Pierre Leproux

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Casque d'Or (1952)

Ex-convict Georges Manda returns to the free world determined to go straight and takes a steady job as a carpenter. Unable to completely shake his connections with the underground, he meets with a former prison mate, older gangster Félix Leca, who introduces him to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Becker
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Claude Dauphin  •  Raymond Bussières

Ex-convict Georges Manda returns to the free world determined to go straight and takes a steady job as a carpenter. Unable to completely shake his connections with the underground, he meets with a former prison mate, older gangster Félix Leca, who introduces him to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Becker
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Claude Dauphin  •  Raymond Bussières

Magnet of Doom (1963)

Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Melville
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Michèle Mercier  •  Malvina Silberberg  •  Stefania Sandrelli

Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Melville
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Michèle Mercier  •  Malvina Silberberg  •  Stefania Sandrelli

Les dents longues (1953)

A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Gélin
CAST:  Daniel Gélin  •  Danièle Delorme  •  Louis de Funès  •  Jean Chevrier

A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Gélin
CAST:  Daniel Gélin  •  Danièle Delorme  •  Louis de Funès  •  Jean Chevrier

The Rebels of Lomanach (1954)

A young woman has a perilous affair with a General from the opposing side during the Revolutionary war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Jacques Debucourt  •  Jacques Castelot

A young woman has a perilous affair with a General from the opposing side during the Revolutionary war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Jacques Debucourt  •  Jacques Castelot

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DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jean Desailly  •  Bernard Blier

The Cheat (1949)

The life of a weak-willed man is thrust into a downward spiral by the scheming of his manipulative girlfriend and her mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Allégret
CAST:  Bernard Blier  •  Simone Signoret  •  Jacques Baumer  •  Mona Dol

The life of a weak-willed man is thrust into a downward spiral by the scheming of his manipulative girlfriend and her mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Allégret
CAST:  Bernard Blier  •  Simone Signoret  •  Jacques Baumer  •  Mona Dol

The Woman Who Dared (1944)

The strength of a couple's fascination with airplanes and flight is to the detriment of their family  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Grémillon
CAST:  Madeleine Renaud  •  Charles Vanel  •  Anne Vandène  •  Jean Debucourt

The strength of a couple's fascination with airplanes and flight is to the detriment of their family  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Grémillon
CAST:  Madeleine Renaud  •  Charles Vanel  •  Anne Vandène  •  Jean Debucourt

Antoine and Antoinette (1947)

She's working in a big store, he's a typographer and they lost their winning lottery ticket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Becker
CAST:  Roger Pigaut  •  Claire Mafféi  •  Noël Roquevert  •  Gaston Modot

She's working in a big store, he's a typographer and they lost their winning lottery ticket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Becker
CAST:  Roger Pigaut  •  Claire Mafféi  •  Noël Roquevert  •  Gaston Modot

The Upper Hand (1966)

In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Mireille Darc  •  Claude Brasseur

In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Mireille Darc  •  Claude Brasseur

The Strange Madame X (1951)

Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Grémillon
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Henri Vidal  •  Arlette Thomas  •  Louise Conte

Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Grémillon
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Henri Vidal  •  Arlette Thomas  •  Louise Conte

There's Always a Price Tag (1957)

Adapted from James Hadley Chase’s novel, plot finds Robert Mabillon Gelin as a struggling artist who saves Eric Freminger from a drunken suicide attempt, and promptly gets offered employment as a chauffeur by way of gratitude. Once back at the Freminger residence, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Michèle Mercier  •  François Chaumette

Adapted from James Hadley Chase’s novel, plot finds Robert Mabillon Gelin as a struggling artist who saves Eric Freminger from a drunken suicide attempt, and promptly gets offered employment as a chauffeur by way of gratitude. Once back at the Freminger residence, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Michèle Mercier  •  François Chaumette

Creezy (1974)

Julien Dandieu, leader of the socialist political party PRU is asked to be part of the new conservative government as minister of foreign affairs. However his reputation is somewhat tarnished by his adulterous relationship with Creezy, a fashion model seen on every ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Granier-Deferre
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Sydne Rome  •  Claude Rich

