Edmond T. GrevilleFilmography

Temptation

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: A Red Cross ship is sunk while sailing back from war torn Korean. The four survivors, a war journalist and three ladies, end up stranded on a lonely island. One of the women is criminally insane and was en route to the U.S. with her guard to stand trial for murder. She proves to be a major Read More

L'Accident

Crew: Director

Actors: Magali Noël, Georges Riviere, Danik Patisson, Roland Le Saffre

Synopsis: L'Accident is another variation on the Diabolique theme. Georges Riviere is in love with Magali Noel. Only one obstacle stands in the way of Riviere's happiness: his wife. Maybe things would be better if she had an accident...which he is willing to arrange. But this is only the launching pad for Read More

Les Menteurs

Crew: Director

Actors: Dawn Addams, Jean Servais, Claude Brasseur, Francis Blanche

Synopsis: In this mystery, a nouveau-riche Frenchman returns to his Parisian home after finding a fortune in Africa. He is looking for a wife and begins advertising in the newspaper. Instead he finds himself victimized by con-artists. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Beat Girl

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: David Farrar, Noëlle Adam, Christopher Lee, Gillian Hills, Adam Faith

Synopsis: A rebellious teenager runs away from home and joins the SoHo beatniks when her widowed father remarries a much younger woman. But beatnik life isn't all it seems and she ends up hanging out as a stripper in a sleazy club, hoping to learn about her mom. There the creepy club owner attempts to Read More

Les Mains D'Orlac

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, Lucille Saint-Simon, Christopher Lee

Synopsis: The oft-filmed Maurice Renard novel Hands of Orlac was given another cinematic go-round in this Franco-British production. Famed concert pianist Stephen Orlac (Mel Ferrer) survives a plane crash, but his hands are permanently destroyed. Helpful surgeon Volcheff (Donald Wolfit) grafts a pair of new Read More

L'Ile Du Bout Du Monde

Crew: Director

Actors: Rossana Podestà, Dawn Addams, Magali Noël, Christian Marquand

Synopsis: A so-so drama with uneven acting, this is a tale of three women and one man trapped on a deserted island in World War II after a shipwreck. Christian Marquand is Patrick, the lone man who cannot but develop a relationship with all three women. Their fates are not what might be expected, as the Read More

Quand Sonnera Midi

Crew: Director

Actors: Dany Robin, Georges Marchal, Marcel Lupovici

Je Plaide Non Coupable

Crew: Director

Actors: John Justin, Frank Villard, Andree Debar, Barbara Laage

Guilty?

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this thriller a French woman is arrested for the death of her cruel lover. She certainly had motive as the man was a real snake. She hides him from the Nazis during WW II; he gets her pregnant, betrays her, and has her sent to a concentration camp. Even though it seems obvious that she was the Read More

Tant Qu' Il Y Aura Des Femmes

Crew: Director

Actors: Mireille Perrey

L'Envers du Paradis

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Erich Von Stroheim, Etchika Choureau, Jacques Sernas, Dora Doll, Jacques Castelot

Synopsis: Erich von Stroheim dominates the proceedings in the French L'Envers du Paradis (Other Side of Paradise) Set in a tiny village near the Riviera, the story concerns a diverse group of has-beens and losers. Von Stroheim plays O'Hara (sic!), a sea captain who's never been to sea. The Countess (played Read More

Le Port Du Desir

Crew: Director

Actors: Jean Gabin, Andree Debar, Henri Vidal

Synopsis: Jean Gabin stars in the offbeat mood piece Le Port de Desir (Port of Desire). Gabin plays an elderly deep-sea diver, who, while going about his underwater business, discovers the corpse of a young woman. It turns out that the body has been entombed by the unhinged leader of a criminal gang. Gabin Read More

Plaisirs de Paris

Crew: Director

Actors: Roland Alexandre, Lucien Baroux, Jean Parédès, Max Elloy

Synopsis: Jean Pierre (Roland Alexandre), an aspiring composer, falls in love with seemingly impoverished flower girl Denise (Geraldine Page). In truth, Denise is a popular actress en route from a costume party. Fortuitously, she is also the star of a musical revue, and, as such, secretly tries to use her Read More

The Romantic Age

Crew: Director

Actors: Mai Zetterling, Hugh Williams, Margot Grahame, Petula Clark, Carol Marsh

Synopsis: This British drama was originally titled Naughy Arlette. The title character, played by future director Mai Zetterling, is a French exchange student at a British art school. Teacher Hugh Williams is unable to resist Arlette's seductive charms, a fact that brings about his downfall. The girl's Read More

But Not in Vain

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A play by Ben Van Eeslyn served as the basis for But Not in Vain. Raymond Lovell plays a Dutch farmer during World War II. A strong opponent of the occupying Nazi regime, Lovell does his patriotic duty by hiding resistance leaders in his barn. His activities are threatened by his own son, an Read More

The Silk Noose

Crew: Director

Actors: Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, Derek Farr, Stanley Holloway, Nigel Patrick

Synopsis: In postwar London, Chicago-raised fashion reporter Linda Medbury, working for a British newspaper, runs across a crime story that's too good to pass up -- all about Sugiani (Joseph Calleia), a racketeer who has quietly amassed a fortune, and near-total control of vice in London, through Read More

Le Diable Souffle

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Charles Vanel, Jean Chevrier, Margo Lion

Synopsis: The Woman of Evil in this French melodrama is a lady named Louvaine (Helena Bossis). She's a pianist in a tiny café, where her erstwhile lovers, landowner Laurent (Charles Vanel) and surgeon Diego (Jean Chevrier), make nightly visits. The rising passions within the café are counterpointed by the Read More

