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Jess Hahn
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Jess Hahn

actor (1921-1998)
October 29, 1921 (June 29, 1998)
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by Serge Korber with Alain Doutey, Sophie Barjac, Claude Villers. Recently chosen to conduct an important concert in Paris, a conductor is kidnapped by terrorists.
Fr. 1985. Comedy by Jean-Michel Ribes with Jean Rochefort, Roger Hanin, Pauline Lafont. Hoping to save himself from bankruptcy, a king gives his daughter in marriage to the son of a financier who made a fortune in food.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Philippe Monnier with Jack Beaber, Anton Diffring, Jess Hahn. For the fortieth anniversary of the Normandy landings, three Germans and three Americans decide to relive this moment in their lives.
Fr. 1984. Comedy by Philippe Clair with Philippe Clair, Jerry Lewis, Marthe Villalonga. The tribulations of a private detective who is in charge of proving the infidelity of a rich industrialist.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1981. Crime drama by Stéphane Bertin with Jean Richard, François Cadet, Jess Hahn.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1978. Social drama by André Cayatte with Monica Vitti, Jean Yanne, Michel Bouquet. An Italian biologist sets out to expose a case against arms trafficking made by a murdered colleague.
Runtime: 95 min.
All. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Roald Koller with Rio Reiser, Kristina Van Eyck, Jess Hahn. While dreaming of becoming a rock star, a young German man takes care of the equipment of a touring soul band.
Runtime: 129 min.
Fr. 1976. Crime drama by Jean-Marie Pallardy with Jean-Marie Pallardy, Jess Hahn, Jean Luisi. A debonair American is involved in the kidnapping of the young son of a former mobster.
Runtime: 92 min.
Esp. 1973. Adventures by Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi with Omar Sharif, Philippe Nicaud, Gérard Tichy. In 1865, a group of escapees washes up on a seemingly deserted island in the Pacific Ocean that turns out to be the home of a mysterious Hindu prince.
Runtime: 96 min.

Tough Guys

V.O.: Uomini Duri
It. 1973. Crime drama by Duccio Tessari with Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson. With the help of a former police officer, a priest undertakes an investigation into the death of a friend who was killed by the mob.
Runtime: 92 min.

Rum Runners

V.O.: Boulevard du rhum
Fr. 1971. Police comedy by Robert Enrico with Lino Ventura, Brigitte Bardot, Bill Travers. The commander of a cargo ship smuggling alcohol falls in love with a movie star.
Runtime: 125 min.
G.-B. 1971. Western by Alexander Singer with Lee Van Cleef, Stuart Whitman, Carroll Baker. While investigating the murder of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, a cavalry officer uncovers a vast conspiracy.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1971. Satire by Norbert Carbonnaux with Renaud Verley, Corinne Marchand, Jean Lefebvre. A young indigenous person from the Amazon falls in love with a rich young lady, who is engaged to a developer, and kidnaps her.
Runtime: 75 min.

The Novices

V.O.: Les Novices
Fr. 1970. Comedy by Guy Casaril with Brigitte Bardot, Annie Girardot, Jean Carmet. A novice who has run away from her convent is taken in by a prostitute.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1970. Adventures by Jean-Pierre Decourt with Louis Velle, Suzanna Leigh, Jess Hahn. A young doctor living in the Caribbean confronts gangsters who are searching for the secret of an underwater treasure.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1969. Crime drama by Claude Bernard-Aubert with Salvatore Adamo, Michel Constantin, Jess Hahn. Imprisoned for trying to take back documents from a diamond dealer, a student befriends two mobsters.
Runtime: 85 min.

Trahison à Stockholm

V.O.: Svetlana uccidera il 28 settembre
It. 1967. Spy drama by Sergio Grieco with Ken Clark, Beba Loncar, Jess Hahn. Following a chance meeting in Stockholm, a race car driver is unwillingly drawn into an espionage plot.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1967. Crime drama by Michel Boisrond with Frederick Stafford, Raymond Pellegrin, Anny Duperey. A former collaborator is kidnapped by Nazis who know he has hidden a treasure in Morocco.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1967. Crime drama by René Gainville with François Gabriel, Anne Vernon, Jess Hahn. To cover up a crime, an unbalanced person is forced to commit others.
Runtime: 90 min.

Triple Cross

V.O.: La Fantastique Histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman
Fr. 1966. Spy drama by Terence Young with Christopher Plummer, Yul Brynner, Gert Fröbe. After being released from prison by the Germans, an English burglar becomes a double agent.
Runtime: 126 min.
Fr. 1966. Police comedy by Christian-Jaque with Jean Marais, Danièle Evenou, Jess Hahn. Detective Simon Templar is brought in to protect an adventurer's daughter pursued by the Germans and Americans.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Michel Deville with George Chakiris, Marina Vlady, Jean Lefebvre. The misadventures of a painting lover who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre.
Runtime: 100 min.

