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Darry Cowl

Darry Cowl

French actor and musician
August 27, 1925 (February 14, 2006)
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 2003. Musical by Alain Resnais with Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilson, Jalil Lespert. In the 1920's, a Parisian industrialist thinks of partnering with an American businessman, not knowing that he is the former husband of his wife.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 2002. Comedy by Michel Sibra with Jean-Marc Thibault, Macha Méril, Darry Cowl. In order to avoid the sale of their ancestral castle, an old ruined aristocratic couple thinks of renting it for the shooting of a film.
Fr. 2000. Mores drama by Luc Béraud with Jonathan Reyes, Kevin Miranda, Claire Nebout. Two young brothers on the verge of delinquency go in search of their mother who left them without explanation.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1997. Fantasy comedy by Agnès Delarive with Michel Galabru, Philippe Clay, Darry Cowl.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1985. Comedy by Jean Yanne with Jean Yanne, Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret. In 1789, while the Caliph of Baghdad is on his way to Paris, the editor of a newspaper engages in revolutionary activities.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1985. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Vergne with Didier Bourdon, Seymour Brussel, Bernard Campan. A young private detective sets out to unmask a sadist who kills elderly ladies after phoning them.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1983. Comedy by Richard Balducci with Michel Leeb, Carole Lixon, Ibrahim Seck. In spite of himself, a modest projectionist is involved in a hold-up and accumulates misadventures and incredible twists.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Michel Vocoret with Georges Descrières, Guy Montagné, Gérard Hernandez. In Deauville, a casino manager schemes to scare away the guests at a hotel that he wants to acquire at a low price.
Runtime: 87 min.

Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien!

V.O.: Pour cent briques t'as plus rien!
Fr. 1982. Police comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Jugnot, Anémone. Two unemployed men set up a bank robbery with taking of hostages.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1982. Sentimental comedy by Michel Gérard with Didier Clerc, Ariel Besse, Darry Cowl. A teenager falls in love with a girl his own age who already has a boyfriend.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Jean Yanne with Jean Yanne, Coluche, Michel Serrault. During a visit by Julius Caesar to North Africa, a modest garage owner is drawn into a political plot.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Pierre Sisser with Henri Courseaux, Daniel Russo, Darry Cowl. A young lawyer is lured by two of his clients into participating in a bank robbery in the countryside.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1981. Dramatic comedy by Michel Nerval with Vincent Vallier, Christiane Montmory, Michel Galabru.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1979. Comedy by Michel Nerval with Jean Lefebvre, Darry Cowl, Robert Castel.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1978. Comedy by Jacques Besnard with Philippe Ricci, Pierre Tornade, Roger Dumas. Three French soldiers are parachuted into the Libyan desert to capture an Italian general.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1977. Comedy by Michel Gérard with Stéphane Hillel, Rémi Laurent, Darry Cowl. Young French people on military service in Germany disrupt good neighborly relations with the local population.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1976. Comedy by Jacques Besnard with Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Tornade, Darry Cowl. In 1944, a French village previously spared by the war is occupied by the Germans.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1975. Comedy by Didier Kaminka with Didier Kaminka, Georges Beller, Philippe Ogouz. Three companions go in search of a childhood friend with whom they used to be in love.
Runtime: 83 min.

C'est jeune et ça sait tout

V.O.: Y a pas de mal à se faire du bien
Fr. 1974. Mores comedy by Claude Mulot with Jean Lefebvre, Françoise Lemieux, Darry Cowl. In Montreal, a French advertising executive and his wife get in tune with the sexual revolution through multiple experiments.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1974. Police comedy by Raoul André with Michel Galabru, Daniel Prévost, Darry Cowl. The misadventures of two unemployed actors mistakenly hired as detectives by an industrialist.
Runtime: 90 min.

Ah, si mon moine voulait...

