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Michel Ardan
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Michel Ardan

French actor
September 20, 1920 (May 9, 1979)

When the City Awakes

V.O.: Quand la ville s'éveille
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Pierre Grasset with Pierre Grasset, Raymond Pellegrin, Marc Porel. A young photographer blackmails a former mobster who organized the attack on an armored truck.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1972. Comedy by Philippe Clair with Jacques Dufilho, Sim, Patrick Topaloff. Billionaires are trying to smuggle capital abroad.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Big Shots

V.O.: Les Caïds
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Robert Enrico with Serge Reggiani, Juliet Berto, Patrick Bouchitey. Two stuntmen and a young second-hand murderer take part in a robbery and are pursued by the police.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Claude Zidi with Jean-Guy Fechner, Gérard Rinaldi, Luis Rego. Five friends who have formed a musical group are called to war, where they cause their recruiting sergeant much despair.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1970. Burlesque by Philippe Clair with Francis Blanche, Corinne Le Poulain, Gérard Rinaldi. Five eccentric rugby players get mixed up in an election campaign in a village in Provence.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Marcel Carné with Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Catherine Rouvel. An investigating judge indicts police officers whose brutality caused the death of a defendant.
Runtime: 110 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.
Fr. 1967. Psychological drama by Léo Joannon with Bourvil, Salvatore Adamo, Christine Delaroche. A judge protects a law student who killed a blackmailer in self-defense.
Runtime: 92 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.
Fr. 1960. Psychological drama by René Wheeler with Pascale Petit, Giani Esposito, Michel Etcheverry. In the throes of a mystical crisis, a young woman leaves her husband and hires herself out as a servant.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Delinquents

V.O.: Les Mordus
Fr. 1960. Crime drama by René Jolivet with Sacha Distel, Danik Patisson, René Dary. Escaped from a reform school, a young man is taken in by drilling supervisors.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Big Risk

V.O.: Classe tous risques
Fr. 1959. Thriller by Claude Sautet with Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sandra Milo. A gangster on the run goes to Paris where he has a run-in with his old friends.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1959. Psychological drama by Laslo Benedek with Raf Vallone, Emmanuelle Riva, Annie Girardot.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Henry Lepage with Danièle Godet, Michel Ardan, Jacques Castelot. A married cabaret singer and father finds himself at the heart of a grim kidnapping case.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1956. Crime drama by Henry Lepage with Henri Vilbert, Claude Sylvain, Robert Dalban. A detective investigates the murder of a loan shark.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1955. Sentimental drama by Henry Lepage with Michel Ardan, Colette Ripert, Jacques Dynam. Sincerely in love with a young, honest singer, a small crook of Montmartre decides to leave his business.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1954. Crime drama by Henry Lepage with Gérard Sety, Geneviève Kervine, Renaud Mary. A journalist tries to clear a young girl accused of complicity in a theft.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1954. Drama by Marcel Blistène with Gisèle Pascal, Raymond Pellegrin, Philippe Lemaire. A man is secretly in love with his brother's wife.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1952. Drama by Max Joly with Édouard Delmont, Claire Olivier, René Génin. The misfortunes of a French family during the Second World War.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1952. Crime drama by Jacques Daroy with Paul Meurisse, Claudine Dupuis, Albert Dinan. A police officer investigates the murder of a shady housekeeper.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 80 min.

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