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Jean Boyer
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Jean Boyer

film director and composer
June 26, 1901 (March 10, 1965)
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Sandra Milo, Jean-Pierre Marielle. A woman infatuated with psychoanalysis is determined to find a complex in her husband.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernand Raynaud, Jean Poiret, Micheline Dax. Fernand Raynaud's look-alike, a modest civil servant is convinced by the director of a shabby touring troupe to impersonate the popular comic.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Boyer with François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jean Richard. A woman loses a large sum of money and feigns madness to avoid her husband's wrath.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernand Gravey, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Perrin. The two children of a widower oppose their father's plan for marriage.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Darry Cowl, Judith Magre, Fernand Sardou.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Burlesque by Jean Boyer with Darry Cowl, Line Renaud, Francis Blanche.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Pierre Dux, Simone Valère. A young woman becomes the mistress of her lover's best friend.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Denise Grey, Sylva Koscina. The veterinarian of a small village manages to create a large clientele among humans.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Nadia Gray, Armontel. An unsuccessful actor finds himself playing the characters of his roles in real life.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Jean Boyer with Philippe Nicaud, Jean Carmet, Line Renaud. After writing a detective story under a pseudonym, a young girl finds herself embroiled in a series of incredible adventures.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Rellys, Ginette Leclerc. After having alienated the whole village, a merry good-for-nothing, unemployed drunkard decides to render some services in order to win back the sympathy of his fellow citizens.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Suzy Delair, Françoise Fabian. A man inherits a fashion house and starts to create a large collection.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1955. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Line Renaud, Jean Richard, Noël Roquevert.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1954. Musical by Jean Boyer with Maurice Chevalier, Paolo Stoppa, Delia Scala. Seven young dancers pretend to be the daughters of an old beau.
Runtime: 96 min.

Ces voyous d'hommes

V.O.: Il paese dei campanelli
It. 1954. Musical by Jean Boyer with Mario Riva, Sophia Loren.
Runtime: 77 min.
Fr. 1953. Musical by Jean Boyer with Michel Simon, Brigitte Auber, Henri Génès. An astronomy professor tries to save a suicidal woman.

Crazy for Love

V.O.: Le Trou normand
Fr. 1952. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Bourvil, Brigitte Bardot, Pierre Larquey. To get an inheritance, a brave kid strives to get a school certificate.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1952. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Blanchette Brunoy, Renée Devillers. A modest sheep shearer becomes a coveted ladies' hairdresser on the Champs-?lys?es.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1951. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Henri Génès, Philippe Lemaire, Max Elloy. An orchestra musician takes in a baby he believes to be his grandson.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1950. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Bourvil, Jacqueline Pagnol, Mireille Perrey. Since no girl in the village seemed worthy of being crowned as a rose, a committee of virtuous women decides to name the village's innocent ""rose.""
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1950. Musical by Jean Boyer with Philippe Lemaire, Henri Génès, Françoise Arnoul. An office boy founds an underground radio station.

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. Musical by Jean Boyer with Martha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura, Lucien Baroux. To protect herself from mysterious assailants, a singer hires a bodyguard.
Fr. 1948. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Danièle Godet, Jacques Pills.
Fr. 1947. Musical by Jean Boyer with Ray Ventura, Gisèle Pascal, Bernard Lancret. A millionaire's daughter receives an orchestra as a birthday present.
Fr. 1947. Musical by Jean Boyer with Georges Guétary, Aimé Clariond, Gisèle Casadesus. A Venetian adventurer has numerous amorous conquests in the eighteenth century.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1946. Dramatic comedy by Jean Boyer with Pierre Brasseur, Gaby Sylvia, Jacqueline Gauthier. Jealousy of two women who are in love with the same man.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1946. Crime drama by Jean Boyer with Erich von Stroheim, Anne-Marie Blanc, Denise Vernac. A movie star is killed during the shooting of a film.
Fr. 1943. Dramatic comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Andrex, Janine Darcey. In a small village in France, a humble fisher is in love with a gentle lady who prefers a gentleman from the city.
Fr. 1942. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco, Rellys. A poet writes love letters to an imaginary Frederica, but the letters reach an authentic Frederica.
Fr. 1942. Police comedy by Christian Chamborant with André Luguet, Gaby Sylvia, Fernand Charpin. In a small town, an armed police officer and a filmmaker investigate a series of daring robberies and abductions of young people.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1942. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Arletty, André Luguet, Jacques Dumesnil.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1941. Musical by Jean Boyer with Charles Trenet, Jean Tissier, Jacqueline Porel. Unbeknownst to his family, a worker becomes a successful music hall artist.
Fr. 1940. Musical drama by Jean Boyer with Bernard Lancret, Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1940. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Jean Tissier, Thérèse Dorny.
Fr. 1939. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Raimu, Marie Bell, Michel Simon.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1939. Mores comedy by Jean Boyer with Michel Simon, Arletty, Dorville.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1938. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Arletty, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jeanne Lion.
Runtime: 74 min.
Fr. 1938. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Lucien Baroux, Meg Lemonnier.
Fr. 1937. Musical by André Berthomieu with Raimu, Meg Lemonnier, Henry Garat.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1936. Sentimental comedy by Jean Boyer with Danielle Darrieux, Henry Garat, Marguerite Templey.
Runtime: 80 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 75 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 104 min.

The End of the World

V.O.: La Fin du monde
Fr. 1931. Science-fiction by Abel Gance with Abel Gance, Colette Darfeuil, Victor Francen.
Runtime: 105 min.

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