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Frédéric Dard

Frédéric Dard

French writer
June 29, 1921 (June 6, 2000)
Runtime: 100 min.

San-Antonio

V.O.: San Antonio
Fr. 2004. Police comedy by Frédéric Auburtin with Gérard Lanvin, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Galabru. A French police commissioner is charged with investigating the disappearance of the President of the Republic.
Fr. 2001. Mores drama by Arnaud Sélignac with Sylvie Vartan, Francis Huster, Jacques Weber. Wounded during an attempted murder by his ex-wife, a former lawyer turned bum sets out to get revenge.
Runtime: 180 min.
Fr. 1999. Court drama by Nicolas Ribowski with Roger Hanin, Pierre Malet, Bernhard Schir. A Parisian lawyer investigates the murder of a woman doctor who was found with her throat slit in her bed next to her sleeping husband.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1999. Court drama by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli with Roger Hanin, Sebastian Koch, Roger Dumas. A lawyer struggles to prove the innocence of a music teacher suspected of being involved in the mysterious disappearance of a girl.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1996. Court drama by Bob Swaim with Roger Hanin, Christoph Waltz, Constanze Engelbrecht.
Runtime: 88 min.

The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea

V.O.: La Vieille qui marchait dans la mer
Fr. 1991. Dramatic comedy by Laurent Heynemann with Jeanne Moreau, Michel Serrault, Luc Thuillier. An old hustler hooks up with a young playboy, much to the dismay of his longtime partner.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1985. Spy drama by Robert Hossein with Robert Hossein, Candice Patou, Ivan Desny. Two former lovers, KGB agents, are invited to a party organized by their boss who wants them to confess which of the two is a traitor.
Fr. 1984. Police comedy by Nicolas Gessner with Guy Marchand, Michel Creton, Edwige Feuillère. A car thief agrees to participate in a major heist in Nice.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1982. Satire by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Victor Lanoux, Marion Peterson, Jacques Dutronc. A politician sees his career jeopardized by the suicide of an elderly uncle who raised him.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1980. Police comedy by Joël Séria with Philippe Gasté, Pierre Doris, Jeanne Goupil.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Grimblat with Maurice Ronet, Valérie Mairesse, Macha Méril. The three ex-wives of a real estate developer join forces to take revenge on him.
Fr. 1968. Police comedy by Guy Lefranc with Gérard Barray, Jean Richard, Maria Mauban. A commissioner and a detective finally get the better of a gang of drug dealers.
Runtime: 100 min.

Commissaire San Antonio

V.O.: Sale Temps pour les mouches
Fr. 1966. Police comedy by Guy Lefranc with Gérard Barray, Jean Richard, Philippe Clay. A police officer infiltrates a gang responsible for the kidnapping of two scientists.
Runtime: 90 min.

Paris Pick-Up

V.O.: Le Monte-charge
Fr. 1962. Crime drama by Marcel Bluwal with Robert Hossein, Lea Massari, Maurice Biraud. An ex-convict helps a woman who murdered her husband to stage a fake suicide.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1962. Drama by Edmond T. Gréville with Danik Patisson, Georges Rivière, Magali Noël. In Brittany, an unmarried school principal falls in love with a teacher, which exacerbates his wife's jealousy.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1962. Police comedy by Pierre Grimblat with Eddie Constantine, Elga Andersen, Michel de Ré. A music hall performer defends a widow who is threatened with being robbed by her three brothers-in-law.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Edmond T. Gréville with Dawn Addams, Jean Servais, Claude Brasseur. A middle-aged man marries a young actress who will give him a hard time.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Jacques Guymont with Danielle Darrieux, Roger Hanin, Pierre Destailles. A police officer falls in love with a woman suspected of killing her husband.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Menace

V.O.: La Menace
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Gérard Oury with Robert Hossein, Marie-José Nat, Paolo Stoppa. A young girl, coveted by a married man, accuses him of being the perpetrator of a crime.
Runtime: 85 min.

Gestapo contre X

V.O.: Une Gueule comme la mienne
Fr. 1960. Drama by Frédéric Dard with Paul Guers, Jacques Duby, Claire Maurier. During the occupation, a journalist saves the life of his former boss and exploits him by appropriating his writings.
Runtime: 91 min.

Sursis pour un vivant

V.O.: Pensione Edelweiss
Fr. 1959. Drama by Victor Merenda with Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Lino Ventura. A criminal organization offers desperate people a pleasant and guaranteed suicide.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1958. Drama by Robert Hossein with Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Héléna Manson. A man searches for the identity of a stranger with odd behaviour.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by André Berthomieu with Bernard Blier, Philippe Nicaud, Maria Mauban. On the advice of a friend who is a police officer, a bar owner who killed a mobster in self-defense gives himself up and pleads guilty, convinced that he will be released soon.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Gérard Oury, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Nicaud. The vengeful machinations of a deceived husband.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Maurice Labro with Lino Ventura, Estella Blain, Paul Frankeur. The Deuxi?me Bureau entrusts an ex-forger with a mission.
Runtime: 98 min.

Port of Desire

V.O.: La Fille de Hambourg
Fr. 1958. Drama by Yves Allégret with Daniel Gélin, Hildegard Knef, Jean Lefebvre. In Hamburg, a French sailor tries to break a young woman out of the underworld, as she had been good to him while he was a prisoner of war.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Victor Merenda with Geneviève Kervine, Élina Labourdette, Yves Massard. An industrialist is killed by a gunshot, and all the women in his entourage are suspected.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by André Pergament with Michel Auclair, Marie Daems, Fernand Sardou. Determined to keep his promise, a former legionnaire discovers that the woman he is to marry is not the one he thought.
Runtime: 73 min.
Fr. 1956. Spy drama by Maurice Labro with Henri Vidal, Jacques Dacqmine, Barbara Laage. An agent of the Second Bureau is assigned to retrieve a secret formula.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1956. Police comedy by Guy Lefranc with Fernand Raynaud, Noël Roquevert, Louis de Funès. After preventing an armed robbery, a shy bank employee discovers that the robber is his father.
Runtime: 90 min.

No Morals

V.O.: M'sieur la Caille
Fr. 1955. Dramatic comedy by André Pergament with Philippe Lemaire, Jeanne Moreau, Marthe Mercadier. A prostitute befriends a young debauchee with whom she hopes to find happiness.
Runtime: 82 min.

The Wicked Go to Hell

V.O.: Les Salauds vont en enfer
Fr. 1955. Drama by Robert Hossein, Georges Lampin with Marina Vlady, Henri Vidal, Serge Reggiani. A young woman held captive by two prison escapees uses her charm to turn them against each other.
Runtime: 102 min.

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