Dany RobinFilmography

Topaz

Actors: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli

Synopsis: Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford, a veteran of European-filmed James Bond rip-offs of the 1960s, is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the Read More

Don't Lose Your Head

Actors: Sidney James, Kenny Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Butterworth

Synopsis: Part of the "Carry On Series", this is a satire on the French Revolution in which Sidney James portrays the Black Fingernail, a rip-off Scarlet Pimpernel using double entendres and jokes of questionable taste and a wide variety of disguises to hid his identity. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Rope Around the Neck

Synopsis: In this drama, a man is shocked to discover that the wife he thought he murdered is very much alive; he is further to dismayed that it was his girl friend who actually bit the bullet. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

La Corde Au Cou

Actors: Jean Richard, Dany Robin, Magali Noël, Estella Blain

Sursis Pour Un Espion

Actors: Jean Servais, Dany Robin, Agnes Spaak, Vera Valmont

La Loutre

Actors: Jean Richard, Dany Robin, Magali Noël, Felix Marten, Claude Mann

Synopsis: Arthur (Jean Richard) dreams of killing his harridan shrew of a wife to spend more time with his demanding mistress in this crime drama. His wife refuses to grant him a divorce, so Arthur puts his mind to murder. Arthur kills a woman who is sleeping in his bed, but it turns out to be the mistress Read More

X-Ray of a Killer

Synopsis: In this espionage drama, a police inspector suspects that a prominent surgeon is a spy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Follow the Boys

Actors: Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Dany Robin, Janis Paige, Russ Tamblyn

Synopsis: Follow the Boys attempts to recapture the box-office magic of 1960's Where the Boys Are; sometimes it succeeds. Returning from the earlier film are Connie Francis and Paula Prentiss, here cast as Bonnie Pulaski and Toni Denham, tourists on the French Riviera. Together with their Gallic friend Read More

Les Mystères de Paris

Actors: Jean Marais, Jill Haworth, Dany Robin, Raymond Pellegrin, Pierre Mondy

Synopsis: One of several versions of a steamy novel by Eugene Sue, Les Mystères de Paris is set at the turn of the 20th century and begins when the carriage of Count Rodolphe (Jean Marais) runs over a man and as he dies, the Count vows to help his poor, orphaned daughter Marie (Jill Haworth). And so the Read More

Les Parisiennes

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Françoise Brion, Darry Cowl, Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Ary, Henri Tisot, Dany Robin

Synopsis: The French omnibus feature Tales of Paris is made of four separate romantic playlets, each with its own cast, director, and scenarist. "The Tale of Ella," directed by Jacques Poitrenaud, stars Dany Saval as an ambitious nightclub performer who very nearly messes up her chances for success by Read More

Devil of Paris

Waltz of the Toreadors

Actors: Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton, John Fraser, Cyril Cusack

Synopsis: Fitzjohn (Peter Sellers) is a retired general who is miserable at home with his shrewish wife Emily (Margaret Leighton). He dreams of younger days when he enjoyed the platonic company of the beautiful Ghislaine (Dany Robin). After many years, she shows up at his door and expresses her desire to Read More

Conduite A Gauche

Actors: Marcel Amont, Dany Robin, Henri-Jacques Huet, Mathilde Casadesus

Love and the Frenchwoman

Actors: Sylvia Montfort, Marie-José Nat, Darry Cowl, Sophie Desmarets, Jacqueline Porel, Dany Robin, Valerie Lagrange, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, François Perier, Martine Carol

Synopsis: Love and the Frenchwoman (La Francaise et L'Amour) concentrates on the nature of love by illustrating seven separate aspects of the emotion. In "Childhood," 9-year old Pierre-Jean Vaillard suffers a traumatic experience when he takes his parents' "cabbage patch" theory of conception too literally. Read More

Le Secret du Chevalier d'Eon

Actors: Andree Debar, Gabriele Ferzetti, Isa Miranda, Bernard Blier, Dany Robin, Jean Desailly

Synopsis: Director Jacqueline Audry spent her career swimming against the current in the male-dominated film industry, a female director making movies, like this one set in the 17th century, with female leads. In this curious story, a young girl has had to pose as a male all her life because her uncle would Read More

