Jacques Préboist
Also Known As: Jacques Preboist
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Birthday: May 21, 1923
Deathday: February 05, 1999
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The 25th Hour
Overview: A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-04-26
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Les Planqués du régiment
Overview: A young engineer, inventor of a dangerous ping-pong ball, which makes him pursued by the American and Russian secret services, finds refuge in a military camp where his irruption sows some semi-catastrophes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-06-15
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Big Deal
Overview: Paul and Thérèse have sold their café on the outskirts of an airport to buy one in Marseille. The business is going well until they discover that their bistro is being used as a hub for drug trafficking. To stop the traffic, they reignite a gang war.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-03-29
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Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée
Overview: May 1944, in Provence, a young Jewish woman fleeing Nazi persecution, entrusts her three-month-old granddaughter to a stranger, Mathieu, a solitary shepherd who will raise her alone. Once the war is over, he will leave with her, in search of the mother. A research that will last more than twenty years and that will lead them to several European countries.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-10-31
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Under the Sign of the Bull
Overview: In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress has her doubts, as Albert lashes out in a verbal tirade condemning those of little faith in his genius.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-03-28
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Cadet Rousselle
Overview: The Adventures of Cadet Rousselle that on the French Revolution left his hometown in search of fortune. He thinks he knows love with Violeta, a dancer in a band of comedians but ends up involved in a monarchist plot.
Genres: Comedy History Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-20
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Atlantic Wall
Overview: 1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
Genres: Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-10-14
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Les Phallocrates
Overview: A fraudulent builder has planned to spend a few of days in Switzerland to hide his hoard in a swiss bank at once. Unfortunately an inspector of the Internal Revenue department is going to come and go over the firm's books.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-23
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A Good Little Devil
Overview: One of the comtesse de Ségur's most popular works,it tells the tale of an orphan ,Charles,mistreated by his wicked old cousin Madame Mac Miche;nevertheless,Charles has many friends including sweet blind young Juliette and her sister Marianne, Mac Miche's maid ,Betty,her boyfriend Donald ,and even the judge. (by dbdumonteil)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-21
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OK Patron
Overview: Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organization" appoints one. She instructs her two bodyguards to take on anyone who likes money, doesn't have any and, above all, doesn't want to work too hard - in short, "the average Frenchman"... They discover Léon Bonnet, a representative of "magic crosses". They send him gifts: champagne, weapons (a mistake...), a ring for his fiancée, and a meal worthy of the finest gourmets. In return, they take him to Mario's dying bedside, and have him sign over the estate. It's then that Leon, with his angelic good looks, restores order within the Mafia, surprising all his adversaries with his manners, and outwitting the police...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-06-01
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Bedmania
Overview: A large bed recounts stories from its brief existence. Clumsy burglars, adulterated husbands and wives, homosexuals, lesbians, a lady, and her gigolo, a doctor who tries an erotic measurement machine on his assistant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-04-02
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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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Josefa's Loot
Overview: Justin, a lyricist by trade, and his friend Pierre, a composer, lead a bohemian life in Paris. Justin thinks his mother Josefa is richer than she appears, and decides to swindle her out of three million centimes by using Pierre as an intermediary in a case involving an insolvent check. Josefa uncovers the ruse and refuses to help her son. However, Pierre has discovered the identity of his friend's father, who had been unknown to him for twenty years. With the help of Justin's mother, the two friends do everything they can to extort the son's missing three million centimes from his ashamed and repentant father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-08-22
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The Hornet's Nest
Overview: A compulsive gambler must steal a suitcase full of money, which is also coveted by Melba, a cabaret singer. A getaway ensues.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-03-10
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Une merveilleuse journée
Overview: The unusual day of a young pharmacist's assistant, between Deauville and Cassis.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-11-12
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Diamonds Are Brittle
Overview: Bernard Noblet is a modest bank clerk with a passion for billiards. His fiancée Juliette, a schoolteacher, dreams of one day living the high life, and his best friend Roger, a little-known inventor, is equally despairing. After careful consideration, a solution emerges: a cleverly organized hold-up will enable them to live in luxury for the rest of their lives. Bernard soon makes the acquaintance of Bettina and her mother, Madame Ralton, professionals in the "heist" business.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-17
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The Boss of Champignol
Overview: Claudius finds a foal and takes it home to his boss. The men who stole the animal are looking for him. Claudius names him Champignol and trains him for racing. When he grows up, Champignol wins a regional race. But the thieves return, and Claudius is forced to do odd jobs to keep his horse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-16
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A Little Virtuous
Overview: In Paris, the young photographer Ferdinand falls in love with Claire, a pickpocket. Shortly after, he is assaulted because he took pictures of the young woman with another man, Brady, his sponsor. The policeman Lorenzi is put on the case, but in love, Ferdinand does not want to denounce her. However, a stolen object that she offered him will allow his indictment: Claire will spend a year in prison. When she is released, Ferdinand marries her. Kerman, Ferdinand's new boss, employs Claire in his cabaret. She puts on a famous act during which she picks the pockets of the spectators, then gives the objects back at the end of the show. But Brady reappears, demanding 80% of the young woman's earnings, otherwise he will denounce Claire's bigamy, to whom he is still married! Ferdinand prepares to flee with his wife. When he finds her, he comes across the corpse of Brady, whom Claire has just killed.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-02-21
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Salut Berthe !
Overview: Adrien Chautard, a major industrialist from Abidjan, has been chosen to replace an expert on the official Ivory Coast delegation sent to Paris to discuss the country's association with the Common Market. Chautard is delighted at the prospect of this trip, where he will be reunited with the woman of his dreams: Elisabeth. Alas, at Abidjan airport, a nasty surprise awaits him: Berthe, his lawful wife, has decided to leave with him to consult a leading cardiologist in the capital.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-08-20
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L'envolée belle
Overview: Two tourists in Provence meet an old naive peasant painter who tells them the extraordinary story that happened in the village in 1890: Amédée, the teacher, succeeded in stealing.
Genres: Romance Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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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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La Grande Récré
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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Cartouche
Overview: In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-03-07
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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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Male Companion
Overview: A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Three Disordered Children
Overview: A man falsely recognize two teenagers and one child as his own children in order to avoid jail so his life becomes more and more chaotic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-01
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The Nada Gang
Overview: Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his regular visits to an exclusive brothel. The gang starts to quarrel amongst themselves as to the diplomat's fate, while the police purge suspects in their attempts to destroy the Nada faction. As the violence escalates on both sides, the States and the terrorists are forced to use one another's methods in an increasingly desperate and relentless conflict.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-02-06
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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Overview: Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-10-08
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Croesus
Overview: Jules is a shepherd who lives a humble and solitary life in rural Provence. From time to time, he is visited by a lonely widow, Fine, who longs to be his wife. One day, Jules comes across an unexploded bomb lying on the ground in open countryside. After a few foolhardy attempts to set the bomb off, Jules makes a surprising discovery. It is filled with thousands of bank notes…
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-21
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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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Stadium Nuts
Overview: Les Charlots, a French rock group, continue their adventures, in the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day's Night. This is their second adventure. The foursome are on holiday, camping outside a village. The Olympic flame is going to pass through the village. A grocer, charged to prepare a celebration, calls upon the four to help. One of the four falls for the grocer's daughter. However, she runs away after the sportsman carrying the flame. The foursome set of to find her and win her back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-09-22
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Captain Blood
Overview: Le capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli and Lise Delamare. It is based on a novel by Michel Zévaco.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-10-03
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