Lucien Desagneaux
Nascimento : 1907-01-05, Vincennes, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France
Morte : 1999-05-09
Poker player (uncredited)
Rosalie é amigavelmente divorciado, dividindo seu tempo entre a casa de sua mãe, com seus irmãos e filha pequena, e César. Ele é um self made man, o rei do ferro-velho, extrovertido, simpático, apaixonado por ela. Surge David, um artista e velho apaixonado de Rosalie antes de seu casamento. De uma forma tranquila, planejada, ele procura recuperar Rosalie. As explosões ciumentas de César saem pela culatra e levam Rosalie aos braços de David. César continua tentando: ele compra a casa de férias à beira-mar da infância de Rosalie como um presente, a ganha de volta, e então pede a David para se juntar a eles, para Rosalie voltar a ser feliz. Quando Rosalie descobre a cumplicidade de César e David, ela mais uma vez afirma sua liberdade, deixando os homens sozinhos.
Un passager à Orly
In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress has her doubts, as Albert lashes out in a verbal tirade condemning those of little faith in his genius.
Luggage Handler at the Airport (uncredited)
A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.
Le président au tripot (uncredited)
An illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.
Pool player (uncredited)
Gângster condenado à morte à revelia e procurado pela polícia, Abel Davos refugiou-se na Itália com sua esposa Thérèse e seus dois filhos. Mas depois de um golpe com seu amigo Raymond, à beira de ser encontrado, ele deve retornar clandestinamente à França. Quando aterrissam em uma praia deserta, dois oficiais da alfândega os surpreendem, gerando um tiroteio que acaba matando Thérèse e Raymond. Deixado sozinho com seus dois filhos, Abel pede a seus amigos Riton e Fargier, em Paris, para buscá-los em Nice. Como eles não podem vir pessoalmente mandam um homem de confiança, Eric Stark, com uma ambulância. Davos faz amizade com o jovem, que o esconde no quarto de uma empregada em seu prédio ... (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Un Journaliste (uncredited)
Florence recruta seu amante, Julien, para assassinar seu marido no escritório dele. Ele comete o crime com entusiasmo, mas fica preso em um elevador quando volta para remover uma prova importante. O infeliz engano de Julien provocará involuntariamente uma série de eventos desafortunados.
Truck passenger
Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.
Un client (uncredited)
A trucker encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man's widow accuses him of having robbed her husband, and a gang of sinister crooks are also harassing him.
Mado loves Henry but is coveted by Bob Torquella, a dangerous gangster. The latter, mad with jealousy, is prepared to do everything to get rid of Henri. He and his accomplice involve him in a dangerous robbery. Henri is hurt and arrested by the police. But the young man, a weak character, denounces his accomplices. Two years later, the two gangsters run away from prison. Bob finds that Henri and Mado are husband and wife and have a daughter. In a panic, Henri runs for cover.
An American gangster (uncredited)
An accordionist playing in disreputable halls is mistaken for a gangster by a special envoy from the American crime syndicate in charge of investigating the French milieu. The American will prepare a hold-up with a gang of women specialized in scamming tourists. But the accordionist will make the hold-up fail and all the criminals will end up behind bars.
The pursuit agent (uncredited)
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day. The other has a more thrilling and dastardly fate in mind for her. Among the film's irresistible conceits is Hildegarde Neff as an oversexed circus bareback rider.
A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th century.
Pharmacist
A trio of criminals gradually become entangled in theft and crime. Serge is arrested, his mistress, Hélène, and his accomplice, Michel, both become lovers, try to exonerate him and use false fingerprints first, then after Serge's conviction, gloves covered with the same fingerprints of the prisoner.
For fun and to dazzle his wife, the novelist Morgan steals a ring and gets rid of it in the costume jewelry section of a supermarket. Sophie buys the diamond, which forces the novelist to embark on crazy adventures to recover the jewel.
On his way to Paris, Casanova keeps on collecting female conquests, does not shy away from duels and gets into many a colorful adventure. Once in the capital, the fearless knight saves the honor of a great lady, conquers the niece of his implacable enemy but courts disaster for love of Coraline, a faithless opera dancer.
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In a film studio, several actors are the victims of attempted murders. Julien Brisseau, a writer, decides to use these facts as the backbone of his new novel. But while he is working on his detective story, young actors are actually killed. Julien thence gets suspected by police inspector Vétillard. To clear his name, Julien undertakes to investigate and find the killer on his own.
Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks to Marcelle, the secretary of the director of the agency, who is a childhood friend. She does her best to keep the young man away from the scams of his boss. However, the director, in love with Marcelle and jealous of Pierre, succeeds in trapping and ruining him. Marcelle will then denounce him to the police, but before being arrested he will kill her.
Bernard Lampré, a young composer, is engaged to Hélène Madelin, a gifted intern. Jealous of Professor d'Esperel, the great surgeon she proudly assists, Bernard, goes out and wanders in the rain all night long. He catches cold, falls ill and is sent to a sanitarium. There he meets again Jacqueline, a girl who studied music with him at the Conservatoire. Learning that she is dying, Bernard decides to play the comedy of love to soften her last moments.
(uncredited)
With a hand of steel, Hélène efficiently runs a big luxury perfume factory in Grasse. There is no room for fun in her dull businesswoman's life. Then, a car accident drops Claude Dubois, a painter, into her lap. But the artist will have to deploy all his subtle wiles and clever tricks to rouse Hélène's feelings and get her to enjoy the cozy life of a cherished wife.
Un homme à la gare sidérale (uncredited)
Robert and Françoise Monier make a hot air balloon to fly to the stratosphere. After a visit to Venus, they return home, but have only aged 15 days whereas 25 years have passed on Earth.
An admirer (uncredited)
A rich businessman living alone is deprived of the nephew he was to have brought up decides on his doctor's advice to search for the four illegitimate children he once fathered, which leads him to accept responsibility for his actions.
Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters, even if, like him, they are valets. Morillon will indeed prove better at bridge than his master and will eventually win the affection of Antonia, a lively foreigner Ravier also coveted.