Les Dragueurs

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Charles Aznavour, Anouk Aimée, Nicole Berger, Dany Robin, Dany Carrel, Estella Blain

Synopsis: This is the first film directed by the well-known Jean-Pierre Mocky who at this stage in his young life had something in common with the age group in question -- two youths out on the night circuit, looking for women. Freddy (Jacques Charrier) and Joseph (Charles Aznavour) have high hopes as they Read More

L'Ecole Des Cocottes

Actors: Dany Robin, Fernand Gravey, Bernard Blier, Odette Laure

Synopsis: L'Ecole des Cocottes was based on a popular stage sex farce by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon. Dany Robin plays a gaminlike coquette who captures the heart of famed concert pianist Fernand Gravey. She becomes the pianist's prize courtesan, which enables her to travel in high-society circles Read More

Mandrin

Actors: Sylvia Montfort, Dany Robin, Jean Valerie, Georges Riviere, Georges Wilson

Synopsis: Mandrin is a colorful swashbuckler revolving around a "French Robin Hood." The title character is played by Georges Riviere, whose problems with 18th century tax collectors have compelled him to turn to outlawry. With a band of fellow misfits, Mandrin robs from the rich, and...you know the rest. Read More

Suivez-Moi Jeune Homme

Actors: Daniel Gélin, Dany Robin, Noël Roquevert, Georges Chamarat

Mimi Pinson

Actors: Dany Robin, Raymond Pellegrin, André Luguet, Mireille Granelli

Synopsis: Dany Robin plays the title character in the French comedy Mimi Pinson. The plot is strictly formula stuff, with Mimi being thwarted on all sides by those who have designs on her money and her virtue. Happily, our heroine triumphs over her foes and predators, finding true romance in the arms of Raymond Pellegrin Read More

Quand Sonnera Midi

Actors: Dany Robin, Georges Marchal, Marcel Lupovici

C'Est La Faute D'Adam

Actors: Dany Robin, Jacques Sernas, Noël Roquevert, Denise Grey

Synopsis: Per its title, C'est La Faute D'Adam (It's Adam's Fault) is a comedy about romance. En route to his wedding, the hero picks up a pretty hitchhiker who is suffering from amnesia. Naturally, his fiancee takes a dim view of this, and the marriage is promptly called off. But that's not the end of the Read More

Le Coin Tranquille

Actors: Dany Robin, Louis Velle, Marie Daems

Maid in Paris

Synopsis: In this romantic French drama, a young country girl heads for the City of Light to find romance and good fortune. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

C'est Arrivé a Aden

Actors: Dany Robin, André Luguet, Jacques Dacqmine, Jean Bretonniere

Synopsis: C'East Arrive a Oden is partly a serious adventure yarn, and partly a spoof of its own genre. A French acting troupe finds itself stranded in a far-flung British colony in India. The troupe's leading lady, Dany Robin, is almost immediately wooed by a native prince. The upshot of this flirtation Read More

Bonsoir Paris Bonjour L'Amour

Actors: Dany Robin, Daniel Gélin, Georges Reich

Synopsis: This French musical comedy is set in guess what European city? Daniel Gelin and Dany Robin play brother-and-sister nonconformists, who go out on the town for a night of cool jazz music and dancing (not with each other, of course!) In the course of the evening, Robin falls in love with Austrian Read More

Frou-Frou

Actors: Dany Robin, Gino Cervi, Philippe Lemaire, Jean Wall

Synopsis: Released in some markets as The Toy Wife, the French Frou-Frou stars Dany Robin in the title role. The heroine is a WW1-era cigarette girl who captures the hearts of four wealthy, middle-aged cabaret patrons. The jovial foursome take it upon themselves to pluck Frou-Frou out of her tawdry Read More

Napoléon

Actors: Raymond Pellegrin, Daniel Gélin, Sacha Guitry, Michèle Morgan, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: Showing no signs of slowing down in his 70th year, Sacha Guitry served as director and writer of the lavish historical epic Napoleon, and also costarred as Talleyrand. It is now hard to assess the quality of the film, since most American prints are severely edited, and the color photography Read More

