Jean Franval
Also Known As: Jean Franceschi
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tarascon, France
Birthday: November 07, 1926
Deathday: September 06, 2016
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Law Breakers
Overview: A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-05-07
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Un mois à la campagne
Overview: 1840. The arrival of a young tutor in a wealthy Russian family will stir the hearts of two women. The mother, Natalia Petrovna, and her 17-year-old ward, Vera, fall in love with the frustrated boy... Adaptation of Ivan Tourgueniev's most famous play, starring Delphine Seyrig as Natalia Petrovna.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-21
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The Granddaughter's Model
Overview: Four young women embark on a journey of sexual awakening.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-05-05
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The Judge
Overview: A courageous judge tries to dismantle a drug traffickers ring.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-04-11
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Le crime de la maison Grun
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Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-05-02
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Black Jack
Overview: When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two enter a world of body-snatchers, private lunatic asylums, and traveling fairs they find friendship in the most unlikely places.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-09
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La Ligne de démarcation
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-12-03
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Le grand fossé
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Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-09-01
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Clock Head
Overview: One night in Paris all the clocks and watches of the whole world stopped except that of a small professor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-11
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Maidens of the Dormitory
Overview: The girls in question are forced into high class prostitution by a combination of tuition and compulsion.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-24
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Law of Survival
Overview: In 1960, Stan, the protagonist, after having made a fortune in Asia, returns to Corsica, to visit a friend's tomb. In Ajaccio, he meets Helene, who she rescues from her kidnappers, who take advantage of her "charms" in a house of ill reputation. They hide then somewhere in the mountains, where they are pursued by the Corsican mobsters...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-04-19
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Omoide wo uru mise
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Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-10-26
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Where Are You From, Johnny?
Overview: Without knowing it, Johnny, a young rock musician, finds himself involved with a Parisian drug gang. Realising he is being set up, he throws the drugs into the Seine and takes refuge in the Camargue with his family and his fiancée, Gigi. Meanwhile, the dealers are hot on their heels.
Genres: Adventure Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-10-29
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The Annuity
Overview: In 1930, Louis Martinet, a peaceful sexagenarian, no longer has a long life to live according to the words of his doctor, Leon Galipeau, who sees to take advantage of the very interesting situation of the "future deceased". This one indeed has a small house in Saint-Tropez. Galipeau sniffs the windfall. Following his advice, Martinet agrees to give it in life to the brother of the doctor, Emile, and then rushes back to a health of iron. Worse, he even survives the war. Galipeau, exhausted, decide to use the great means to get rid of the importunce who persists in thwarting their project ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-01-19
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Fight in Vain
Overview: Paul lives in Africa. He leads an honest and calm existence. Until the day when he finds his friend Frankovich dead.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-10-06
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Happy Arenas
Overview: A watchman with a sensitive heart, Fernand falls in love with Violette and Pervenche, two of the daughters of his boss, Maître Arno. At a bullfight starring three attractive Spaniards, the girls and their sister Marguerite - with whom Fernand's companion Rémy is in love - compete in charm, to the despair of both suitors. Followed by Marina, a pretty girl who seems to take a keen interest in Fernand, the two friends decide to retire to Les Martigues, far from their belles. But soon annoyed by Marina's insistence, Fernand returns to Maître Arno's manade, while Rémy decides to become a bullfighter to win back Marguerite.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-08-13
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Requiem pour un caïd
Overview: Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has three women working for him, including Eva and Jeannette, and is currently "conditioning" a charming, naive Orly employee, with whom he poses as an honorable businessman. Inspector Delille's plan is to arrest Jo for some crime and, while he's being held at the P.J., to delve into his other criminal activities and confound him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-07-25
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Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Overview: For 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only will he be separated from his faithful companion, but he is well aware too that the arenas of Arles mean death for Ulysse. Being unable to stand such injustice, Antonin runs away from the farm in the company of Ulysse. Together, they go through the Lubéron, the Baux de Provence, the Alpilles, the Crau and the Vaccarès. Yet, their journey is no pleasure cruise, specially when it comes to crossing National Road 7. After a visit to Marcellin, an old friend of his, Antonin sets off again with Ulysse, this time towards the Rhône River.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-07-08
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The Black Hand
Overview: Somewhere in Europe, a scientific research institute, houses the lair of one of the leaders of a terrorist organization called The Black Hand. Zhan Raur, an Albanian who, under a phlegmatic exterior, is suffering from a delirium of power and also from a heart condition, awaits the visit of an unknown correspondent carrying precious documents. But the F.B.I. He has been replaced by one of his agents, Thomas Asher, who is responsible for unlocking the secrets and ramifications of The Black Hand.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-12-20
