Dany Saval

Dany Saval (born Danielle Nadine Suzanne Savalle on January 5, 1942 in Paris, France) is a former French actress. Lithe and lovely French leading lady of the late 1950s and 1960s in both fluffy comedy and intrigue. Best known in America as one of a trio of lovely airline stewardesses being shuffled around by Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis in the slapstick comedy Boeing Boeing in which she played alongside Thelma Ritter, Christiane Schmidtmer and Suzanna Leigh. Dany Saval retired from the movie and entertainment business in the late 1980s. She has a daughter named Stephanie Jarre (daughter of Maurice Jarre, her first husband), and currently resides in Paris with her second husband, Michel Drucker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dany Saval, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)

Romantic

Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Roger Vadim  •  Claude Chabrol  •  Édouard Molinaro  •  Philippe de Broca  •  Jacques Demy  •  Sylvain Dhomme
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Danièle Barraud  •  Claude Rich  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Roger Vadim  •  Claude Chabrol  •  Édouard Molinaro  •  Philippe de Broca  •  Jacques Demy  •  Sylvain Dhomme
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Danièle Barraud  •  Claude Rich  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

Boeing, Boeing (1965)

Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air France and British United. Everything works fine as long as they only come home every third day. But when there's a change in their working schedule, they will be able ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rich
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Tony Curtis  •  Thelma Ritter  •  Christiane Schmidtmer

Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air France and British United. Everything works fine as long as they only come home every third day. But when there's a change in their working schedule, they will be able ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rich
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Tony Curtis  •  Thelma Ritter  •  Christiane Schmidtmer

Inspector Blunder (1980)

A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Zidi
CAST:  Coluche  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Dominique Lavanant  •  Julien Guiomar

A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Zidi
CAST:  Coluche  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Dominique Lavanant  •  Julien Guiomar

The Cheaters (1958)

Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's lover, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Roland Lesaffre  •  Pascale Petit  •  Jacques Charrier  •  Laurent Terzieff

Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's lover, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Roland Lesaffre  •  Pascale Petit  •  Jacques Charrier  •  Laurent Terzieff

Spotlight on a Murderer (1961)

An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Franju
CAST:  Pierre Brasseur  •  Pascale Audret  •  Marianne Koch  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant

An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Franju
CAST:  Pierre Brasseur  •  Pascale Audret  •  Marianne Koch  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant

Strip-Tease (1963)

Strip-tease has a pleasing Paris setting and a convincing strip club atmosphere, where a roster of exotic dancers do their thing. Making the club atmosphere work is the animated Dany Saval, as a charming gossip and outspoken cheerleader for the art of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Poitrenaud
CAST:  Nico  •  Dany Saval  •  Jean Sobieski  •  Darry Cowl

Strip-tease has a pleasing Paris setting and a convincing strip club atmosphere, where a roster of exotic dancers do their thing. Making the club atmosphere work is the animated Dany Saval, as a charming gossip and outspoken cheerleader for the art of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Poitrenaud
CAST:  Nico  •  Dany Saval  •  Jean Sobieski  •  Darry Cowl

The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)

The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Fernandel  •  Charles Aznavour  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Fernandel  •  Charles Aznavour  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

Green Harvest (1959)

In 1943, a group of high school students decide to take action against the Nazi occupying forces. Showing courage and imagination, they manage to blow up the Kommandantur and to release hostages. But after the killing of a German soldier the Nazi police apparatus ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Villiers
CAST:  Pierre Dux  •  Dany Saval  •  Jacques Perrin  •  Francis Lemonnier

In 1943, a group of high school students decide to take action against the Nazi occupying forces. Showing courage and imagination, they manage to blow up the Kommandantur and to release hostages. But after the killing of a German soldier the Nazi police apparatus ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Villiers
CAST:  Pierre Dux  •  Dany Saval  •  Jacques Perrin  •  Francis Lemonnier

Animal (1977)

Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Zidi
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Raquel Welch  •  Dany Saval  •  Raymond Gérôme

Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Zidi
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Raquel Welch  •  Dany Saval  •  Raymond Gérôme

It Can Be Done, Amigo (1972)