Julien Dandieu, leader of the socialist political party PRU is asked to be part of the new conservative government as minister of foreign affairs. However his reputation is somewhat tarnished by his adulterous relationship with Creezy, a fashion model seen on every ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Granier-Deferre
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Sydne Rome  •  Claude Rich

The Last Judgment (1945)

In Central Europe, resistance to the Germans in growing. But the partisan leader is denounced and killed. His daughter and the son of the traitor love each other. Condemned by his comrades, the informer commits suicide in front of the young couple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Chanas
CAST:  Raymond Bussières  •  Jean Davy  •  Jean Desailly  •  Michèle Martin

In Central Europe, resistance to the Germans in growing. But the partisan leader is denounced and killed. His daughter and the son of the traitor love each other. Condemned by his comrades, the informer commits suicide in front of the young couple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Chanas
CAST:  Raymond Bussières  •  Jean Davy  •  Jean Desailly  •  Michèle Martin

Love Around the House (1947)

In an isolated house, in Brittany, live two sisters around whom gravitate a whole series of strange characters. Between the eruption of the vagrant voyeur and that of the couple in love, the youngest kills her eldest and goes mad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre de Hérain
CAST:  María Casares  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Claude Larue  •  Julien Carette

In an isolated house, in Brittany, live two sisters around whom gravitate a whole series of strange characters. Between the eruption of the vagrant voyeur and that of the couple in love, the youngest kills her eldest and goes mad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre de Hérain
CAST:  María Casares  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Claude Larue  •  Julien Carette

The War Is Over (1966)

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrade to prevent him from going to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Ingrid Thulin  •  Geneviève Bujold  •  Jean Dasté

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrade to prevent him from going to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Ingrid Thulin  •  Geneviève Bujold  •  Jean Dasté

The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz (1967)

TV adaptation of Jules Verne's posthumously published novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Le Hung
CAST:  Jean-Claude Drouot  •  Pascale Audret  •  Bernard Verley  •  Monique Mélinand

TV adaptation of Jules Verne's posthumously published novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Le Hung
CAST:  Jean-Claude Drouot  •  Pascale Audret  •  Bernard Verley  •  Monique Mélinand

Pasha (1968)

Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lautner
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Dany Carrel  •  André Pousse  •  Robert Dalban

Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lautner
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Dany Carrel  •  André Pousse  •  Robert Dalban

Young Wolves (1968)

Alain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same time, he goes out with a girl of his age, Sylvie, who despite her bold attitude has never had a lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Christian Hay  •  Haydée Politoff  •  Yves Beneyton  •  Maurice Garrel

Alain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same time, he goes out with a girl of his age, Sylvie, who despite her bold attitude has never had a lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Christian Hay  •  Haydée Politoff  •  Yves Beneyton  •  Maurice Garrel

Strange Game (1968)

In 1944, in Paris, the leader of a resistance network is looking for the traitor who gave away a radio operator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Daniel Pollet  •  Pierre Kast
CAST:  Maurice Garrel  •  Barbara Laage  •  Michèle Girardon  •  Edith Garnier

In 1944, in Paris, the leader of a resistance network is looking for the traitor who gave away a radio operator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Daniel Pollet  •  Pierre Kast
CAST:  Maurice Garrel  •  Barbara Laage  •  Michèle Girardon  •  Edith Garnier

On the Lam (1971)

A young couple of burglars, waiting for trial, marry in jail. Annick writes down her observations of the women's ward. When she hears that her lover must serve a twice as long prison sentence, she plans their escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Mitrani
CAST:  Juliet Berto  •  Jean-Claude Bouillon  •  Catherine Rouvel  •  Geneviève Page

A young couple of burglars, waiting for trial, marry in jail. Annick writes down her observations of the women's ward. When she hears that her lover must serve a twice as long prison sentence, she plans their escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Mitrani
CAST:  Juliet Berto  •  Jean-Claude Bouillon  •  Catherine Rouvel  •  Geneviève Page
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