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Tag Archives: Francis Blanche
Qu’est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles? (1971) Jacques Poitrenaud, Michel Serrault, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret
Champagne for Savages AKA Le repas des fauves (1964) Christian-Jaque, Francis Blanche, Boy Gobert, Antonella Lualdi
Set in World War Two occupied France. Several people gather at a house to celebrate a woman’s birthday. Read More »
Thank Heaven for Small Favors AKA Un drôle de paroissien (1963) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work. Read More »
The Green Mare AKA La jument verte (1959) Claude Autant-Lara, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo
The story is set during the latter half of the 19th century and follows two feuding peasant families. Read More »
The Seventh Juror (1962) Georges Lautner, Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud, Francis Blanche
In a moment of madness a respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Read More »
Les tontons flingueurs / Monsieur Gangster (1963) Georges Lautner, Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche
Ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receives a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed “The Mexican”. The doomed mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some criminal business and looking after his soon-to-be-married daughter. When a longtime mobster heavy, Volfoni takes exception to Fernand for being an outsider, they come after Fernand who is equal to the task. He defends himself in a series of comical killings from the onslaught of the mob.
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