Pour Une Nuit D'Amour

Crew: Director

Actors: Odette Joyeux, Roger Blin, André Alerme

Synopsis: Also known as Pour une Nuit d'Amour, Passionnelle was based on a novel by Emile Zola. On the verge of an arranged marriage with a wealthy rake, convent-bred Theresa (Odette Joyeaux) flirts with postal clerk Julien (Roger Blin), all the while carrying on a more torrid romance with handsome servant Read More

Dorothee Cherche L'Amour

Crew: Director

Actors: Claude Dauphin, Jules Berry

Under Secret Orders

Crew: Director

Actors: John Loder, Dita Parlo, Claire Luce, Gyles Isham

Synopsis: The oft-filmed story of the WW I espionage agent known as "Fraulein Doktor" was given another go-round in the British Under Secret Orders. Dita Parlo plays Anne-Marie Lesser, a German secret agent who undermines the Allied cause at the expense of her own happiness. Top billing is bestowed upon Erich von Stroheim Read More

Une Femme Dans La Nuit

Crew: Director

Actors: Viviane Romance, Claude Dauphin, Georges Flamant

Menaces

Crew: Director

Actors: Mireille Balin, Ginette Leclerc, Erich Von Stroheim, Jean Galland

Synopsis: Menaces (Threats) was originally filmed in 1938 under the title Cinq Jours d'Angoise. Thanks to a studio fire, the release of the film was held up for nearly two years, by which time its "rumors of war" subtext had taken on a new topicality. John Loder and Mireille Balin star as, respectively, a Read More

Dangerous Secrets

Crew: Director

Actors: Paul Lukas, Linden Travers, Hugh Williams, Marie Ney, Renée Gadd

Synopsis: A brief encounter forms the basis of this romantic drama. It all begins when Helen Bernardi meets Jim Wyndham in a London restaurant. They end up spending the night and falling hopelessly in love. Unfortunately, in the cold morning light, they realize that must go back to their separate lives. Jim Read More

Mademoiselle Docteur

Crew: Director

Veertig Jaren

Crew: Director

Actors: Lily Bouwmeester, Matthieu van Eysden

Synopsis: Although the Dutch Veertig Jaren is a film by committee -- the Special National Committee, to be exact -- director Edmond T. Greville and his actors are able to maintain their individuality throughout. The film's English-language title is Forty Years, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Read More

What a Man!

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this comedy, a photographer is placed in charge of the village coffer. He takes the cash and hides it in an old dresser. The trouble begins when his wife sells the junkie chest to a junk man. A frantic search ensues. Fortunately, during the hunt, the cameraman locates an old charter that saves Read More

Brief Ecstasy

Crew: Director

Actors: Paul Lukas, Linden Travers, Hugh Williams

Synopsis: In this romantic drama, a May-December relationship goes awry when the bride finds herself in love with her aged groom's young son, a dashing pilot. It seems that she and the pilot have met before. Matters are not helped by the fact that her husband is the young man's legal guardian. ~ Sandra Read More

Secret Lives

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Neil Hamilton, Brigitte Horney, Ivor Barnard, Charles Carson, Gyles Isham

Synopsis: The WW1 melodrama I Married a Spy was originally released in England in 1937 under the title Secret Lives (the title of the Paul de Sainte Colombe novel upon which it was based). German film favorite Birgitte Horney stars as Lena Schmidt, a Teutonic lass who is forced into a marriage of Read More

Gypsy Melody

Crew: Director

Actors: Lupe Velez, Alfred Rode, Jerry Verno, Fred Duprez, Wyn Weaver

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a plucky gypsy travels to London with her lover, a captain of the guard masquerading as a musician. She does not know that he is a fugitive from prison incarcerated for dueling with a high official. In London, the musician organizes a gypsy band that begins playing in a Read More

Princess Tam Tam

Crew: Director

Actors: Josephine Baker, Germaine Aussey, Albert Prejean, Robert Arnoux

Synopsis: Princesse Tam-Tam is a must-see for fans of legendary African-American entertainer Josephine Baker. Shunned by lily-white Hollywood, Baker made a name for herself in France as a cabaret entertainer, frequently comporting in the nude--all the while letting the audience know she didn't take herself Read More

Marchand D'Amour

Crew: Director

Actors: Rosine Derean, Françoise Rosay, Jean Galland, Robert Arnoux

Remous

Crew: Director

Actors: Jeanne Boitel, Jean Galland, Lyne Clévers

Synopsis: Released in English-speaking countries as Eddies, this feverish romantic melodrama involves a "damaged" husband and a restless wife. Paralyzed from the waist down in an auto accident, Henri St. Clair (Jean Gallard) is all too aware that he can no longer satisfy his young wife Jeanne (Jeanne Read More

Le Triangle De Feu

Crew: Director

Actors: Renee Heribel, Jean Angelo, André Roanne

Plaisirs De Paris

Crew: Director

Actors: Alice Tissot, Jean Dax

Le Train Des Suicides

Crew: Director

Actors: Vanda Greville, Robert Vidalin

Under the Roofs of Paris

Actors: Albert Prejean, Pola Illery, Gaston Modot, Edmond T. Greville, Paul Olivier, Bill Bocket

Synopsis: Rene Clair's Under the Roofs of Paris is one of the first French films shot in sound. The film is a relaxed melodrama where a Parisian street singer (Albert Prejean) and his friend (Edmond Greville) pursue the love of the same woman (Pola Illery). Clair chose to use sound only when needed Read More