Paris Canaille

Actors: Dany Robin, Tilda Thamar, Daniel Gélin

Escale a Orly

Actors: Dany Robin, Dieter Borsche, François Perier

Synopsis: A novel by Curt Riess was the launching pad for this German-French co-production. The title translates to Intermediate Landing in Paris, which also sums up the premise. While making a stopover in the City of Light, American pilot Dieter Borsche becomes involved with criminal intrigue and a Read More

Les Revoltes De Lomanach

Actors: Dany Robin, Amedeo Nazzari, Carla Del Poggio

Synopsis: Les Revoltes de Lomanch was France's first widescreen feature presentation. Set in the Vendee region shortly after the French Revolution, the film re-creates the uprising of a group of noblemen against the newly empowered proletariat. The hero, Barnaud (Amedeo Nazzari), is a revolutionary who has Read More

Tempi Nostri

Synopsis: This Italian anthology is comprised of five separate episodes. In the first tale, two impoverished parents must leave their baby because they cannot afford to feed it. The second concerns two aristocrats who have fallen into poverty and end up reunited when they both are cast as extras in a movie. Read More

Cadet-Rousselle

Actors: Bourvil, François Perier, Dany Robin, Madeleine Le Beau

Synopsis: The Gallic swashbuckler Cadet-Rousselle stars Francois Perrier in the title role. In love with the mayor's daughter, Rousselle is separated from her by money and by his low-born parentage. He heads off to Paris, there to find fame and fortune and make himself worthy of his sweetheart. En route Read More

Un Acte d'Amour

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Barbara Laage, Robert Strauss, Gabrielle Dorziat

Synopsis: Act of Love was based on The Girl on the Via Flamina, a novel by Alfred Hayes. Kirk Douglas plays an American soldier, participating in the 1944 liberation of France. Making the acquaintance of impoverished Parisian girl Dany Robin, Douglas takes pity on the girl, pretending to be married to her Read More

Julietta

Actors: Dany Robin, Jean Marais, Jeanne Moreau, Bernard Lancret, Georges Chamarat

Synopsis: Julietta (Dany Robin) is not fond of the wealthy older man (Bernard Lancret) whom her mother has selected for her husband. Dreaming of a Prince Charming who will rescue her from this loveless marriage, Julietta believes that handsome attorney Andre (Jean Marais) is the man of the hour. Trouble is Read More

Naughty Martine

Actors: Dany Robin, Claude Dauphin

Synopsis: Dany Robin is Naughty Martine in this ooh-la-la French romantic comedy. Set at a fancy girl's boarding school in the French Alps, the film casts Robin as a natural-born fibber, whose tendency to weave tall tales causes ever so much trouble for her parents, her teachers and her classmates. Leaving Read More

Douze Heures De Bonheur

Actors: Dany Robin, Georges Marchal, Jean Tissier

Elle et Moi

Actors: François Perier, Dany Robin, Jean Carmet

La Fête à Henriette

Actors: Michel Auclair, Dany Robin, Hildegarde Neff, Michel Roux

Synopsis: Holiday for Henrietta (originally released in 1952 as La Fete a Henriette) is a Pirandellian comedy about the art of moviemaking. Louis Seigner and Henri Cremieux play a team of screenwriters whose latest project is stuck in a mire of indecision. Should fictional heroine Henriette (Dany Robin) be Read More

Les Amants De Minuit

Actors: Jean Marais, Dany Robin, Micheline Gary, Louis Seigner

Synopsis: Dany Robin plays a modern-day Cinderella in Les Amants de Minuit. On Christmas Eve, lonely shopgirl Francoise (Robin) makes the acquaintance of slick counterfeiter Marcel (Jean Marais). Swept off her feet, the girl allows Marcel to shower all sorts of gifts and pretty clothes upon her. When she Read More

Jupiter

Actors: Georges Marchal, Dany Robin, Jean Tissier, Huguette Duflos, Francois Guerin

Synopsis: Benjamin (Jean Tissier) is the irresponsible patriarch of a fun-loving Roman family. Ostensibly the owner of a drug store, Benjamin would much rather rummage through ruins in search of ancient Roman artifacts. While searching for a valuable statue of the great God Jupiter, our hero must contend Read More

