René Hell
La Traversée de Paris
as Jambier's father (uncredited)Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across...
Movie pageThe Counterfeiters of Paris
as Old garage owner"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and...
Movie pageTouchez Pas au Grisbi
as Un consommateur chez BoucheGentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and...
Movie pageMaigret and the St. Fiacre Case
as Typographer (uncredited)Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Arsène Lupin
as The street sweeperArsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in...
Movie pagePeople in Luck
as Un vendeur de journaux (« Le Gros Lot »)A light French comedy of 5 segments.
Movie pageWitness in the City
as GrandfatherIndustrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her...
Movie pageJuliette, or Key of Dreams
as uncreditedMichel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail....
Movie pageThe Tricyclist
as Old peasant (uncredited)Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine's tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering,...
Movie pageThe Night Affair
as Le crieur de journaux (uncredited)Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of...
Movie pageSpeaking of Murder
as La GrenouilleLouis Bertain is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his...
Movie pageSigned, Arsène Lupin
as uncreditedAt the end of the Great War, Arsène Lupin resumed his adventurous life. Theft of three paintings...
Movie pageBlood to the Head
as Le chauffeur des Cardinaud (uncredited)François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses...
Movie pagePapa, Mama, My Wife and Me
as Un homme de l'hôtel (uncredited)Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily...
Movie pageThe Baron of the Locks
as Guest of the hostel (uncredited)The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new...
Movie pageMartin Roumagnac
as (uncredited)The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand....
Movie pageThe Cupboard Was Bare
as Stage managerThe aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The...
Movie pageTamango
as uncreditedA Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African...
Movie pageWithout Leaving an Address
as Un journaliste (uncredited)A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who...
Movie pageThe Figurehead
as The game wardenAt sea, sailors have got to make do with what they have. François is in love with.... the...
Movie pageImperial Violets
as Le cocher (uncredited)Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de...
Movie pageNight Round
as Sewage workerDuring Christmas night, two police officers make their nocturnal rounds, in their round they...
Movie pageHoliday for Henrietta
as The driver (uncredited)Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors...
Movie pageThis Pretty World
as Man from Joseph's gang (uncredited)Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of...
Movie pageThe Story of Dr. Louise
as uncreditedThe struggle of a female doctor against superstition and healers.
Movie pageMarie of the Port
as Consumer (uncredited)Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and...
Movie pageSorceror
as An Inspector (uncredited)A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides...
Movie pageMr. Leguignon Lampiste
as Un homme à la vente aux enchères (uncredited)A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy...
Movie pageL'Homme aux mains d'argile
as SpectatorThe fictionalized life, and interpreted by himself, of the popular boxing champion Marcel...
Movie pageThe Strange Madame X
as cabinetmakerIrène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no...
Movie pageMon ami le cambrioleur
as The stolen manWhen Nadia, his unfaithful mistress, breaks up with him, Patrick Lambert decides to kill...
Movie pageThe Count of Bragelonne
as Un paysanRaoul de Bragelonne must uphold his musketeer father's legacy in the face of court intrigues...
Movie pageHappy Go Lucky
as le serrurierAfter lovers fight, the boy leaves for the Riviera. On her way to rejoin him, the girl meets a...
Movie pageA Martian in Paris
as The traveling pencil merchant (uncredited)The title role in the French comedy-fantasy A Martian in Paris is filled by Darry Cowl. The...
Movie pageLaw of the Streets
as uncreditedYves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace"...
Movie pageThe Aristocrats
as Paul, le majordome du marquisA novel by Michel De Saint Pierre was the source for Les Aristocrates. Pierre Fresnay stars an...
Movie pagePoison Ivy
as Un inspecteurFBI Agent Lemmy Caution is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss...
Movie pageLes Fanatiques
as uncreditedRY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to...
Movie pageImpasse of Two Angels
as uncreditedStage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis...
Movie pageThe Strollers
as Hotelier (uncredited)Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would...
Movie pageMirror
as The mobsterPortrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer...
Movie pageDear Caroline
as Le cocherFrance, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the...
Movie pageFive Red Tulips
as uncreditedDuring the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A...
Movie pageSpecial Mission
as (uncredited)The exploits of Chief Police Inspector Chabrier, first before the invasion of France in May 1940...
Movie pageThe Two Girls
as Un inspecteurA famous singer disappears in a plane crash. Her two little girls are given a new home by their...
Movie pageFoyer perdu
as uncreditedA brave and talkative wine merchant, Eugène Barbentin drives his son Pierrot out of the family...
Movie pagePassion
as The bistro ownerAn unhappy wife who has had a child by her lover lives a daily drama under the watchful eye of...
Movie pageLe crime du Bouif
as uncreditedA poacher nicknamed "Le Bouif" is accused of having murdered his son-in-law, trainer of a horse...
Movie pageCarrot Top
as uncreditedAs the red headed boy writes in his school book, a family is a group living under the same roof...
Movie pageMimi Pinson
as uncreditedDany Robin plays the title character in the French comedy Mimi Pinson. The plot is strictly...
Movie pageVictor
as uncreditedSecretly in love with Françoise, the companion of his best friend Marc, Victor decides to go to...
