Jimmy Gaillard

Acting

Jimmy Gaillard

Born November 11, 1916 · Lyon, Rhône, France

Died April 17, 1985 · aged 68

No biography available.

Known For

The Fighting DrummerThe Fighting Drummer · 1952
The Fighting Drummer
★ 7.01952
MovieComedy
The rivalry between Albert Gambier, head of the municipal brass band, and the jazz band, led by Jacques Hélian, provokes many comic adventures in this small provincial town. Everything will end in songs, thanks to the love uniting Jimmy, the band's composer, and Nicole, Gambier's daughter.
L'ArgentL'Argent · 1928
L'Argent
★ 7.01928
MovieDrama
Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
Life Is a GameLife Is a Game · 1951
Life Is a Game
★ 5.31951
MovieComedy
Evanella, who writes the “Horoscope” section of a major newspaper, and her brother Méristo, create with the help of a young journalist, Jean Lassère and the capital of their uncle Amédée, a “Bureau des Prédictions”. Success being expected, they manage to obtain revelations about a gang of gangsters which they publish as predictions. It is success and fortune. Jean marries the newspaper director's daughter and Evanella the director himself.
Judicial ErrorJudicial Error · 1948
Judicial Error
★ 9.01948
MovieDrama
After a banker is driven to suicide by his wife's reckless spending, an innocent cashier is wrongly implicated in a crime.
The Mystery of the Eiffel TowerThe Mystery of the Eiffel Tower · 1928
The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower
★ 5.81928
MovieDrama
The Mironton Brothers are part of a fairground attraction. One of them comes into a large inheritance, but the Friends of the Antenna association try to keep him from accessing the money. This formidable brotherhood, whose headquarters are in the Eiffel Tower, send the Mironton Brothers on impossible adventures and countless traps.
Feux de joieFeux de joie · 1939
Feux de joie
★ 5.71939
MovieMusic
Once their military service is over, the instrumentalists of a regimental orchestra find themselves in civilian life and decide to run a hotel themselves on the Côte d'Azur.
L'Homme aux mains d'argileL'Homme aux mains d'argile · 1949
L'Homme aux mains d'argile
★ 10.01949
MovieDramaHistory
The fictionalized life, and interpreted by himself, of the popular boxing champion Marcel Cerdan. Training sessions, matches, victories, flight to the U.S.A. where the title of world champion is disputed, form the whole subject of the film.
MaternityMaternity · 1930
Maternity
★ 9.01930
Movie

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Nightclub HostessNightclub Hostess · 1939
Nightclub Hostess
★ 6.41939
MovieDrama
The young Suzy is a nightclub hostess in a cabaret in which Frehel is the star. Because one night she gets propositions from a rich widower who would like to have her as his girlfriend, Suzy wishes to leave this place, where she has no future, for a better one. Abandoned by her protector, a young hoodlum named Robert, she gets the occasion to get away from it. She decides to go on vacation on the Riviera and stay at the Chateau des Cedres, the former residence of a noble family that has been transformed into a bourgeois guest house by the baroness Saint-Leu. Shy and elegant, in her modest suit, Suzy stays there under the name of Suzanne Michelet and soon makes new friends among the young people of very wealthy families.

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