Jean Meyer

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The Sucker (1965)

In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Oury
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Louis de Funès  •  Venantino Venantini  •  Lando Buzzanca

In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Oury
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Louis de Funès  •  Venantino Venantini  •  Lando Buzzanca

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

Captain Blomet (1947)

Returning from the cemetery where he has just buried his wife, Captain Blomet is on the point of committing suicide, when his valet reveals to him that the deceased had 17 lovers. Blomet undertakes to wash his honor in different ways according to his rivals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrée Feix
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  Jean Meyer  •  Henri Crémieux

Returning from the cemetery where he has just buried his wife, Captain Blomet is on the point of committing suicide, when his valet reveals to him that the deceased had 17 lovers. Blomet undertakes to wash his honor in different ways according to his rivals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrée Feix
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  Jean Meyer  •  Henri Crémieux

Trial at the Vatican (1952)

In 19th-century France, a little girl follows her two sisters into a Carmelite monastery with the goal of becoming a saint.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Haguet
CAST:  France Descaut  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Suzanne Flon  •  Catherine Fonteney

In 19th-century France, a little girl follows her two sisters into a Carmelite monastery with the goal of becoming a saint.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Haguet
CAST:  France Descaut  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Suzanne Flon  •  Catherine Fonteney

Clara de Montargis (1951)

Renaud, a young student who is camping alone at the moment, has a dream one night, in which the woman of his dreams appears. When he wakes up the next morning, he cannot believe his eyes: the creature of the dream is there by the side of the road, in the flesh! The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Ludmilla Tchérina  •  Michel François  •  Roland Armontel  •  Maurice Chevit

Renaud, a young student who is camping alone at the moment, has a dream one night, in which the woman of his dreams appears. When he wakes up the next morning, he cannot believe his eyes: the creature of the dream is there by the side of the road, in the flesh! The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Ludmilla Tchérina  •  Michel François  •  Roland Armontel  •  Maurice Chevit

Le Plaisir (1952)

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Claude Dauphin  •  Gaby Morlay  •  Madeleine Renaud  •  Ginette Leclerc

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Claude Dauphin  •  Gaby Morlay  •  Madeleine Renaud  •  Ginette Leclerc

Ne bougez plus ! (1941)

Are these two tramps who come to pose for an advertising agency at Patrice Farfadou, the fashionable photographer, the Prince Andromache of Miremir and his faithful secretary Palmer? Who will find the key to the Enigma: The melancholic Hector, the youthful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Caron
CAST:  Saturnin Fabre  •  Paul Meurisse  •  Annie France  •  Guillaume de Sax

Are these two tramps who come to pose for an advertising agency at Patrice Farfadou, the fashionable photographer, the Prince Andromache of Miremir and his faithful secretary Palmer? Who will find the key to the Enigma: The melancholic Hector, the youthful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Caron
CAST:  Saturnin Fabre  •  Paul Meurisse  •  Annie France  •  Guillaume de Sax

Eight Men in a Castle (1942)

The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  René Dary  •  Jacqueline Gauthier  •  Louis Salou  •  Aline Carola

The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  René Dary  •  Jacqueline Gauthier  •  Louis Salou  •  Aline Carola

Coup de feu dans la nuit (1943)

A woman is accused of the murder of her husband, who was jealous and brutal. Her lawyer manages to get her acquitted and they get married in the end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Péguy
CAST:  Mary Morgan  •  Henri Rollan  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Raymond Aimos

A woman is accused of the murder of her husband, who was jealous and brutal. Her lawyer manages to get her acquitted and they get married in the end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Péguy
CAST:  Mary Morgan  •  Henri Rollan  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Raymond Aimos

Adieu Léonard (1943)

A bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own cousin, a wealthy eccentric who is considered the village idiot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Prévert
CAST:  Julien Carette  •  Jacqueline Bouvier  •  Denise Grey  •  Pierre Brasseur

A bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own cousin, a wealthy eccentric who is considered the village idiot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Prévert
CAST:  Julien Carette  •  Jacqueline Bouvier  •  Denise Grey  •  Pierre Brasseur