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Killing in the Sun
Overview: The murder of a Parisian mobster starts a war within the world of organized crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-03-15
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In the Affirmative
Overview: The film is a road movie that follows a middle aged man who gives a young woman a lift. On the car radio, news bulletins warn the population against a recently escaped sadist who is known to prey on young women and children. Lelouch often cuts away from the main story, if only briefly, to parallel events that are not necessarily crucial to the story but illustrate what is suggested by the radio.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-02-10
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A Pain in the Ass
Overview: Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-09-20
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Transit
Overview: François Cremer is a truck driver who gets out of prison after having served a sentence of several months for a traffic of which he has always proclaimed himself innocent. He soon realizes that he is being followed and threatened by former acquaintances. Alone against all, he has no other recourse than to ask for help to a radio hostess, who had orchestrated a campaign for his release. She becomes frightened and refuses to help him, but he forces her to follow him in his escape. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-09-06
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Diary of a Chambermaid
Overview: Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-03-04
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The Donkey of Zigliara
Overview: Maddalena finds that her donkey has reappeared after being missing for months. However, on the same day, a donkey disappears in a neighboring village. The unfortunate coincidence leads to "war" between the two villages.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-02-03
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Million Dollar Man
Overview: A U.S. Treasury Department agent is sent to Morocco to find a fortune in counterfeit money hidden by the Nazis during World War II. The agent escapes from prison with the only man who knows the location of the bogus bills. The duo is shadowed by a group of former Nazi soldiers who hope they will lead them to recover the lost loot. The feature plays as a crime drama with overtones of international espionage.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-08-31
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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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Cocagne
Overview: As the driver of a garbage truck in Arles, Marc-Antoine leads a quiet life with his wife, Mélanie, and their two children. When Amédée's "Fanny" is stolen from the bouliste club, Marc-Antoine offers to repaint another one. As soon as the work is finished, he becomes a local celebrity and, intoxicated by his new-found fame, leaves his family to go with Hélène, the young waitress, to his friend Septime's house in the Camargue to take up painting. Eventually, Marc-Antoine realizes that he is dissatisfied and that his success seems dishonest. He realizes that happiness awaits him with his wife, children and friends, and resumes his simple life without remorse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-03-08
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A Martian in Paris
Overview: The title role in the French comedy-fantasy A Martian in Paris is filled by Darry Cowl. The higher-ups in Mars want to learn all about that strange commodity, peculiar to the planet Earth, known as "Love". Darry soon figures out what makes the world go 'round when he meets the gorgeous Nicole Mirel. A Martian in Paris was obviously inspired by the 1960 American comedy A Visit to a Small Planet, which starred Jerry Lewis. Darry Cowl's imitation of Lewis is passable, but it certainly didn't fool the "Le Roi Crazy Jerry" idolators at Cahiers du Cinema and Positif magazine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-03-01
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Funny Money
Overview: Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-09
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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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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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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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Le Cercle Rouge
Overview: When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-10-19
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Deux Romains en Gaule
Overview: This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.
Genres: Comedy Animation TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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The Grand Duke's New Clothes
Overview: Two crooks think up a scheme to get rich at the expense of the vain and excessive Grand Duke.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-12-23
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The Valley Without Spring
Overview: Two men living in a snow-bound town in the mountains fall in love with the same girl
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-10-14
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The Little Mermaid
Overview: A 40-year-old mechanic whistles at a passing teenager; she stops and upbraids him. In embarrassment, he claims he was whistling at her companion, her 14-year-old cousin, Isabelle. This changes Isabelle's outlook on life: her favorite story is Anderson's "Little Mermaid," and she thinks that in Georges she's found her prince. She follows him, engages him in conversation, and turns up at his flat. At first, he pushes her away and tells her she's nuts, but slowly he finds that she brings out of him a playful self, and he likes her devotion. The attraction builds, threatening Georges' adult relationships, including that with Nelly, his sweetheart. Where on earth can this affair lead?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-08-20
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Fais gaffe à la gaffe !
Overview: Based on the comic strip about the hopeless but lovable slacker Gaston who drives his colleagues crazy at the office.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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La Main coupée
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Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-09-20
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