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Gérard Calvi

Gérard Calvi

French composer
July 26, 1922 (February 20, 2015)
Fr. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Galabru, Odette Laure, Pascale Roberts.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1991. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Françoise Arnoul, Roger Carel. In Paris, during the German Occupation, a married photographer turns into a woman by night.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1990. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Judith Magre, Maurice Chevit. After his death, a stone-hearted bailiff is sent back to Earth where he has the chance to make amends.
Runtime: 76 min.
Fr. 1988. Police comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Pierre Arditi, Jean-Pierre Bacri. A shy employee working for a firm specializing in anti-theft systems discovers that his superior has become the accomplice of bank robbers.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1981. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Thierry Lhermitte, Anne Caudry, Jean-Marc Thibault.
Runtime: 83 min.
Runtime: 56 min.
Fr. 1976. Cartoon by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Henri Gruel, Pierre Watrin. Julius Caesar offers the Gauls twelve trials in exchange for their independence.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1974. Police comedy by Jacques Besnard with Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault, Jean Lefebvre. Thieves want to break into a bank safe from the washroom of the next-door train station.
Runtime: 93 min.

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

V.O.: Les Gaspards
Fr. 1973. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru. A man searching for his missing daughter discovers a people living in the underground of Paris.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1972. Police comedy by Jacques Besnard with Michel Serrault, Rosy Varte, Michel Galabru. The new owners of a bar in Marseille discover that the establishment is used as a depot for drug trafficking.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Rosy Varte. A man has trouble taking possession of the property he bought as a life annuity from a sick elderly man.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1971. Satire by Jean Herman with Guy Bedos, Jean Rochefort, Michel Galabru. The efforts of an awkward man to make a place for himself in society.
Runtime: 85 min.

War Is Hell

V.O.: À la guerre comme à la guerre
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Bernard Borderie with Leonard Whiting, Curd Jürgens, Marianne Comtell. In 1914, armed with the Russian plan of attack, a young Austrian officer tries to join their regiment.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1968. Comedy by Robert Dhéry with Robert Dhéry, Louis de Funès, Colette Brosset. A sailboat builder seeks to rehire an engineer he arrogantly fired.
Runtime: 90 min.

Punch Up in Istanbul

V.O.: Jerk à Istanbul
Fr. 1967. Adventures by Francis Rigaud with Michel Constantin, Jean-François Poron, Anny Duperey. The misadventures of two friends who won a hundred million dollars in the trifecta.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Counterfeit Constable

V.O.: Allez France!
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Robert Dhéry with Robert Dhéry, Ronald Fraser, Colette Brosset. While in London, a French experiences multiple misadventures after having dressed up in a police officer's uniform for fun.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Michel Boisrond with Jean-Claude Brialy, Pascale Petit, Jean Richard. An usherette, in a theater, blackmails a young cabinet secretary.
Runtime: 80 min.

La Cité de l'indicible peur

V.O.: La Grande Frousse
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Bourvil, Jean-Louis Barrault, Francis Blanche. A police officer pursues an escaped convict in a village terrorized by a monster.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Marcel Bluwal with Jean-Claude Brialy, Louis de Funès, Sophie Daumier. The rise of a young upstart.
Runtime: 95 min.

The American Beauty

V.O.: La Belle Américaine
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia with Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Louis de Funès. A splendid car, property of a modest worker, causes many incidents.
Runtime: 100 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.

Gangster Boss

V.O.: Le Grand Chef
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Henri Verneuil with Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Papouf. Two good guys kidnap a millionaire's son who causes them a lot of trouble.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1956. Musical by Roland Quignon with Pierre Trabaud, Sidney Béchet, Louise Carletti. A student, compromised in a case of theft, becomes the protege of a painter.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1956. Police comedy by Jean Loubignac with Jane Sourza, Raymond Souplex, Julien Carette. After finding a suitcase full of jewels by chance, a modest business traveler is dragged into a series of rocky adventures by three petty thieves.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1954. Comedy by Christian Stengel with Roger Nicolas, Noël Roquevert, Magali Noël. A Parisian peddler brings fortune to the people of his village with the concept of a model cemetery.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1954. Burlesque by Jean Loubignac with Robert Dhéry, Louis de Funès, Raymond Bussières. A vice commissioner investigates incognito in a music hall where rehearsals for a new show are taking place.
Runtime: 65 min.
Runtime: 99 min.

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