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Jean Girault

Jean Girault

French film director
May 9, 1924 (July 20, 1982)

The Troops & Troop-ettes

V.O.: Le Gendarme et les gendarmettes
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Jean Girault, Tony Aboyantz with Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Claude Gensac. A tactical police officer faces the problems created by the presence of female trainees in his brigade.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1981. Fantasy comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 122 min.

The Troops & Aliens

V.O.: Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres
Fr. 1978. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Maria Mauban. After witnessing the flight of a flying saucer, a police officer experiences difficulties with his superiors who do not believe him.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1977. Comedy by Jean Girault with Roger Mirmont, Francis Perrin, Jean-Jacques Moreau. During the German Occupation, three young men steal the Venus de Milo to prevent it from being shipped to Germany.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1976. Police comedy by Jean Girault with Jean Gabin, Jean-Claude Brialy, Danielle Darrieux. On the occasion of the Holy Year, two escaped convicts disguised as clergymen decide to go and recover a stash of money buried near Rome.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1975. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis Velle, Claudine Auger, Juliette Mills. A surgeon is drawn into various misadventures while trying to protect his fianc
Runtime: 89 min.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1974. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis Velle, Martine Sarcey, Chantal Nobel. In his new house, a novelist discovers a wiretap allowing him to spy on his relatives.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1973. Mores comedy by Jean Girault with Bernard Le Coq, Maureen Kerwin, Michel Galabru. A smart young man takes advantage of his job as a janitor in a bourgeois building.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1972. Burlesque by Jean Girault with Gérard Rinaldi, Jean-Guy Fechner, Jean Sarrus. On vacation in Spain, four friends have to get themselves out of trouble after being fooled by the director of a travel agency.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Bernard Blier. A playwright, who has committed a murder, goes to great lengths to hide the corpse from both the police and potential buyers of his home.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Troops on Vacation

V.O.: Le Gendarme en balade
Fr. 1970. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre. Retired armed police officers try to relive their past adventures.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Jean Girault with Danielle Darrieux, Jean Richard, Xavier Gélin. After deciding to transform a mill into a country house, a couple is forced to settle there permanently.
Runtime: 87 min.

The Troops get Married

V.O.: Le Gendarme se marie
Fr. 1968. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Michel Galabru. An armed police officer falls madly in love with the widow of a police colonel.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1968. Police comedy by Jean Girault with Jean Lefebvre, Jean Yanne, Maria Pacôme.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1967. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, François Leccia, Ferdy Mayne. A middle school principal is in trouble with his son.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Jean Girault with Pierre Mondy, Jacqueline Maillan, Claude Rich. Various incidents mark the stay of a company president at the home of one of its directors.
Runtime: 88 min.

The Troops in New York

V.O.: Le Gendarme à New-York
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre. Some gendarmes from Saint-Tropez set out to to represent the French police in an international congress.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Troops of St. Tropez

V.O.: Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru. The adventures of a village gendarme transferred to Saint-Tropez in the middle of a summer camp.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Yvonne Clech, Michel Tureau. With the help of his family, a brave merchant tries to rob a bank.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Jean Girault with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Maria Pacôme. Two baggage handlers misplace a diamond dealer's suitcase and try to find it.
Runtime: 70 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Mireille Darc, Philippe Nicaud. Seeing his fortune compromised by his wife's eccentricities, a business person tries to sell shares to his daughter's suitor.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1962. Sketches by Jean Girault, Philippe de Broca, Jack Pinoteau with Francis Blanche, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl. The misadventures of the winners of various contests.
Runtime: 95 min.

Who Stole the Body

V.O.: Les Bricoleurs
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Girault with Francis Blanche, Darry Cowl, Elke Sommer. To make a successful sale, two real estate agents must find a murderer.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Jean Girault with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Gilberte Géniat. Throughout their working day, two delivery people of a Parisian department store live many adventures.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1961. Satire by Jean Girault with Darry Cowl, Pascale Roberts, Jean Piat. The daily life of a young Parisian couple.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Pierre Chevalier with Fernand Raynaud, Gib Grossac, Danièle Lebrun. In order to forcefully gain the confidence of a famous criminal, a modest police officer changes his identity and lets himself be imprisoned with the criminal.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Jean Girault with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Béatrice Altariba. Two merry men, freeloaders by profession, have various misadventures.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Pierre Chevalier with Fernand Raynaud, Anne Auberson, Pierre Bertin. In order to move into a mansion with four friends, a young man pretends to be a distinguished old lady.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Dufilho. Mistaken for a spy, a mystery writer is drawn into a series of extraordinary adventures.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Pierre Chevalier with Fernand Raynaud, Pascale Roberts, Jean-Roger Caussimon. Coming to Paris on business, a good dressmaker from Lyon is mistaken for a famous gangster.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jean-Claude Roy with Tilda Thamar, Noël Roquevert, Jean Tissier. An uncle offers an inheritance to his nieces on the condition that they succeed in performing on the stage of the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre. A family tries to dissuade a young man from committing suicide.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1956. Sentimental comedy by Jean-Claude Roy with Christine Carrère, Philippe Nicaud, Jean Tissier. The adventures of a young provincial girl and a handsome boy in Paris.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1955. Comedy by Raoul André with Georges Marchal, Geneviève Page. The daughter of a wealthy Antwerp shipowner is kidnapped by bandits who hold her hostage until they come into possession of smuggled diamonds.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1952. Comedy by Maurice de Canonge with Brigitte Auber, Philippe Lemaire, Jean Lefebvre. A vacation romance between five students and a young girl.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1951. Comedy by Jean-René Legrand with André Claveau, Vera Norman, Jean Tissier. A young advertising executive gets in trouble when she passes off a singer as her husband.
Runtime: 94 min.

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