Une Histoire d'amour

Actors: Louis Jouvet, Dany Robin, Daniel Gélin, Georges Chamarat

Synopsis: Une Histoire D'Amour served as the last starring film of Louis Jouvet, who died in 1951 at the age of 63. Jouvet is cast as Planche, a philosophical police inspector, investigating the suicides of two young lovers. Though he really doesn't have to, Planche delves into the past to find out what Read More

Le Plus Joli Peche Du Monde

Actors: Georges Marchal, Dany Robin, Bernard Lajarrige, Marthe Mercadier

Deux Sous De Violettes

Actors: Dany Robin, Helena Manson, Henri Cremieux, Yvette Etievant

Synopsis: Twice during his long and fruitful career, French playwright Jean Anouilh tried his hand at film directing. The second of these endeavors was Deux Sous de Violettes, released in 1951. Co-adapted by Anouilh from a story by Monelle Valentin, the film stars Dany Robin as teenager Therese Desforges. Read More

Monelle

Actors: Louis Jouvet, Dany Robin, Philippe Nicaud

Synopsis: Dany Robin plays Monelle in this French romantic drama. The heroine is the protégé of world-famous composer Gerard Favier (Louis Jouvet). Their inevitable romance results in plenty of soul-searching, especially since Favier is still deeply in love with his wife. What threatens to become a Gallic Read More

La Soif Des Hommes

Actors: Georges Marchal, Dany Robin, Paul Faivre

Synopsis: Filmed on location in North Africa, La Soif des Hommes is the story of a farmer and his two lovely daughters. Returning from the battlefields of WW II, a soldier stops over at the farm, whereupon both girls instantly fall in love with him. The soldier is fondest of the younger girl, but, bowing to Read More

La Voyageuse Inattendue

Actors: Dany Robin, Georges Marchal, Jean Tissier, Albert Dinan

Synopsis: Dany Robin stars as Dany, the ingenuous "front girl" for a gang of car thieves. It is Dany's job to lure the motorist away while her cohorts steal his vehicle. The plot proper gets under way when one of Dany's former victims, artist Marc (Georges Marchal), runs into her again. Reluctant to turn Read More

Au P'tit Zouave

Actors: Dany Robin, François Perier, Bernard Lajarrige, Marie Daems

Synopsis: Au P'tit Zouave is an old-fashioned yarn, given some credence by the sincere performances of the leading actors. The title refers to a seedy café, where the less-than-elite meet to eat, drink and palaver. Most of the characters are the sort of clichés one might find in a dive of this nature, but Read More

La Passagere

Actors: Dany Robin, Georges Marchal, Dora Doll

Une Jeune Fille Savait

Actors: Dany Robin, Françoise Christophe, André Luguet, François Perier

Synopsis: Une Jeune Fille Savait translates as A Young Girl Knew, and that girl is Corinne, played by Dany Robin. Evidently the word "knew" is used in the Biblical sense, inasmuch as Corinne is seduced by her fiance Coco (Francois Perier)-on direct orders of Coco's father, ageing stage star Levaison (Andre Luguet Read More

L'Eventail

Actors: Dany Robin, Marguerite Moreno, Henri Vidal, Claude Dauphin

Les Amoureux Sont Seuls Au Monde

Actors: Dany Robin, Renee Devillers, Louis Jouvet, Philippe Nicaud

Le Silence Est d'Or

Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Marcelle Derrien, François Perier, Dany Robin, Robert Pizani

Synopsis: Originally released in France under the title Le Silence est D'Or, Man About Town is set in the Paris of the early 1900s. Maurice Chevalier plays a director of silent films (whose working conditions are recreated with remarkable accuracy), while Marcelle Derien is an actress whom Chevalier hopes Read More

Le Destin S' Amuse

Actors: Dany Robin, Jean Carmet, Noël Roquevert

Les Portes De La Nuit

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Serge Reggiani, Yves Montand, Nathalie Nattier, Jean Vilar

Synopsis: Marcel Carne's 1946 production La Porte de la Nuit was released in the U.S. four years later as Gates of the Night. Scripted by Carne's longtime collaborator Jacques Prevert, the film is set in Paris just after its liberation from the Nazis. The script points out that this was not only a time for Read More

Six Heures a Perdre

Actors: Dany Robin, Denise Grey, André Luguet, Paulette Dubost