An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is his. Meanwhile the gunfighter has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Lucidi
CAST:  Bud Spencer  •  Jack Palance  •  Renato Cestiè  •  Francisco Rabal

An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is his. Meanwhile the gunfighter has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Lucidi
CAST:  Bud Spencer  •  Jack Palance  •  Renato Cestiè  •  Francisco Rabal

Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965)

A story about Caroline, a young girl who decides to start dating only men after forty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Pinoteau
CAST:  Dany Saval  •  Paul Meurisse  •  Michel Serrault  •  Paul Hubschmid

A story about Caroline, a young girl who decides to start dating only men after forty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Pinoteau
CAST:  Dany Saval  •  Paul Meurisse  •  Michel Serrault  •  Paul Hubschmid

Constance aux enfers (1964)

Rear Window meets Estate violenta. The middle-aged Constance watches a young couple that lives across the courtyard; the girl plays loud pop music and goes out of her way to be unpleasant to the classically educated and piano-playing Constance. Then one day ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Villiers
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Dany Saval  •  Simón Andreu  •  Maria Pacôme

Rear Window meets Estate violenta. The middle-aged Constance watches a young couple that lives across the courtyard; the girl plays loud pop music and goes out of her way to be unpleasant to the classically educated and piano-playing Constance. Then one day ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Villiers
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Dany Saval  •  Simón Andreu  •  Maria Pacôme

Moon Pilot (1962)

An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He immediately falls under the watchful protection of various security agencies, but despite all their precautions, a young woman who may be an enemy spy succeeds in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Neilson
CAST:  Tom Tryon  •  Brian Keith  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Dany Saval

An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He immediately falls under the watchful protection of various security agencies, but despite all their precautions, a young woman who may be an enemy spy succeeds in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Neilson
CAST:  Tom Tryon  •  Brian Keith  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Dany Saval

A Mouse with the Men (1964)

Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Poitrenaud
CAST:  Dany Saval  •  Louis de Funès  •  Maurice Biraud  •  Robert Manuel

Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Poitrenaud
CAST:  Dany Saval  •  Louis de Funès  •  Maurice Biraud  •  Robert Manuel

Pete the Tender (1960)

In this crime drama, Michel Simon is cast as Pierrot, an elderly gangster who does not fit the stereotype -- he is soft-hearted. After a petty criminal betrays his cohorts by taking off with the loot from a big robbery, he is caught and sent to jail. Now he has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Villiers
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Dany Saval  •  Marie Daëms

In this crime drama, Michel Simon is cast as Pierrot, an elderly gangster who does not fit the stereotype -- he is soft-hearted. After a petty criminal betrays his cohorts by taking off with the loot from a big robbery, he is caught and sent to jail. Now he has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Villiers
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Dany Saval  •  Marie Daëms

The Door Slams (1960)

Between a whimsical wife, two insolent girls, a son who is engaged in strange chemical experiments and a mother-in-law who is being courted by a rich English lord, André Costais, an intractable industrialist, is struggling to impose his authority on his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Poitrenaud  •  Michel Fermaud
CAST:  Dany Saval  •  Françoise Dorléac  •  Maurice Sarfati  •  Michael Lonsdale

Between a whimsical wife, two insolent girls, a son who is engaged in strange chemical experiments and a mother-in-law who is being courted by a rich English lord, André Costais, an intractable industrialist, is struggling to impose his authority on his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Poitrenaud  •  Michel Fermaud
CAST:  Dany Saval  •  Françoise Dorléac  •  Maurice Sarfati  •  Michael Lonsdale

In the Mouth of the Wolf (1961)

Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Charles Dudrumet
CAST:  Félix Marten  •  Magali Noël  •  Pascale Roberts  •  Françoise Vatel

Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Charles Dudrumet
CAST:  Félix Marten  •  Magali Noël  •  Pascale Roberts  •  Françoise Vatel

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DIRECTION:  Michel Boisrond
CAST:  Dany Saval  •  Jean Poiret  •  Jacqueline Maillan  •  Jacques Charon

Chicken Feed for Little Birds (1963)

In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Paul Meurisse  •  Dany Saval  •  Suzy Delair  •  Roland Lesaffre

In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Paul Meurisse  •  Dany Saval  •  Suzy Delair  •  Roland Lesaffre
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