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Raoul André

Born May 24, 1916 · Rabat, Morocco

Died November 4, 1992 · aged 76

Raoul André was a French film director and screenwriter known for his work in the comedy and crime genres during the mid-20th century. Born in Rabat, Morocco, he directed numerous films, including Les Pépées font la loi (1955) and Ces messieurs de la famille (1968). André frequently collaborated with actors such as Louis de Funès and Darry Cowl, contributing to the popularity of French comedies i…

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Mission to CaracasMission to Caracas · 1965
Mission to Caracas
★ 8.21965
MovieAdventureAction
Special agent Becker is after a briefcase that rather cleverly disguises some secret documents.
The Men in the FamilyThe Men in the Family · 1968
The Men in the Family
★ 5.11968
MovieComedy
Gabriel Pelletier, sales manager for a major industrial firm, would be the happiest of men if he didn't have a family of rare originality. The day Gabriel Pelletier is asked by the firm's management to welcome and accommodate an important American industrialist who has come to Paris to handle a major contract, he realizes the difficulties that lie ahead. How will Mr. Strumberger, who has the reputation of a fierce puritan, react to the behavior of the various members of the family?
La Dernière Bourrée à ParisLa Dernière Bourrée à Paris · 1973
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
★ 5.51973
MovieComedy
Young Berthe, deeply moved by a cinema screening of the notoriously sultry Le Dernier Tango à Paris, goes to the address where most of the action takes place, a building overlooking the Bir-Hakeim Bridge metro station. Reality suddenly seems to mimic fiction when she discovers not only an apartment advertised for rent, but also a man prostrate in a corner who seems to be waiting for her. Hoping for the same torrid embrace as in the film, she discovers that he is in fact preoccupied only by the apartment's defects. Attempting to embark on a passionate affair, she learns that the man suffers from libido problems.
Les pépées au service secretLes pépées au service secret · 1956
Les pépées au service secret
★ 7.01956
MovieComedyCrime
Elvire, Nathalie and Christine, three young ladies with a proven track record, are called in by the Secret Service to retrieve coveted papers concerning a new explosive. Introduced to a fearsome environment thanks to a female helper, they face kidnappings, play a double game, toil endlessly, lend helicopters and finally triumph, smiling, after a breathtaking fight.
Ladies FirstLadies First · 1963
Ladies 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.
Cherchez la femmeCherchez la femme · 1955
Cherchez la femme
★ 9.01955
MovieActionComedy
Barbara Van Looren is the lively, clever daughter of the well-known shipowner. For her, life is a breeze, even when she's kidnapped by Mike Cortez's men. A young journalist, Mercier, who tried to defend her and was forced to follow her, doesn't share her optimism and manages to escape. Barbara is sequestered because her father has caught wind of a diamond deal. If he renounces the customs action, his daughter will be returned to him. Mercier, with the help of a couple of loyal friends, discovers the instigator of the traffic, a member of the board of directors, and finds Barbara, still as petulant as ever.
Good Enough to EatGood Enough to Eat · 1951
Good Enough to Eat
★ 6.81951
Movie
Rose Chaperon is asked by her confectioner mother Mathilde to bring jewels to her sick grandmother, Madame de Mergrand. But Hugues, the latter's brother, is prepared to do anything to get his hands on the loot. To this end he hires a villainous young man, Jean-Louis nicknamed Loup, to do the job. Will Loup engulf and devour Little "Rose "Riding Hood?
The Babes Make the LawThe Babes Make the Law · 1955
The Babes Make the Law
★ 6.21955
MovieComedyAdventure
When Nathalie, a shoe seller, is abducted, her mother Flora wastes no time taking matters into her own hands. Reluctant to call in the police, she galvanizes her three other daughters into action.

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Ces messieurs de la gâchetteCes messieurs de la gâchette · 1970
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
★ 4.11970
MovieComedy
Gabriel Pelletier's life is no bed of roses. Not because of his job: he is a successful sales manager. But on account of the various wrongdoings committed by his kin. First, there is his daughter Nicole, who has just developed an infatuation with a young man who is not only a revolutionary student but the the son of a Sicilian mobster as well. Then he has to cope with Bernard, his brother-in-law, a ladies'man who has been vamped by one of the sexy daughters of the Sicilian. Let's not forget Albert, his own brother, an avant-garde filmmaker also in trouble with Lombardi, the omnipresent gangster. To crown it all, Maryse, his domestic worker, is a Maoist militant!... In the end, poor Gabriel can't take it anymore. He hits the road and calls it quits.

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Tartarin de TarasconTartarin de Tarascon · 1962
Tartarin de Tarascon
★ 5.31962
MovieComedy
A well-to-do bourgeois, Tartarin lives in Tarascon, a small southern town, among friends who, like him, love hunting "à la casquette", gossip, aperitifs and thought-provoking journeys. Imaginative like all his compatriots, Tartarin ended up believing he had once been to Shanghai, so fervently did he recount his illusory adventures. It was even rumored that Tartarin was about to leave for Africa to hunt wild beasts, and this was so insistent that the brave man, urged on by his friends, was forced "for the sake of honor" to embark. He arrives in Casablanca, surprised to discover a modern city and not a single lion. But a charming Moorish woman, Baïa, seduces him, and Tartarin indulges in the "delights of Capua". This euphoria is short-lived: Baïa disappears, a false prince, mostly a swindler, finds a replacement and sets off on a hunting expedition in southern Morocco, which will only earn Tartarin the loss of his savings and a blind old lion dragged along by two beggars.

Locomotive engineer