Billy Kearns

Billy Kearns was born on February 17, 1923 in Seattle, Washington, USA as William R. Kearns. He was an actor, known for Plein soleil (1960), Marathon Man (1976) andPlaytime (1967). He died on November 28, 1992 in Château d'Oex, Switzerland.

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The Gendarme in New York (1965)

The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot, who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Girault
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Geneviève Grad  •  Michel Galabru  •  Christian Marin

The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot, who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Girault
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Geneviève Grad  •  Michel Galabru  •  Christian Marin

Patton (1970)

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franklin J. Schaffner
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Karl Malden  •  Stephen Young  •  Michael Strong

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franklin J. Schaffner
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Karl Malden  •  Stephen Young  •  Michael Strong

PlayTime (1967)

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tati
CAST:  Jacques Tati  •  Barbara Dennek  •  Rita Maiden  •  France Rumilly

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tati
CAST:  Jacques Tati  •  Barbara Dennek  •  Rita Maiden  •  France Rumilly

Purple Noon (1960)

Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Maurice Ronet  •  Marie Laforêt  •  Erno Crisa

Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Maurice Ronet  •  Marie Laforêt  •  Erno Crisa

The Trial (1962)

Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Anthony Perkins  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Romy Schneider  •  Orson Welles

Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Anthony Perkins  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Romy Schneider  •  Orson Welles

Enigma (1982)

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeannot Szwarc
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Brigitte Fossey  •  Sam Neill  •  Derek Jacobi

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeannot Szwarc
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Brigitte Fossey  •  Sam Neill  •  Derek Jacobi

The Time to Die (1970)

The movie starts with a mysterious girl riding her horse into a tree. Then she's rescued by millionaire Max Topfer, who is startled to discover in her possession a video showing him being shot by a man he doesn’t know. Both the girl, who has total amnesia, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Farwagi
CAST:  Anna Karina  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Jean Rochefort  •  Billy Kearns

The movie starts with a mysterious girl riding her horse into a tree. Then she's rescued by millionaire Max Topfer, who is startled to discover in her possession a video showing him being shot by a man he doesn’t know. Both the girl, who has total amnesia, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Farwagi
CAST:  Anna Karina  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Jean Rochefort  •  Billy Kearns

Atlantic Wall (1970)

1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Camus
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Jean Poiret  •  Peter McEnery  •  Reinhard Kolldehoff

1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Camus
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Jean Poiret  •  Peter McEnery  •  Reinhard Kolldehoff

Witness in the City (1959)

Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Édouard Molinaro
CAST:  Lino Ventura  •  Jacques Berthier  •  Daniel Ceccaldi  •  Robert Dalban

Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Édouard Molinaro
CAST:  Lino Ventura  •  Jacques Berthier  •  Daniel Ceccaldi  •  Robert Dalban

Shock Troops (1967)

A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there is an additional prisoner among them who is suspected of being an enemy spy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Charles Vanel  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Jean-Claude Brialy  •  Michel Piccoli

A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there is an additional prisoner among them who is suspected of being an enemy spy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Charles Vanel  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Jean-Claude Brialy  •  Michel Piccoli

Bed and Board (1970)

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Truffaut
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Claude Jade  •  Daniel Ceccaldi  •  Claire Duhamel

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Truffaut
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Claude Jade  •  Daniel Ceccaldi  •  Claire Duhamel

Killer Spy (1965)

The most secret agent Stanislas Dubois, tired of saving the world alone decides to retire and to start writing his memoirs. The enemies of humanity, progress and peace in the world found out about it and created an international network of espionage "13 columns". ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Charles Dudrumet
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Nadja Tiller  •  Jean-Roger Caussimon  •  André Luguet

The most secret agent Stanislas Dubois, tired of saving the world alone decides to retire and to start writing his memoirs. The enemies of humanity, progress and peace in the world found out about it and created an international network of espionage "13 columns". ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Charles Dudrumet
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Nadja Tiller  •  Jean-Roger Caussimon  •  André Luguet

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)

The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lautner  •  Gilles Grangier
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Mireille Darc  •  Bernard Blier  •  Henri Virlogeux

The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lautner  •  Gilles Grangier
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Mireille Darc  •  Bernard Blier  •  Henri Virlogeux

The Exchange Student (1967)

Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Girault
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Ferdy Mayne  •  Martine Kelly  •  François Leccia

Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Girault
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Ferdy Mayne  •  Martine Kelly  •  François Leccia

Symphony for a Massacre (1963)

A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Deray
CAST:  Michel Auclair  •  Claude Dauphin  •  Charles Vanel  •  Jean Rochefort

A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Deray
CAST:  Michel Auclair  •  Claude Dauphin  •  Charles Vanel  •  Jean Rochefort

The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971)

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Rappeneau
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Marlène Jobert  •  Laura Antonelli  •  Sami Frey

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Rappeneau
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Marlène Jobert  •  Laura Antonelli  •  Sami Frey

The Hostage Tower (1980)

A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Guzmán
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Maud Adams  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Keir Dullea

A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Guzmán
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Maud Adams  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Keir Dullea

Two Men in Manhattan (1959)

Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Melville
CAST:  Pierre Grasset  •  Christiane Eudes  •  Ginger Hall  •  Jean-Pierre Melville

Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Melville
CAST:  Pierre Grasset  •  Christiane Eudes  •  Ginger Hall  •  Jean-Pierre Melville

Asterix in Britain (1986)

One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pino Van Lamsweerde
CAST:  Roger Carel  •  Pierre Tornade  •  Graham Bushnell  •  Pierre Mondy

One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pino Van Lamsweerde
CAST:  Roger Carel  •  Pierre Tornade  •  Graham Bushnell  •  Pierre Mondy

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DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Vierne
CAST:  Peter van Eyck  •  Daliah Lavi  •  Roland Lesaffre  •  Helmo Kindermann
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