Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Meurisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Army of Shadows
as Luc JardieBetrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison...
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Diabolique
as Michel DelassalleThe cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an...
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Crooks in Clover
as commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a...
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Le Deuxième Souffle
as Commissioner BlotA gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a...
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The Truth
as Maître ÉparvierAs Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different...
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The Gypsy
as Yan KuqTwo thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.
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Marie-Octobre
as François Renaud-PicartA group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of...
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Picnic on the Grass
as Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologisteEtienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial...
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Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as KrugerAlfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the...
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When the Pheasants Pass
as Alexandre Larsan-BellacArsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac,...
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The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as le commandant Théobald Dromar dit 'le Monocle'A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear...
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Easy Down There!
as Il vescovoA priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns.
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The Black Monocle
as Dromard, "Le Monocle"The Marquis de Villemaur reunite strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the Third...
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Head Against the Wall
as Dr. EmeryAn aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure...
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Be Careful Ladies
as Charles RouvierCharles Rouvier, a lawyer, is in jail for trying to save one of his clients, Hedwige. He decides...
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Love and the Frenchwoman
as Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a...
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Le Majordome
as LéopoldLéopold, valet de chambre to the avocat général Maître de Royssac, starts studying the penal...
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The Case of Poisons
as l'abbé GuibourgMadame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King...
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Les Violents
as Principal Inspector MalouvierPierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having...
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My Wife Is Formidable
as Lui-même chez le dentisteRaymond Corbier, a sculptor, has a wonderful wife, Sylvia, whom he adores. To save a passionate...
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The Big Swag
as Paul Filippi, le gentleman gangsterLouis Bourdin est employé à la RATP le jour, romancier la nuit, avec une forte prédilection pour...
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Le Dessous des cartes
as Inspector NansenClaude Géraudy, a banker responsible for a financial scandal, is forced to flee and hides in the...
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Chicken Feed for Little Birds
as M. Armand, un ancien truandIn a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn...
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The Voracious Ones
as Inspecteur MartinoOn the Côte d'Azur, a rich man wins a large sum of money playing at the casino. As he leaves the...
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Guinguette
as Viscount Édouard de VillancourtRenée dite Guinguette, a former prostitute, has earned enough money on the Parisian sidewalk to...
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Fortune carrée
as MordhomIgricheff, the Amiris' instructor, refuses to take part in the Cadi's arms deal. Deposed, he...
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Forbidden to Love
as Maxime GavardAn unconsummated marriage to fool the father who wants his heir to be wed.
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Code Name: Melville
as SelfMixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works...
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The Suspects
as Laurent KirchnerWhen an American tourist is murdered in the south of France, the police must investigate. In...
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The Game of Truth
as PortrantA dozen elegant people are gathered in a writer's desirable mansion. In the grand tradition of...
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Seventh Heaven
as Manuel Villa"Le septième ciel" became Raymond Bernard's last film; a black comedy about a female brewery...
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Montmartre on the Seine
as Paul MariolMaurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers,...
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Last Hour, Special Edition
as Dominique CocheA journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of launching an...
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Bells Without Joy
as Captain of LambérieuxIn November 1942, American troops landed in Tunisia. German paratroopers were immediately...
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Monsieur chasse
as MoricetA husband covers his weekly infidelities with the pretext of hunting. His best friend intends to...
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Back Streets of Paris
as Victor Ménard, l'ancien complice de Mme RoseMadame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral...
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Congress of Love
as TalleyrandVienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of...
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Not Delivered
as Divisional Commissioner VarzeillesAfter resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to...
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The Contessa's Secret
as L'empereur Napoléon IIIThe lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her...
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The Wolf Farm
as FuretBastien and Furet are a journalist and a photographer working together as a team on the...
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The Education in Love of Valentin
as Julien BlaiseThis sex comedy concerns the efforts of Julien to get his timid, "backward" 20-year-old son to...
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Impasse of Two Angels
as JeanStage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis...
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The Eye of the Monocle
as Théobald 'Monocle' DromardIn 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of...
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Sergil et le dictateur
as Inspector SergilInspector Sergil is assigned the mission to protect the dictator of Santa Juanita during his...
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The Eleven O'Clock Woman
as Stanilas Octave Seminario SOS, détectiveStanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old...
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Agnes of Nothing
as CarlosPushed by her husband to settle in the family castle, Agnès finds her sister-in-law Alix there....
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Maria of the End of the World
as uncreditedMaria is the wife of self-styled naturalist Mathius. Alas, Maria's husband spends more time with...
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The New Aristrocrats
as Father Philippe de MaubrunDenis, a hypersensitive teenager, is revolted both against his distant, pretentious, well-to-do...
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Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Alexandre DumourierA story about Caroline, a young girl who decides to start dating only men after forty.
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Love Marriage
as RobertPierre, who is a Fine Arts student, and Denise, who is a chemistry student, work for a...
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The Inspector Likes a Fight
as uncreditedTo protect him, Georges takes the place of his twin brother, Jacques, suspected of murdering an...
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Bethsabée
as Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'ArabellaDanielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel...
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L'assassin connaît la musique
as Lionel FribourgLionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what he thinks) has a problem with his noisy...
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Scandal
as Steve RichardsonA young woman who inherits her uncle's nightclub, invents a gangster husband in order to gain...
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Sergil Among the Girls
as l'inspecteur SergilThe maid of a clandestine brothel in Marseille is found murdered. The inspector Sergil, in...
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Serenade to the Executioner
as uncreditedSchomberg, an enigmatic psychiatrist runs a nursing home. He is forced to close his clinic and...
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Je suis un mouchard
as Bob TorquellaMado loves Henry but is coveted by Bob Torquella, a dangerous gangster. The latter, mad with...
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Inspector Sergil
as Inspector Pierre SergilInspector Sergil is a detective comedy. Sergil, inspector of the P.J., investigates three...
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Destitute Mary
as uncreditedMarie is one of her kind. While the other girls are after gold, diamonds and jewels, she swears...
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Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
as uncreditedTwo friends, mobilized together and idle, send their photos to two young workers. The photos are...
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Until the Last One
as Fredo RicioniJust released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding....
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Colonel Durand
as Colonel of the Empire Gérard DurandIn his younger days, a dashing officer, Colonel Durand, compromised Madame De Monthieux, who...
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The Red Angel
as uncreditedL'Ange rouge is a cabaret run by a former mobster with his friend, a singer and dancer he...
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The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
as B.B. / Richard FernayThe novelist Suzanne Delmont creates a character, "The Uncatcable Frédéric", a sort of Arsène...
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Ne bougez plus !
as HectorAre these two tramps who come to pose for an advertising agency at Patrice Farfadou, the...
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