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Claude Durand

Claude Durand

French publisher and translator
November 9, 1938 (May 6, 2015)
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by Denys de La Patellière with Robert Hossein, Claude Jade, Claude Piéplu. In the late 1930s, a priest has an affair that leads to his dismissal.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas. In pursuit of a murderer, a veteran commissioner finds his research methods challenged by a superior who favours a more scientific approach.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1972. Comedy by Philippe Clair with Jacques Dufilho, Sim, Patrick Topaloff. Billionaires are trying to smuggle capital abroad.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Tattoo

V.O.: Le Tatoué
Fr. 1968. Comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Louis de Funès, Jean Gabin, Dominique Davray. An art dealer buys a ""Modigliani"" tattooed on the back of a former legionnaire.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1967. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière with France Anglade, François Guérin, Bernard Blier. The romantic affairs of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1966. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Claudio Brook, Nadja Tiller. In order to discover the perpetrators of an arms smuggling operation, an American police officer infiltrates the entourage of a French gang leader
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1966. Melodrama by Denys de La Patellière with Fernandel, Lilli Palmer, Laurent Terzieff. In search of his daughter, a peasant learns that she became a prostitute.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1965. Dramatic comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Lilli Palmer, Michèle Mercier. A retired veterinarian becomes the protector of a young prostitute.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1965. Psychological drama by Jean Cayrol, Claude Durand with Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, Emmanuelle Riva. A man returns to Bordeaux, twenty years after turning in comrades to the Gestapo.
Runtime: 100 min.

Weekend at Dunkirk

V.O.: Week-end à Zuydcoote
Fr. 1964. War drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Pierre Marielle. In June 1940, during the evacuation of Dunkirk, a French soldier tries to embark with the British troops.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1964. Adventures by Henri Verneuil with Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Blier. In Africa, a truck driver tries to catch up with a colleague who stole a vehicle.
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 1963. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier. A strange friendship develops between a villainous banker and his secretary.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1961. Police comedy by Guy Lefranc with Eddie Constantine, François Chaumette, Renée Cosima. Accused of murder, a ventriloquist escapes and searches for the real killer.
Runtime: 89 min.

Love and the Frenchwoman

V.O.: La Française et l'amour
Fr. 1960. Sketches by Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Michel Boisrond, René Clair, Henri Verneuil, Christian-Jaque, Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Jacqueline Porel, Darry Cowl, Noël Roquevert. Various aspects of the love life of the French woman.
Runtime: 135 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Jacques Rozier with Jean-Claude Aimini, Yveline Céry, Stefania Sabatini. Two friends compete for the love of a young director of advertorial films.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Meyer with Jean Piat, Micheline Boudet, Georges Descrières. Figaro must overcome several obstacles before he can marry.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Henri Decoin with Anouk Aimée, Peter Van Eyck, François Périer. To provide themselves with an alibi, five young criminals go to jail for a peccadillo.
Runtime: 99 min.

Wicked City

V.O.: Hans le marin
Fr. 1949. Sentimental drama by François Villiers, Marcel Cravenne with Jean-Pierre Aumont, Maria Montez, Lilli Palmer. In Marseille, a sailor who was stabbed by two mobsters, starts looking for the cabaret performer he spent the night with just before he was attacked.
Runtime: 95 min.

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