V.O.: L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères)
Can. 1973. Sketches by Claude Pierson with Gilles Latulippe, Jean-Marie Proslier, Darry Cowl. Six naughty stories involving religious people.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1973. Satire by Marco Ferreri with Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli. General Custer launches an expedition against the Sioux and is massacred with his men.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Raoul André with Francis Blanche, Michel Serrault, Darry Cowl. An Italian gangster jeopardizes two members of his daughter-in-law's family in order to gain their complicity in a robbery.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Raoul André with Jean Lefebvre, Annie Cordy, Francis Blanche. To impress a beautiful girl, a shy perfumer wants to become a gangster.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1968. Comedy by Guy Lefranc with Fernand Raynaud, Darry Cowl, Rosy Varte. A businessperson from Abidjan wants to take advantage of a trip to Paris to reconnect with a married woman.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1967. Comedy by Raoul André with Francis Blanche, Darry Cowl, Micheline Dax. A scientist from Central Europe agrees to come to France to work on a new invention.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Francis Rigaud with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Michel Galabru. Various people are trying to take over a valuable altarpiece.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Michel Drach with Edwige Feuillère, Jean Poiret, Marie-José Nat. An automobile has several owners.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1965. Sketches by Gilles Grangier, Georges Lautner with Bernard Blier, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl. Three episodes set in the world of prostitution.
Runtime: 100 min.

Badmen of the West

V.O.: I Magnifici Brutos del West
It. 1965. Comedy by Marino Girolami with Gerry Bruno, Emma Penella, Darry Cowl. Four heirs of a funeral home are in trouble with a criminal and a few natives.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jacques Poitrenaud with Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Francis Blanche. A hatter tries to hide an illegal gambling den.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Darry Cowl, Maurice Delbez with Darry Cowl, Dany Saval, Rolande Ségur. The misadventures of a jealous husband.
Runtime: 95 min.

Double Bed

V.O.: Le Lit à 2 places
Fr. 1965. Sketches by Jean Delannoy, Gianni Puccini, François Dupont-Midy, Alvaro Mancori with Jean Richard, Leopoldo Trieste, Michel Serrault. Various sketches focused on alcove stories.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Guy Lefranc with Roger Pierre, Jean-Marc Thibault, Francis Blanche. Russian spies seize a cow that was used as a guinea pig in an experiment to increase the yield of dairy cows.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Jean Girault with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Maria Pacôme. Two baggage handlers misplace a diamond dealer's suitcase and try to find it.
Runtime: 70 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Francis Rigaud with Roger Pierre, Jean-Marc Thibault, Francis Blanche. Two friends are involved in the theft of a jewel.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1964. Burlesque by Philippe Clair with Philippe Clair, Annie Girardot, Mike Marshall. Four merry men arrive in Paris from Algiers in hopes of living the high life.
Runtime: 86 min.

Good King Dagobert

V.O.: Le Bon Roi Dagobert
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Pierre Chevalier with Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Pascale Roberts. A student dreams that his father is King Dagobert, who is fighting to crown his son in Reims.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Sweet Skin

V.O.: Strip-tease
Fr. 1963. Drama by Jacques Poitrenaud with Krista Nico, Jean Sobieski, Dany Saval. Faced with the difficulty of making a career in the ballet world, a dancer reluctantly decides to earn a living as a stripper.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1962. Sketches by Jean Girault, Philippe de Broca, Jack Pinoteau with Francis Blanche, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl. The misadventures of the winners of various contests.
Runtime: 95 min.

Les Petits Matins

V.O.: Mademoiselle Stop
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jacqueline Audry with Agathe Aems, Jean-Claude Brialy, François Périer. The adventures of a young girl who is hitchhiking.
Runtime: 100 min.

