Nicole Jonesco

Between Eleven and Midnight (1949)

Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a tunnel in Paris. The case is assigned to Inspector Carrel, who is Vidauban’s perfect double. Using his resemblance to the arch criminal, Carrel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Louis Jouvet  •  Madeleine Robinson  •  Robert Arnoux  •  Monique Mélinand

Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a tunnel in Paris. The case is assigned to Inspector Carrel, who is Vidauban’s perfect double. Using his resemblance to the arch criminal, Carrel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Louis Jouvet  •  Madeleine Robinson  •  Robert Arnoux  •  Monique Mélinand

Mission in Tangier (1949)

During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hunebelle
CAST:  Raymond Rouleau  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  Mila Parély  •  Henri Nassiet

During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hunebelle
CAST:  Raymond Rouleau  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  Mila Parély  •  Henri Nassiet

French Touch (1952)

Mario, a bumptious sheep-shearer, discovers he has a inimtable touch that makes women, as well as sheep, swoon at his professional caress. He is soon the most sought-after hairdresser in France and is awarded the Legion of Honor...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Blanchette Brunoy  •  Renée Devilliers  •  Arlette Poirier

Mario, a bumptious sheep-shearer, discovers he has a inimtable touch that makes women, as well as sheep, swoon at his professional caress. He is soon the most sought-after hairdresser in France and is awarded the Legion of Honor...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Blanchette Brunoy  •  Renée Devilliers  •  Arlette Poirier

Monte Carlo Baby (1951)

When a measles epidemic forces the temporary closing of a child care center, the son of a film star and her estranged husband, a concert pianist, is mistakenly delivered to a touring musician.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn  •  Ray Ventura  •  Henri Génès  •  Georges Lannes

When a measles epidemic forces the temporary closing of a child care center, the son of a film star and her estranged husband, a concert pianist, is mistakenly delivered to a touring musician.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn  •  Ray Ventura  •  Henri Génès  •  Georges Lannes

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DIRECTION:  Jean Laviron
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Henri Génès  •  Liliane Bert  •  Christian Duvaleix

Just a Big Simple Girl (1948)

The tour of a theatrical troupe is disturbed by the waltz-hesitation love of the young actress Stepha between the young first and the director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Manuel
CAST:  Madeleine Sologne  •  Raymond Rouleau  •  Jean Desailly  •  Andrée Clément

The tour of a theatrical troupe is disturbed by the waltz-hesitation love of the young actress Stepha between the young first and the director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Manuel
CAST:  Madeleine Sologne  •  Raymond Rouleau  •  Jean Desailly  •  Andrée Clément

Les Dieux du dimanche (1949)

A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He falls in love with Jeanette and soon marries her. Alongside a happy marital life, Martin becomes a successful professional. Which proves a mixed blessing since fame ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Lucot
CAST:  Claire Mafféi  •  Marc Cassot  •  Alexandre Rignault  •  René Génin

A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He falls in love with Jeanette and soon marries her. Alongside a happy marital life, Martin becomes a successful professional. Which proves a mixed blessing since fame ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Lucot
CAST:  Claire Mafféi  •  Marc Cassot  •  Alexandre Rignault  •  René Génin

Les femmes sont folles (1950)

Marguerite secretly loves a novelist whose face no one knows. The jealous husband sets up a scheme by asking an actor friend to play the novelist and behave in an execrable way in order to disgust his wife. But things never turn out the way you think they will.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Grangier
CAST:  Raymond Rouleau  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  Colette Ricard  •  Robert Arnoux

Marguerite secretly loves a novelist whose face no one knows. The jealous husband sets up a scheme by asking an actor friend to play the novelist and behave in an execrable way in order to disgust his wife. But things never turn out the way you think they will.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Grangier
CAST:  Raymond Rouleau  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  Colette Ricard  •  Robert Arnoux

The Rear-Wheel Drive Gang (1950)

The manager of a firm has a very unusual idea : asking his employees to pose as gangsters and to hold up a bank before returning the stolen money and pocketing the reward. But things do not go according to plan and the phony thieves get stolen in their turn. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Loubignac
CAST:  Ambreville  •  Roland Armontel  •  Madeleine Barbulée  •  Jules Berry

The manager of a firm has a very unusual idea : asking his employees to pose as gangsters and to hold up a bank before returning the stolen money and pocketing the reward. But things do not go according to plan and the phony thieves get stolen in their turn. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Loubignac
CAST:  Ambreville  •  Roland Armontel  •  Madeleine Barbulée  •  Jules Berry

My Wife Is Formidable (1951)

Raymond Corbier, a sculptor, has a wonderful wife, Sylvia, whom he adores. To save a passionate admirer who simulates suicide because she does not respond to her advances, Sylvia, an irreproachable wife, is forced to lie for the first time to Raymond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hunebelle
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Sophie Desmarets  •  Simone Valère  •  Alfred Adam

Raymond Corbier, a sculptor, has a wonderful wife, Sylvia, whom he adores. To save a passionate admirer who simulates suicide because she does not respond to her advances, Sylvia, an irreproachable wife, is forced to lie for the first time to Raymond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hunebelle
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Sophie Desmarets  •  Simone Valère  •  Alfred Adam

The Secrets of the Bed (1954)

Four-episode Franco-Italian omnibus film. Four men from different national and cultural background take refuge in a cabin after being sidetracked by bad weather on their way to conference.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy  •  Henri Decoin  •  Gianni Franciolini  •  Ralph Habib
CAST:  Jeanne Moreau  •  Marcel Mouloudji  •  François Périer  •  Bernard Blier

Four-episode Franco-Italian omnibus film. Four men from different national and cultural background take refuge in a cabin after being sidetracked by bad weather on their way to conference.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy  •  Henri Decoin  •  Gianni Franciolini  •  Ralph Habib
CAST:  Jeanne Moreau  •  Marcel Mouloudji  •  François Périer  •  Bernard Blier

Serenade of Texas (1958)

Music seller and singer on occasion, Jacques Gardel learns from master Jérôme Quilleboeuf that he inherits oil fields located in Big Bend in Texas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Luis Mariano  •  Bourvil  •  Germaine Damar  •  Sonja Ziemann

Music seller and singer on occasion, Jacques Gardel learns from master Jérôme Quilleboeuf that he inherits oil fields located in Big Bend in Texas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Luis Mariano  •  Bourvil  •  Germaine Damar  •  Sonja Ziemann