Claude Bolling

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Claude Bolling

Born April 10, 1930 · Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Died December 29, 2020 · aged 90

Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the age of 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke. Bolling's books on jazz technique show that he did not delve fa…

Known For

BorsalinoBorsalino · 1970
Borsalino
★ 6.91970
MovieCrimeComedy
In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.
Three Men to KillThree Men to Kill · 1980
Three Men to Kill
★ 6.11980
MovieCrimeThriller
A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes in contact with in order to get him.
Borsalino and Co.Borsalino and Co. · 1974
Borsalino and Co.
★ 6.41974
MovieCrimeThriller
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
The AwakeningThe Awakening · 1980
The Awakening
★ 5.41980
MovieHorror
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
California SuiteCalifornia Suite · 1978
California Suite
★ 5.91978
MovieComedyDrama
The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The GypsyThe Gypsy · 1975
The Gypsy
★ 6.21975
MovieDramaThriller
Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.
Willie & PhilWillie & Phil · 1980
Willie & Phil
★ 4.61980
MovieComedyDrama
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of "Jules et Jim," Truffaut's classic film about a decades-long ménage à trois. Soon, the men meet Jeanette, a sexually liberated southern transplant who promptly falls for both of them. Frustrated passions curdle into jealousy as Jeanette entertains love affairs with each in the ensuing years.
Flic StoryFlic Story · 1975
Flic Story
★ 6.41975
MovieCrimeThriller
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.

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