Jacques Maury

Acting

Jacques Maury

Born June 25, 1937 · Berchem, Flanders, Belgium

Died March 20, 1985 · aged 47

No biography available.

Known For

National Lampoon's European VacationNational Lampoon's European Vacation · 1985
National Lampoon's European Vacation
★ 6.21985
MovieAdventureComedy
The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
Love and DeathLove and Death · 1975
Love and Death
★ 7.51975
MovieComedyRomance
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
The OutsiderThe Outsider · 1983
The Outsider
★ 6.81983
MovieActionCrime
Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.
Start the Revolution Without MeStart the Revolution Without Me · 1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
★ 6.11970
MovieComedyHistory
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
The ComDadsThe ComDads · 1983
The ComDads
★ 6.61983
MovieComedy
Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
A Little RomanceA Little Romance · 1979
A Little Romance
★ 6.91979
MovieComedyRomance
Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film buff Daniel Michon. After Lauren's mother forbids her to date the outspoken Daniel, the young lovebirds team up with eccentric pickpocket Julius to run away to Venice, where, according to legend, a couple who kiss under the Bridge of Sighs will stay together forever.
The Last TrainThe Last Train · 1973
The Last Train
★ 6.61973
MovieDramaHistory
Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Mr. KleinMr. Klein · 1976
Mr. Klein
★ 7.21976
MovieMysteryDrama
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.

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MéphistoMéphisto · 1931
Méphisto
★ 6.61931
MovieDrama
On his wedding night with Hilda Bergmann, the daughter of a swedish chemist, the young and rich american Willy Keanton is stabbed by an unidentified masked man. He kidnaps the young woman, who is found later on by the count Robert d'Arbel. The detective Jacques Miral, nicknamed « the pointed tower's ferret » is put in charge of the case. Soon, he discovers that an international bandit, Méphisto, seeks to seize the formula of a process against asphyxiating gas, invented by professor Bergmann. The struggle is tough between Miral and the uncatchable Méphisto. Monique Aubray, Keanton's secretary and engaged to the detective, the Nostradamus stallholders and the « mastiff of Bordeaux », and the famous novelist Fortuné Bidon are also involved in the case...

Willy Keanton