Acting
Édouard Francomme
Born November 8, 1893 · Paris, France
Died December 12, 1980 · aged 87
Known For
Le Cercle Rouge · 1970Le Cercle Rouge
★ 7.61970
MovieCrimeDrama
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
Mon Oncle · 1958Mon Oncle
★ 7.41958
MovieComedy
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning · 1965How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
★ 5.71965
MovieComedyDrama
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 Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
Maigret Sees Red · 1963Maigret Sees Red
★ 6.41963
MovieCrimeDrama
Gangsters from the United States try to kill a key government witness whose testimony could help land an influential mobster in jail. It's up to detective Maigret to deal with the FBI and a series of underworld figures to save the life of the witness...
The Suitor · 1962The Suitor
★ 6.51962
MovieComedyRomance
Absent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy and the housemaid, instead falling head-over-heels for rich damsels.
The Gates of Paris · 1957The Gates of Paris
★ 6.61957
MovieDramaComedy
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...
Judex · 1963Judex
★ 6.91963
MovieCrimeThriller
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
People of No Importance · 1956People of No Importance
★ 5.91956
MovieDrama
During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is already married and is old enough to be Clothilde’s father. Things take a turn for the worse when Jean loses his job and his wife finds out about his affair. But Clothilde’s predicament is even more distressing...
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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning · 1965How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
★ 5.71965
MovieComedyDrama
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 Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
L'homme transportant des dossiers (sketch "Le Procès") (non crédité)
Judex · 1963Judex
★ 6.91963
MovieCrimeThriller
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
Peasant Talking with Kerjean (uncredited)
The Truth · 1960The Truth
★ 7.61960
MovieDramaRomance
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
Un greffier au tribunal (uncredited)
Perched on a Tree · 1971Perched on a Tree
★ 5.31971
MovieComedy
Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.
Un homme lors de l'allocution politique (uncredited)
Action Man · 1967Action Man
★ 6.11967
MovieCrimeDrama
An American talks a retired French crook into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
Client (uncredited)
Ladies First · 1963Ladies First
★ 5.21963
MovieActionCrime
An FBI agent works to arrest David Griffin, a murderous drug trafficker, and protect Juliette, the beautiful widow of Griffin's late partner.
Le garagiste (uncredited)
Women Are Weak · 1959Women Are Weak
★ 5.61959
MovieComedy
A playboy is pursued by three women seeking romance.
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