I Am with You (1943)

A young woman has doubts about her husband's fidelity. She pretends a trip, but settles in a hotel where her husband must pass. He meets her and, disturbed by the one he believes to be his wife's double, becomes her lover. Little by little the truth breaks through. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Yvonne Printemps  •  Luce Fabiole  •  Bernard Blier

A young woman has doubts about her husband's fidelity. She pretends a trip, but settles in a hotel where her husband must pass. He meets her and, disturbed by the one he believes to be his wife's double, becomes her lover. Little by little the truth breaks through. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Yvonne Printemps  •  Luce Fabiole  •  Bernard Blier

La route du bagne (1945)

Paris, 1865. In a music-hall Manon accidentally kills her partner who was trying take sexual advantage of her. She is condemned to twenty years of hard labor first and then to be deported to marry a released convict. On the ship where she sails with her female ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Viviane Romance  •  Lucien Coëdel  •  Clément Duhour  •  Paulette Élambert

Paris, 1865. In a music-hall Manon accidentally kills her partner who was trying take sexual advantage of her. She is condemned to twenty years of hard labor first and then to be deported to marry a released convict. On the ship where she sails with her female ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Viviane Romance  •  Lucien Coëdel  •  Clément Duhour  •  Paulette Élambert

The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic (1946)

The novelist Suzanne Delmont creates a character, "The Uncatcable Frédéric", a sort of Arsène Lupin. A mysterious stranger launches a press campaign accusing him of having a harmful influence on young people...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Renée Saint-Cyr  •  Pierre Bertin  •  Jeanne Fusier-Gir  •  Palau

The novelist Suzanne Delmont creates a character, "The Uncatcable Frédéric", a sort of Arsène Lupin. A mysterious stranger launches a press campaign accusing him of having a harmful influence on young people...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Renée Saint-Cyr  •  Pierre Bertin  •  Jeanne Fusier-Gir  •  Palau

Les Violents (1958)

Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his daughter Evelyne, a music-hall dancer. Claiming he is being persecuted by his cousin Edgar he gets in touch again ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Calef
CAST:  Paul Meurisse  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Fernand Ledoux  •  Béatrice Altariba

Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his daughter Evelyne, a music-hall dancer. Claiming he is being persecuted by his cousin Edgar he gets in touch again ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Calef
CAST:  Paul Meurisse  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Fernand Ledoux  •  Béatrice Altariba

Would-Be Gentleman (1958)

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DIRECTION:  Jean Meyer
CAST:  Jean Meyer  •  Louis Seigner  •  Robert Manuel  •  Georges Chamarat

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DIRECTION:  Jean Meyer
CAST:  Jean Meyer  •  Louis Seigner  •  Robert Manuel  •  Georges Chamarat

Marriage of Figaro (1959)

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Le Dindon (1968)

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DIRECTION:  Jean Meyer  •  Pierre Sabbagh
CAST:  Alain Feydeau  •  Myriam Feune de Colombi  •  Bernard Dhéran  •  Jacques Maury

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DIRECTION:  Jean Meyer  •  Pierre Sabbagh
CAST:  Alain Feydeau  •  Myriam Feune de Colombi  •  Bernard Dhéran  •  Jacques Maury

Detective Story (1972)

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DIRECTION:  Pierre Sabbagh
CAST:  Florence Brière  •  Georges Atlas  •  Alain Nobis  •  Roger Pelletier

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DIRECTION:  Pierre Sabbagh
CAST:  Florence Brière  •  Georges Atlas  •  Alain Nobis  •  Roger Pelletier

Volpone (1978)

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DIRECTION:  Jean Meyer
CAST:  Jean Le Poulain  •  Francis Huster  •  Claude Jade  •  Jean Meyer

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DIRECTION:  Jean Meyer
CAST:  Jean Le Poulain  •  Francis Huster  •  Claude Jade  •  Jean Meyer

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DIRECTION:  Georges Folgoas
CAST:  Jean Richard  •  Jacqueline Jefford  •  Jean Meyer  •  Fernand Guiot
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