New York appelle Super Dragon

V.O.: New York Chiama Super Dragon
It. 1965. Spy drama by Giorgio Ferroni with Ray Danton, Marisa Mell, Jess Hahn. A secret agent travels to Holland to investigate a drug deal.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1965. Dramatic comedy by Claude Bernard-Aubert with Charles Aznavour, Daniel Ceccaldi, Maria Minh. The misadventures of a Parisian letter carrier who enlisted for the war in Vietnam.
Runtime: 96 min.

The Wise Guys

V.O.: Les Grandes Gueules
Fr. 1965. Adventures by Robert Enrico with Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Jean-Claude Rolland. The owner of a logging company hires prisoners on parole as loggers.
Runtime: 129 min.
U.S. 1964. Police comedy by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov. A woman organizes the theft of a precious object from a museum in Istanbul.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Georges Lautner with Lino Ventura, Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier. A French agent is delegated to the widow of an arms trafficker to retrieve plans.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1963. Police comedy by Yvan Govar with Philippe Nicaud, Jacqueline Maillan, Jean-Pierre Marielle. A detective takes on the task of liquidating a group of kidnappers.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Georges Rivière, Silvia Monfort, Jeanne Valérie. In the eighteenth century, a man with a price on his head becomes a popular hero who fights for the poor.
Runtime: 102 min.

Swords of Blood

V.O.: Cartouche
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Odile Versois. The prowess of a whimsical and chivalrous bandit in the seventeenth century.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1960. Drama by Michel Gast with Jean Servais, Magali Noël, Paul Guers. In the midst of many difficulties, a prospector succeeds in finding oil in the Sahara.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1959. Psychological drama by Éric Rohmer with Jess Hahn, Van Doude, Michele Girardon. In Paris, an American man finds himself alone and destitute after celebrating a supposed inheritance.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1959. Spy drama by Bernard Borderie with Roger Hanin, Charles Vanel, Suzanne Dehelly. A German scientist with a formula on missiles is kidnapped.
Runtime: 104 min.

Time Bomb

V.O.: Le Vent se lève
Fr. 1958. Drama by Yves Ciampi with Curd Jürgens, Mylène Demongeot, Alain Saury. In order to obtain money, a captain wants to scuttle his ship.
Runtime: 88 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. Drama by Léo Joannon with Léo Joannon, Pierre Trabaud, Annie Girardot. The difficult apostolate of a young priest in a world of prostitutes.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Maurice Labro with Lino Ventura, Estella Blain, Paul Frankeur. The Deuxi?me Bureau entrusts an ex-forger with a mission.
Runtime: 98 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.

Ce soir on tue

V.O.: Y'en a marre
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Yvan Govar with Pierre Trabaud, Dominique Wilms, René Dary. Sent to Antwerp by Interpol, a young agent gets help from five improvised collaborators to unmask the leader of a criminal organization.
Runtime: 86 min.

When a Woman Meddles

V.O.: Quand la femme s'en mêle
Fr. 1957. Social drama by Yves Allégret with Edwige Feuillère, Bernard Blier, Jean Servais. A woman provokes the rivalry between two gang leaders.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Guy Lefranc with Fernand Raynaud, Nadine Tallier, Noël Roquevert. A brave Parisian inherits a saloon in Texas and leaves the capital to go to America, where he will have many adventures.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Georges Lampin with Betsy Blair, Robert Lamoureux, Raymond Bussières. A young American billionaire in Paris acquires a taste for work, thanks to the writer who is in charge of watching her.
Runtime: 88 min.

Desert Detour

V.O.: La Châtelaine du Liban
Fr. 1956. Adventures by Richard Pottier with Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Jean Servais. A mysterious countess takes every means to take over a uranium deposit.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1955. Comedy by Edmond T. Gréville with Pierre Destailles, Mireille Perrey, Edith Georges. A serious ethics professor cheats on his wife.
Runtime: 75 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.
Fr. 1953. Comedy by Norbert Carbonnaux with Raymond Bussières, Christian Duvaleix, Annette Poivre. To attract the attention of the public, three artists cut down trees in the Bois de Boulogne and declare that they are going to build a raft to repeat the Bombard experience.
Runtime: 74 min.

The Most Wanted Man

V.O.: L'Ennemi public no 1
Fr. 1953. Police comedy by Henri Verneuil with Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor, David Opatoshu. The misadventures of a good guy who is mistaken for a famous criminal.
Runtime: 98 min.

Poison Ivy

V.O.: La Môme vert-de-gris
Fr. 1952. Police comedy by Bernard Borderie with Eddie Constantine, Dominique Wilms, Howard Vernon. An FBI agent investigates the theft of gold bars.
Runtime: 105 min.

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