Movie pageThe Night Is Ours
as uncreditedAlain Brécourt, a former pilot who distinguished himself during the war, meets Françoise Clozat,...
Movie pageLe Cabaret du Grand Large
as uncreditedSuperintendent Thomas is investigating a cabaret owner with suspicious actions.
Movie pageHeadlines of Destruction
as uncreditedReleased from prison after two years, Michel Gérard sets out to find his wife Alice. Alice,...
Movie pageParis Incident
as The postmanStory is primarily based on the adventures of Antoine, a young telegraph messenger on his second...
Movie pageIls sont dans les vignes...
as First agentIn 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular...
Movie pageLes Petites Cardinal
as The Bonapartist (uncredited)Napoleon III, the Commune, the third Republic in the background. In the foreground, two pretty,...
Movie pageThey Were Five
as (uncredited)Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship...
Movie pageSweet Madness
as uncreditedPassing for crazy and locked up, the CEO of a company escapes from the asylum and claims that he...
Movie pageAfter Love
as The violet merchantBetrayed by his wife, a teacher proceeds to have an affair with a young and pretty student. The...
Movie pageWear His Heart on His Sleeve
as Singer from the troupeLéon Ménard, the village verger, is a decent young man whose hobby is to play the accordion. One...
Movie pageRun Away Mr. Perle
as Le contrôleur S.N.C.F. (uncredited)Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an...
Movie pageEt ta sœur...
as Julien le conciergeBastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times?...
Movie pageThe Rear-Wheel Drive Gang
as A mobsterThe manager of a firm has a very unusual idea : asking his employees to pose as gangsters and to...
Movie pagePiège à hommes
as uncreditedA gangster, arrested by the police, manages to escape during his transfer to Paris. He takes...
Movie pageLes Nouveaux Maîtres
as uncreditedDurand, a big industrialist, works with an international adventurer, Mr. Ernest, who covets Mrs....
Movie pageThe House on the Dune
as uncreditedA tough customs man, out to get a youth smuggling tobacco into France across the Belgium border,...
Movie pageMum's the Word
as Un clochardMartin is a nurse in a private clinic in Paris. The victim of a serious concussion, an...
Movie pageMandrin (1ère époque) Le libérateur
as uncreditedAround 1750, in the Dauphiné not far from the Swiss border, a cooper, tired of the injustices...
Movie pageGringalet
as uncreditedA wealthy man has two sons,one of them is legitimate,the other is not.The first offspring has...
Movie pageThe Red Angel
as uncreditedL'Ange rouge is a cabaret run by a former mobster with his friend, a singer and dancer he...
Movie pageFugitive from Montreal
as uncreditedPierre Chambrac, a French industrialist, and Canadian Paul Laforêt, two former brothers in arms,...
Movie pagePiédalu fait des miracles
as uncreditedThe inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing...
Movie pageL'Ombre
as uncreditedSuspected of murder, a man disappears under mysterious conditions, which only increases the...
Movie pageNo Pity for Women
as PlayerThe wealthy industrialist Alain de Narbois has disappeared. Michel Dunant, an idle man who...
Movie pageThe Real Guilty
as TrampInspector Dumont and his deputy Inspector Queneau investigate the murder of a young woman. They...
Movie pageCité de l'espérance
as GravierThe City of Hope is the place where left-behind artists subsist by scraping by. When one of them...
Movie pageMammy
as NewsboyMammy has a grandson she adores even though he is a good for nothing. One day Maurice disappears...
Movie pageChampions Juniors
as uncreditedEven back in 1951, boys knew more about cars than their dads.
Movie pageRoad Blocked
as uncreditedJacques Audoin falls in love with a pianist, Evelyne Clery, and marries her. In reality, he had...
Movie pagePiédalu à Paris
as NotaryPiedalu is an ordinary villager, who comes to the capital to present his financial plan to the...
Movie pageMandrin (2ème époque) La Tragédie d'un siècle
as uncreditedAround 1750, in the Dauphiné not far from the Swiss border, a cooper, tired of the injustices...
Movie pageBed for Two
as A bettorRobert Bobin has been an assistant accountant for twenty years now and, although meek and...
Movie pageOne Only Loves Once
as Le cabaretierAlthough they have loved each other since childhood without admitting it, a surgeon and a young...
Movie pageRome Express
as uncreditedA valuable painting has been stolen from an art gallery in Paris.. On a train travelling between...
Movie pageThe Unknown N° 13
as uncreditedWhile investigating the world of Parisian tramps, journalist René Savary, himself disguised as a...
Movie pageThe Unexpected Voyager
as AdrienMarc, a photographer, works out of love to help Dany, a car thief, to get back on the right...
Movie pageLe Crâneur
as Singer at the banquet (uncredited)A singer tries to rescue a man drawn into the drug trade.
Movie pageUn trésor de femme
as GuardianFrancois is engaged to Isabelle. While going to buy the engagement ring, he meets Sophie, who...
Movie pageAnatole chéri
as DoctorAnatole and his wife arrive in Deauville for the special care of their inherited aunt, Caroline....
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