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Crew: Director
Actors: Bourvil, Christine Delaroche, Michel de Re
Synopsis: Beloved French comic Bourvil stars in a dramatic role as the compassionate magistrate Arnaud. He comes to the aid of the young law student Andre (Adamo) when the impoverished youth is falsely accused of murder. This plodding, moralistic drama preaches that troubled youths often need a second Read More
Actors: Bourvil, Jean Lefebvre, Rosy Varte, Jacques Legras
Synopsis: In this slapstick comedy of manners, Eugene (Bourvil) is a businessman who is framed by his crooked partner and thrown in prison. To save his business and escape a long jail term, he adopts three children he has never seen. Freed from prison, Eugene is trapped when the three moppets and their Read More
Actors: Jacques Harden, Alain Saury
Synopsis: Set during the war for independence in French Indochina, this turgid drama by director Leo Joannon centers around a group of Catholic Vietnamese who are inside a fortress under siege by the communist factions in the independence movement (this is before the U.S.-Vietnam War.) A French captain is Read More
Actors: Fernandel, Maurice Teynac, Marie Déa, Edith Scob
Synopsis: Famed French comic Fernandel cannot do much for this uninspired mystery story with intended comedic overtones by director Leo Joannon. Fernandel plays Albert, the unhappy brunt of jokes by his fellow office-workers who goes from the frying pan into the fire. Albert gets caught up in a robbery that Read More
Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Franca Bettoja, Anne Doat
Actors: Annie Girardot, Pierre Trabaud, Leo Joannon, Milly Mathis
Synopsis: The hero of Le Desert de Pigalle is Janin (Pierre Trabaud), a two-fisted priest assigned to the lawless district of Pigalle. Janin takes it upon himself to reform the prostitutes in the area, which makes him extremely unpopular with the local "mecs" and white slavers. His toughest reclamation Read More
Actors: Sophie Desmarets, Raf Vallone
Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Annie Girardot, Gregoire Aslan, Jean Rigaux
Synopsis: Director Leo Joannon, the man responsible for the much-maligned Laurel and Hardy swan song Atoll K (1951), demonstrates that he had some talent after all in L'Homme aux Clés d'Or (The Man With the Golden Keys). Pierre Fresnay stars as Professor Fournier, who devotes his spare time to raising money Read More
Crew: Director, Screenwriter
Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Trabaud, Nicole Stephane, Marcelle Geniat, Leo Joannon
Synopsis: Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even so, young Gerard (Pierre Trabaud) becomes convinced that Maurice has never truly lost his calling. Read More
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair, Max Elloy
Synopsis: In their very last feature film, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy travel to London so that Stan can claim his uncle's inheritance. All of the cash has been eaten up by taxes, but at least Stan is able to claim a tax-free island and yacht that his uncle has left him. Boarding the yacht (actually a Read More
Actors: Magali Vendeuil, Jean Richard
Actors: Rellys, Paulette Dubost, Mary Marquet, Yves Deniaud
Actors: Janine Darcey, Serge Reggiani, Raymond Bussières, Jean Mercanton
Synopsis: French director Leo Joannon, the man who made such a mess of the valedictory Laurel & Hardy vehicle Atoll K, proved that he could direct after all in Children of Chaos. Essentially a Gallic variation on Boys Town, the film concentrates on a boy's reformatory. Jean-Victor (Rene Darcy), himself a Read More
Actors: Janine Darcey, René Dary, Serge Reggiani
Actors: Edwige Feuillère, Jean Mercanton, Pierre Jourdan
Actors: Blanchette Brunoy, Marguerite Moreno, Jules Berry, Fernand Charpin
Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Albert Prejean, Jean Parédès
Crew: Director, Producer
Actors: Raimu, Sylvia Bataille, Pierre Brasseur, Pauline Carton
Synopsis: Based on a stage play by D'Hennequin and Veber, the saucy 1936 sex farce Avez Vous N'Avez Rien a Declarer? was released in the US five years later as Confessions of a Newlywed. The original title translates as Having You Nothing to Declare, a double-entendre referring to the sexual Read More
Actors: Marie Déa, Raymond Rouleau, Hugo Haas
Crew: Screen Story
Actors: Walter Rilia, Kim Peacock, Robert Newton, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Geoffrey Atkins
Synopsis: Filmed in 1935, the British Hell's Cargo finally received a US release in 1939, capitalizing on the recent outbreak of war in Europe. Most of the story takes place on a cargo ship, slowly inching its way through treacherous waters with a cargo consisting of a top-secret poison gas. When the ship's Read More
Actors: Edwige Feuillère, Jean Chevrier, Georges Lannes
Actors: Nadine Vogel, Pierre Fresnay, Rolf Wanka, Kim Peacock
Synopsis: While filming Laurel & Hardy's Atoll K in 1950, Leo Joannon spent an entire week shooting atmosphere shots on an island, allegedly because he fell in love with the ocean. Twelve years earlier, Joannon likewise filled the screen with oceanic shots in Alerte en Mediterranee (Alert in the Read More
Actors: Yvette Lebon, Saturnin Fabre
Actors: Marie Bell, Pierre Renoir, Roger Karl
Actors: Raimu, Sylvia Bataille, Pauline Carton, Pierre Brasseur
Actors: Marguerite Moreno, Jose Noguero
Actors: Marie Glory, Pierre Renoir, Jacques Baumer
Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Albert Prejean, Lucien Baroux, Jeanne Helbling
Actors: Bonaventura Ibañez
Actors: Josette Day, Pierre Magnier
Actors: Mireille Balin, Jean Aquistapace, Paul Bernard
Actors: Germaine Michel, Maximilienne, Pierre de Guingand
Actors: Yolande Laffon, Pauline Carton, Raymond Rouleau, Jean Max
Actors: Suzanne Christy, Jean Weber
Actors: Jeanne Helbling, Roger Treville, Paul Asselin
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