Who Stole the Body

V.O.: Les Bricoleurs
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Girault with Francis Blanche, Darry Cowl, Elke Sommer. To make a successful sale, two real estate agents must find a murderer.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1962. Police comedy by Marc Allégret with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Pierre Brasseur. A customs officer is kidnapped by gangsters who think he is a hitman.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Jean Girault with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Gilberte Géniat. Throughout their working day, two delivery people of a Parisian department store live many adventures.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1961. Sketches by Jacques Poitrenaud, Michel Boisrond, Claude Barma, Marc Allégret with Dany Saval, Dany Robin, Françoise Arnoul. Four stories about young women and men.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Jacques Poitrenaud with Nicole Courcel, François Périer, Perrette Pradier. A car accident reveals a couple?s mutual infidelity.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1961. Satire by Jean Girault with Darry Cowl, Pascale Roberts, Jean Piat. The daily life of a young Parisian couple.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1960. Police comedy by Georges Combret with Darry Cowl, Christian Méry, Vera Valmont. A man passes a friend off as a famous gangster.
Runtime: 90 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. Mores comedy by Henri Verneuil with Claudia Cardinale, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Morgan. Leaving Bordeaux and her husband, a young woman settles in Paris where she leads a social and libertine life.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Jean Girault with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Béatrice Altariba. Two merry men, freeloaders by profession, have various misadventures.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1960. Fantasy comedy by Jean-Daniel Daninos with Darry Cowl, Nicole Mirel, Henri Vilbert.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Darry Cowl, Judith Magre, Fernand Sardou.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Satire by Marc Allégret with Pierre Fresnay, Darry Cowl, Anne Collette. The victim of a wrongful conviction decides to commit petty theft to compensate.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Carlo Rim with Darry Cowl, Yves Robert, Béatrice Altariba. After having gone through the war without too much trouble, a young man becomes a teacher in a college where he applies very personal educational methods.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1959. Burlesque by Jean Boyer with Darry Cowl, Line Renaud, Francis Blanche.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1959. Burlesque by Clément Duhour with Darry Cowl, Jean Richard, Jean Poiret. Unable to stop a marriage, a man follows the couple on their honeymoon to prevent, at all costs, the consummation of their union.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1959. Burlesque by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Béatrice Altariba, Don Ziegler. A young man is stranded on a deserted island while trying to accomplish a feat to marry the girl of his dreams.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Norbert Carbonnaux with Darry Cowl, Fernand Gravey, Béatrice Altariba. Out of love for the daughter of a failed painter, the winner of a jackpot becomes a patron of the arts.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jacqueline Audry with Dany Robin, Fernand Gravey, Bernard Blier. A professor of good manners turns a worker into a courtesan.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1958. Police comedy by Marc Allégret with Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Darry Cowl. A young girl escapes from a rehabilitation centre and marries a police officer.
Runtime: 105 min.

Sputnik

V.O.: À pied, à cheval et en spoutnik
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Dréville with Noël-Noël, Denise Grey, Darry Cowl. A brave Frenchman suffering from amnesia is taken on a Sputnik trip by mistake.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Dufilho. Mistaken for a spy, a mystery writer is drawn into a series of extraordinary adventures.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1957. Satire by Maurice Delbez with Noël-Noël, Denise Grey, Sophie Daumier. A hardened pedestrian ends up buying a car.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre. A family tries to dissuade a young man from committing suicide.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Carlo Rim with Darry Cowl, Yves Deniaud, Micheline Dax. When his mother dies, a young literature professor learns his father's name, only to discover that his father is a fearsome gang leader.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Guillaume Radot with Anne Vernon, Peter Van Eyck, Sylviane Humair. While on vacation in Normandy, a famous American writer is wrongly accused of murder.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Béatrice Altariba, Jean-Claude Brialy. A delivery boy leaves for Nice on his tricycle to watch a soccer game.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Sacha Guitry, Clément Duhour with Michel Simon, Sophie Desmarets, Darry Cowl. While investigating a murder case, a commissioner finds that the criminal exists in three copies: the perpetrator himself, his double, and his double?s twin brother.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Pierre Gaspard-Huit with Jean-Claude Pascal, Anne Vernon, Paquita Rico. Two advertising agencies compete for the contract with a washing machine manufacturer.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Maurice Cam with Darry Cowl, Dora Doll, Christine Carrère. A paratrooper makes his comrades believe that he is the owner of a cabaret.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Robert Vernay with Sophie Desmarets, Darry Cowl, Suzanne Dehelly. A woman detective experiences eventful adventures.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Henri Verneuil with Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul, Tilda Thamar. A manicurist pretends to be the daughter of a rich client at the hotel where she works.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by André Berthomieu with Darry Cowl, Geneviève Kervine, Ded Rysel. The director of a boarding school wants her daughter to marry a cousin.
Fr. 1956. Satire by Norbert Carbonnaux with Fernand Gravey, Micheline Dax, Jean Richard. An adventurer poses as a great trainer with racing tips to a naive man.
Runtime: 85 min.

Please Mr. Balzac

V.O.: En effeuillant la marguerite
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Marc Allégret with Daniel Gélin, Brigitte Bardot, Darry Cowl. In need of money, a young girl participates in a striptease contest.
Runtime: 100 min.

Maid in Paris

V.O.: Paris coquin
Fr. 1955. Comedy by Pierre Gaspard-Huit with Dany Robin, Daniel Gélin, Tilda Thamar. A young girl runs away from boarding school and falls in love with a police commissioner.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1955. Burlesque by Claude Sautet with Henri Salvador, Annie Cordy, Jimmy Gaillard. A king has comedians kidnapped in order to cure his daughter's melancholy.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1955. Police comedy by Michel Boisrond with Brigitte Bardot, Jean Bretonnière, Raymond Bussières. The antics of a young girl entrusted by her father to a friend who is engaged.
Runtime: 82 min.

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