing him to marry her after seeing him murder his uncle.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-06
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The Respectful Prostitute
Overview: Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. The two only witnesses are Lizzie McKay, a prostitute from New York, and Sidney, a colored man. Fred decides to seduce Lizzie in order to make her give false evidence according to which Sidney has attempted to rape her. The uncle also puts pressure on the young woman. After much hesitation, Lizzie finally accepts but Sidney, who has nearly got lynched, takes refuge at her home...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-10-07
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Desperate Decision
Overview: Ireland, 1922. In the midst of a national uprising, Catherine, a young orphan employed in household chores, goes in search of her brother whom she has heard in a dream calling for help.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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Post Office Investigator
Overview: A mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-01
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L'Homme aux clés d'or
Overview: Antoine Fournier, a language teacher at a secondary school in Lille, was disgraced by four young men he had caught stealing money from a charity collection. Dismissed from the teaching profession, Fournier found a job as a porter in a Monte Carlo palace through his wartime friend Ansaldi. A few years later, when he became the first concierge, the "man with the golden keys", chance brought him into the presence of the young men, married but as Machiavellian as ever. He won't take revenge on them, but their baser instincts will.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-07
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The Du Pont Story
Overview: A straight-line historical account of the Du Pont chemical manufacturing company and its vital role in the growth of the USA.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-15
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
Overview: Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-10
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Overview: Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him...
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-01-14
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Sealed Verdict
Overview: John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-05
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Overview: Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee to Argentina, and their world tour begins. In Paris, Moscow, New York, Borneo and Alexandria. They try to follow Dr. Pangloss' optimistic rule of life. Tossed about, separated, they find themselves grown old and wiser, thinking only of cultivating their garden on the shores of the Mediterranean.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-12-16
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Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Overview: Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-14
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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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