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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. 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. 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.

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.
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.

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. 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. 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 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. 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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