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Maurice Biraud

Maurice Biraud

actor (1922-1982)
March 3, 1922 (December 24, 1982)
Fr. 1982. Social drama by André Cayatte with Françoise Brion, Maurice Biraud, Jacques Dacqmine. A woman accuses a bankrupt trustee of driving her husband to suicide.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Michel Vianey with Jean Rochefort, Victor Lanoux, Barbara Sukowa. Two police commissioners close to retirement become caught up in a plot involving drugs and money.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1981. Dramatic comedy by Jean L'Hôte with Hervé Furic, Maurice Biraud, Hélène Vallier.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1981. Drama by Serge Moati with Lucia Bosè, Maurice Biraud, Guilhaine Dubos. After her father's death, a young woman assists her mother, who is suffering from cancer, and provides for her younger brother's education.
Runtime: 360 min.
Fr. 1978. Comedy by Michel Gérard with Pierre Tornade, Stéphane Hillel, Rémi Laurent. Caught leaving their barracks, four young soldiers are forced to participate in the kidnapping of a French general.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Jean L'Hôte with Maurice Biraud, Danièle Ajoret, Jean-Marc Thérin. In 1939, the son of an agnostic teacher wants to become an altar boy.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1977. Melodrama by Claude Autant-Lara with Valérie Jeannet, Sophie Grimaldi, Alain Marcel. A countess comes to the aid of the biological daughter of her deceased husband.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Maurice Ronet with Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort, Maurice Biraud. A bailiff is disturbed by the attitude of a taciturn and melancholic new clerk.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1975. Comedy by Michel Gérard with Frédéric Duru, Laure Cotereau, Régis Porte. A student on vacation has a love affair with a friend's sister.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claudine Auger. In 1947, a detective is assigned to find a murderer who has just escaped from a mental institution.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Marcel Bozzuffi. While pursuing criminal exploits, a gypsy crosses paths with a safecracker wanted for murder.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1975. Dramatic comedy by Edmond Freess with Jean-Roger Caussimon, Guillaume Le Vacher, Maurice Biraud. A young boy runs away to the mountains with an old man whom the police are after.
Fr. 1974. Mores comedy by Sergio Gobbi with Bibi Andersson, Jean Piat, Geneviève Fontanel. After discovering on their thirteenth wedding anniversary that her husband has a mistress, a young woman devises a strategy to get rid of her rival.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1974. Police comedy by Claude Vital with Jacques Dutronc, Mireille Darc, Axelle Abbadie. In order to avoid the takeover of the American crime syndicate, the wife of the dying head of the French underworld recruits a lowly canvasser to ensure the succession.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Last Train

V.O.: Le Train
Fr. 1973. Sentimental drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud. As the Germans enter France, a man separated from his wife is lured by a stranger on a crowded train.
Runtime: 101 min.

A Slightly Pregnant Man

V.O.: L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Jacques Demy with Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Melki. A driving instructor shows all the symptoms of pregnancy.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Conspiracy

V.O.: Le Complot
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by René Gainville with Michel Bouquet, Jean Rochefort, Raymond Pellegrin. In 1962, activists try to free a general who has been imprisoned for opposing Algerian independence.
Runtime: 115 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1971. Police comedy by Michel Audiard with Michel Serrault, Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Edmond Freess with Philippe Noiret, Liselotte Pulver, Maurice Biraud. A country doctor who takes in some eccentric friends faces financial difficulties.
Fr. 1967. Crime drama by Georges Lautner with Mireille Darc, Hardy Krüger, Maurice Biraud. While waiting to commit a robbery in Lebanon, a mobster falls in love with a pretty girl.
Runtime: 100 min.

Cloportes

V.O.: La Métamorphose des cloportes
Fr. 1965. Crime drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Lino Ventura, Pierre Brasseur, Irina Demick. Released from prison, a mobster sets out to punish accomplices who let him down.
Runtime: 102 min.

