Betty Beckers
Also Known As: Odette Bourgeon, Betty Becker, Detty Beckers, Maryse Beckers, Diana Belkis
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, France
Birthday: May 03, 1925
Deathday: December 21, 1982
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Things of Life
Overview: The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-03-13
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To Be a Crook
Overview: Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the first "crime school", as well as their work.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-06-01
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The Phantom Gondola
Overview: A femme fatale falls in love with a Venetian count, implacable enemy of Selim, who pursues his sister with his diligence. This one makes stop and condemn to death the count who made an attempt on his life. Then he offers the woman her father's salvation in exchange for her favors. A snake kills him, the count is shot and the woman finally takes the veil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-02-07
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The Dogs
Overview: After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to stop to the climb of violence.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-03-07
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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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Deadlier Than the Male
Overview: In the heart of Paris, a restaurateur's mundane life is disrupted by the arrival of his ex-wife's daughter, who claims to be in need after her mother's death. After marrying her, tensions rise when she becomes involved with a young student, leading to betrayal and murder. As secrets unfold, he uncovers the truth about her past and her manipulative nature.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-13
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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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Holiday for Henrietta
Overview: Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day. The other has a more thrilling and dastardly fate in mind for her. Among the film's irresistible conceits is Hildegarde Neff as an oversexed circus bareback rider.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-12-17
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Palace of Shame
Overview: Tongues start to wag after a famous Parisian music hall dancer is rushed to hospital after being found poisoned by arsenic at the Concert Mayol.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-07-18
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Last Leap
Overview: A veteran paratrooper murders his Vietnamese wife when he finds her in the arms of a younger man. Garal (Maurice Ronet) makes it back to the army base where his drunken roommate provides him with an iron clad alibi. Jauran (Michel Bouquet) is the local police inspector who befriends the Garal, unaware he is the killer. The younger man is accused of the woman's murder, but the paratrooper begins to feel overwhelmed with guilt. The longer he remains silent about the crime, the more psychological torture he must endure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-07
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The Right to Love
Overview: The tragedy of Helene and her husband Pierre, whose life is shattered when Pierre is kept as a political prisoner, while Helene is denied the right to visit him. A growing fear of losing her husband to tuberculosis takes over Helene, who does all she can to meet him, even for one last time.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-08-15
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Lovers of Paris
Overview: Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-10-18
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A Woman Like Satan
Overview: Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-12-19
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La P..... sentimentale
Overview: A high school boy falls for a prostitute he has met on the notorious "Rue Des Patures".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-10-24
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Night Out
Overview: Saturday evening. We have a date with friends and Pierrot has finally obtained his mother's slightly worried authorization. He runs down the indefinite staircase of the immaculate H.L.M., planted firmly in the mud of the suburbs, to meet up with the others. The others are older than him on the whole, but what they have in common is the desire for something to change, this weekend, and for things to get moving. This is especially true for those with scooters who, in close ranks, can scare pedestrians, hug cars and taunt the marshals. Pierrot will be taken in rump like the girls, Thérèse behind Jacquy, Monette behind Christian.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-07-12
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Smugglers' Daughters
Overview: Dishonest smugglers hide their stuff in old Mazier's cafe.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-05-15
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No Pockets in a Shroud
Overview: In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-25
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Night of Death!
Overview: When she takes up her new post at an eerie convalescent home deep in the French countryside, nurse Martine soon discovers that several missing co-workers may have fallen prey to an unspeakable evil rumored to roam the hallways at night. But as Martine looks deeper into the mystery, she suspects the home's aged residents know more about the menace than they let on.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-10-22
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Les Bidasses aux grandes manœuvres
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-10-28
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Cesar and Rosalie
Overview: A young woman becomes entangled with a successful businessman, but her ex tries to win her back, provoking intense jealousy that leads her to reconsider her choice. Ultimately, one man's actions force a resolution to her dilemma.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-10-11
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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Overview: Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-23
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The Truth
Overview: As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-02
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Max and the Junkmen
Overview: A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-02-17
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