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Gérard Oury

Gérard Oury

French director and actor
April 29, 1919 (July 19, 2006)
Fr. 2003. Drama by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Bruno Cremer, Florence Darel, Claude Rich. In 1978, a young journalist tries to shed light on the mysterious disappearance of a French filmmaker in Thailand.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1999. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Smaïn, Sabine Azéma, Ticky Holgado.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1996. Sentimental comedy by Barbra Streisand with Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall.
Runtime: 126 min.
Fr. 1996. Fantasy comedy by Gérard Oury with Philippe Noiret, Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Luc Bideau.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1993. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Christian Clavier, Tsilla Chelton, Catherine Jacob. Suspecting fraud, a woman sues her husband who tries to transfer gold bars to Switzerland.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1989. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Isaach de Bankolé. A woman married to a jealous surgeon who ignores her past as a spy agrees to carry out a new mission without her husband's knowledge.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1986. Dramatic comedy by Gérard Oury with Richard Anconina, Michel Boujenah, Souad Amidou. Although they have followed opposite paths, two brothers, from a Jewish family, decide to confront together a fearsome kingpin.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1984. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Coluche, Marusckha Detmers, Luis Rego. A man inherits an apartment that is the hideout of a group of terrorists, which leads him on a wild adventure to Mexico.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache. During the Berlin Olympics, a French boxing trainer endeavors to save a Jewish family from the Nazis.
Runtime: 104 min.

The Umbrella Coup

V.O.: Le Coup du parapluie
Runtime: 95 min.

The Escape

V.O.: La Carapate
Runtime: 105 min.

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

V.O.: Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Louis de Funès, Claude Giraud, Suzy Delair. A petulant business person must disguise himself as a Jewish rabbi to escape from Arab secret agents.
Runtime: 100 min.

Delusions of Grandeur

V.O.: La Folie des grandeurs
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch. Chased out of the Spanish court, a nobleman decides to plot his revenge by passing off his valet as a nephew returning from America.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Brain

V.O.: Le Cerveau
Fr. 1969. Police comedy by Gérard Oury with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven. An expert thief and two shady crooks enter into a rivalry over a train robbery.
Runtime: 115 min.

Don't Look Now

V.O.: La Grande Vadrouille
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Louis de Funès, Bourvil, Terry-Thomas. A house painter and a conductor help British pilotescape from the Germans.
Runtime: 125 min.

The Sucker

V.O.: Le Corniaud
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Gérard Oury with Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini. A naive man innocently foils a smuggling plan.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1963. Spy drama by Mark Robson with Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer. A Nobel Prize-winning novelist unmasks a conspiracy, based on imposture.
Runtime: 156 min.

Crime Doesn't Pay

V.O.: Le Crime ne paie pas
Fr. 1961. Sketches by Gérard Oury with Edwige Feuillère, Michèle Morgan, Annie Girardot. Four criminal cases set in different times.
Runtime: 158 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. 1960. Drama by Gérard Oury with Jacques Charrier, Macha Méril, Alfred Adam. A tangle of betrayal where each deceiver is deceived in turn.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Lino Ventura, Franco Fabrizi, Sandra Milo. A man searches for the only witness to his crime.
Runtime: 87 min.

Come Dance With Me

V.O.: Voulez-vous danser avec moi?
Fr. 1959. Police comedy by Michel Boisrond with Henri Vidal, Brigitte Bardot, Noël Roquevert. A young woman conducts her own investigation into the murder her husband is accused of.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 1959. Drama by Anatole Litvak with Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Jason Robards. The hard trek of various people trying to get out of Hungary during the revolt.
Runtime: 123 min.

Babette Goes to War

V.O.: Babette s'en va-t-en guerre
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Christian-Jaque with Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Francis Blanche. During the war, a small provincial girl is involved in an espionage case.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Mirror Has Two Faces

V.O.: Le Miroir à deux faces
Fr. 1958. Drama by André Cayatte with Michèle Morgan, Bourvil, Gérard Oury. Despite her husband's opposition, a woman undergoes plastic surgery.
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.

Le 7ème Ciel

V.O.: Le Septième Ciel
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Raymond Bernard with Danielle Darrieux, Noël-Noël, Paul Meurisse. A young widow makes gangsters disappear and steals their assets to support her charity work.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Yves Allégret with Robert Hossein, Antonella Lualdi, André Luguet. A gang leader falls in love with a young woman without suspecting that she holds information that could compromise him.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1956. Crime drama by Guy Green with Michael Craig, Brenda de Branzie, Barbara Bates. In order to put an end to the trafficking of counterfeit money by a gang, the police hire a young naval officer who is the perfect look-alike of the gangsters' leader.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1955. Social drama by Yves Allégret with Gérard Philipe, Gérard Oury, Michèle Cordoue. Men work on the construction of a dam in the high mountains.
Runtime: 96 min.

Heroes and Sinners

V.O.: Les Héros sont fatigués
Fr. 1955. Drama by Yves Ciampi with Yves Montand, Maria Felix, Jean Servais. Two former war pilots have disappointing adventures in Liberia.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1954. Police comedy by Robert Hamer with Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch. The adventures of a priest detective who wants to save the soul of a hardened thief.
Runtime: 90 min.

Woman of the River

V.O.: La Donna del fiume
It. 1954. Melodrama by Mario Soldati with Sophia Loren, Gérard Oury, Lise Bourdin. A young girl takes revenge on the man who seduced her by denouncing him as a smuggler.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by Raoul Walsh with Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, Maxwell Reed. While Napoleon is thinking of invading England, a fisher comes to the aid of an English spy.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1953. History by Ken Annakin with Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice. In the sixteenth century, the king of England Henry VIII opposes the marriage of his sister Mary Tudor, with a young commoner.
Runtime: 92 min.
G.-B. 1953. Psychological drama by George More O'Ferrall with Trevor Howard, Maria Schell, Elizabeth Allan. A tragic event ends a police officer's infidelity to his wife.
Runtime: 103 min.

Without Leaving an Address

V.O.: ...Sans laisser d'adresse
Fr. 1951. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme, Pierre Trabaud. In Paris, a brave cab driver takes charge of a young provincial who came to join her lover who is nowhere to be found.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1951. Psychological drama by Georges Lacombe with Jean Gabin, Simone Valère, Suzanne Dehelly. The re-education of a blind railway worker.
Runtime: 110 min.

Le Passe-muraille

V.O.: Garou-Garou, le passe-muraille
Fr. 1950. Fantasy comedy by Jean Boyer with Bourvil, Joan Greenwood, Marcelle Arnold. A civil servant discovers that he has the gift of walking through walls.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1949. History by Bernard de Latour with Fernand Gravey, Junie Astor, Noël Roquevert. In the 14th century, Constable Du Guesclin fights to rid France of English troops.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1949. Sentimental drama by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Marcelle Géniat. Abandoned by her fianc?, an apprentice dancer gives herself to a rich industrialist, which exacerbates the jealousy of her former lover.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1949. History by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Claude Farell. The thwarted love affairs of Archduke Rudolf of Habsburg, son of Franz Joseph, and the young Marie Vetsera.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1947. Comedy by Jacques Becker with Roger Pigaut, Claire Mafféi, Noël Roquevert. A young couple misplaces a winning lottery ticket.
Runtime: 80 min.

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