A Funny Boss

V.O.: Un Drôle de caïd
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Jacques Poitrenaud with Louis de Funès, Maurice Biraud, Dany Saval. Two burglars are forced to accept a young girl as a partner.
Runtime: 85 min.

Dandelion by the Roots

V.O.: Des pissenlits par la racine
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Georges Lautner with Michel Serrault, Mireille Darc, Maurice Biraud. Bandits use a young girl as bait to steal a large sum of money.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Maurice Biraud, Christiane Minazzoli, Mona Dol. A young unemployed struggles with the difficulties of everyday life.
Runtime: 103 min.

Why Paris?

V.O.: Pourquoi Paris?
Fr. 1963. Dramatic comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Monique Bertho, Charles Aznavour, Jacques Monod. A young Belgian arrives in Paris to pursue a career in painting and goes from disillusionment to disillusionment.
Runtime: 79 min.

Paris Pick-Up

V.O.: Le Monte-charge
Fr. 1962. Crime drama by Marcel Bluwal with Robert Hossein, Lea Massari, Maurice Biraud. An ex-convict helps a woman who murdered her husband to stage a fake suicide.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Georges Lautner with Bernard Blier, Jacques Monod, Danièle Delorme. As a juror in a trial, a murderer strives to have acquitted the man who is accused in his place.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Georges Lautner with Paul Meurisse, Maurice Biraud, Gaia Germani. Knowing the location of a treasure, a man is hunted by the spy services of various countries.
Runtime: 105 min.

Any Number Can Win

V.O.: Mélodie en sous-sol
Fr. 1962. Thriller by Henri Verneuil with Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Maurice Biraud. An aging gangster sets up a major robbery at the Cannes Casino.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Counterfeiters of Paris

V.O.: Le Cave se rebiffe
Fr. 1962. Police comedy by Gilles Grangier with Jean Gabin, Maurice Biraud, Bernard Blier. A retired counterfeiter returns to making fake money.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1961. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Alain Dekock, Mireille Nègre, Marcel Dalio. An orphan wins a stay in the princely suite of a hotel.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1960. War drama by Denys de La Patellière with Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Hardy Krüger. In North Africa, four French soldiers try to return to their lines with a German prisoner.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1960. Police comedy by François Villiers with Michel Simon, Dany Saval, Claude Brasseur. When a young gangster is released from prison, he is met by an elderly hired killer whose mission is to eliminate him after making him talk.
Runtime: 80 min.

Premier Mai

V.O.: Le Père et l'enfant
Fr. 1958. Mores comedy by Luis Saslavsky with Yves Montand, Nicole Berger, Yves Noël. In a working-class family, the birth of a second child is expected.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Léonide Moguy with Michèle Mercier, Danik Patisson, Ivan Desny. In Paris, a young provincial girl who wants to make films faces one setback after another.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1954. Musical by Yves Allégret with Fernandel, Pier Angeli, Jean Debucourt. While anonymously directing an operetta that he wrote, a music teacher takes on the task of chaperoning a student on a trip to Paris.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1953. Melodrama by Henri Calef with Frank Villard, Isa Miranda, Jean Dubucourt. Married to an older man, a young woman has an affair with a soldier on leave.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1953. Crime drama by Paul Cadéac with Michel Auclair, Barbara Laage, René Blancard. A former naval officer smuggles cigarettes between Tangier and Marseille.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1953. Psychological drama by Yves Ciampi with Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Barbara Laage. A young pianist becomes a morphine addict after an accident.
Runtime: 99 min.

Je l'aimais trop

V.O.: Le Plus heureux des hommes
Fr. 1952. Comedy by Yves Ciampi with Fernand Gravey, Maria Mauban, Jean-Claude Pascal. After learning that he's a cuckold, a businessperson shoots his wife's lover, then goes to the police, without suspecting that the gun was loaded with blanks.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1952. Drama by Paul Mesnier with Raymond Souplex, Cri-Cri Simon, Germaine Dermoz. A child is the scapegoat of his mother and is poorly defended by his father.
Runtime: 100 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.

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