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Jacques Besnard
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Jacques Besnard

French film producer, film director and screenwriter (1929-2013)
July 15, 1929 (November 9, 2013)
Fr. 2005. Comedy by Vincent de Brus with Christian Clavier, Jacques Villeret, Agnès Soral. The CEO of a multinational company is plagued by violent anxiety attacks and only manages to control himself in the presence of a modest accountant.
Runtime: 107 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1986. Police comedy by Jacques Besnard with Luc Mérenda, Paul Barge, Christiane Jean. A mysterious art lover is mixed up in cases of stolen paintings.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 98 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. 1976. Comedy by Jacques Besnard with Jean Lefebvre, Michel Serrault, Maria Pacôme. Various incidents occur in a castle where several people are gathered for the Christmas holidays.
Runtime: 104 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.

The Bodyshop

V.O.: Et si tu n'en veux pas...
Fr. 1976. Sex comedy by Jacques Besnard with Jean Roche, Joëlle Coeur, Dany Daniel.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1974. Comedy by André Hunebelle, Jacques Besnard with Gérard Rinaldi, Gérard Filipelli, Jean Sarrus. The valets of adventurous musketeers strive to protect their masters in their mad schemes.
Runtime: 110 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.
Fr. 1974. Comedy by André Hunebelle, Jacques Besnard with Gérard Rinaldi, Gérard Filipelli, Jean Sarrus. At a moment's notice, four valets take the place of their musketeer masters and leave for England to retrieve a jewel that the French queen has unwisely given to her lover.
Runtime: 100 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. 1967. Comedy by Jacques Besnard with Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur. The inventor of a euphoric gas is kidnapped by commercial spies.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1967. Adventures by Jacques Besnard with Frederick Stafford, Jean Seberg, Mario Pisu. A former safecracker helps revolutionaries steal gold from a tyrannical regime.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Restaurant

V.O.: Le Grand Restaurant
Fr. 1966. Police comedy by Jacques Besnard with Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, Rosa Maria Rodriguez. The owner of a restaurant is drawn into a police adventure following the disappearance of a customer.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1954. Social drama by Guy Lefranc with Raymond Pellegrin, Magali Noël, Léo Genn. While trying to prove her father's innocence, a young girl uncovers a fearsome organization practicing blackmail on a massive scale.
Runtime: 98 min.

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