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Tag Archives: Georges Lautner
No Problem! AKA Pas de problème! (1975) Georges Lautner, Miou-Miou, Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Menez
Following a car chase and shootout, a man stumbles into a girl’s apartment and dies. Read More »
Let’s Not Get Angry AKA Ne nous fâchons pas (1966) Georges Lautner, Lino Ventura, Mireille Darc, Jean Lefebvre
One-time gangster Antoine Beretto is now enjoying a peaceful retirement on the coast Read More »
Man in the Trunk AKA La valise (1973) Georges Lautner, Mireille Darc, Michel Constantin, Jean-Pierre Marielle
A beautiful and thoroughly modern young French women, Francoise Read More »
The Murdered House AKA La maison assassinée (1988) Georges Lautner, Patrick Bruel, Anne Brochet, Agnès Blanchot
A French mystery story set in 1896 and 1914 about the infant survivor of a mysterious massacre at a provincial inn Read More »
The Black Monocle AKA Le monocle noir (1961) Georges Lautner, Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Bernard Blier
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. Read More »
L’oeil du Monocle AKA The Monocle (1962) Georges Lautner, Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Gaia Germani
In 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of Corsica. Read More »
Dandelions by the Roots (1964) Georges Lautner, Michel Serrault, Maurice Biraud, Louis de Funès
Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. Read More »
Le guignolo (1980) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mirella D’Angelo, Michel Galabru
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men 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 »
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985) Georges Lautner, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi, Comedy
Third and final version of the La Cage aux Folles series has Renato’s drag queen lover Albin learning that he can inherit a vast fortune from a distant relative. Read More »
Galia (1966) Georges Lautner, Mireille Darc, Venantino Venantini, Françoise Prévost, Crime, Drama
Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning. Read More »
On aura tout vu / The Bottom Line (1976) Georges Lautner, Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Comedy
An advertising photographer (Francois) has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. Read More »
Joyeuses Pâques / Happy Easter (1984) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Marceau, Marie Laforêt, Comedy
Industrial tycoon Stéphane Margelle is an incorrigible lady’s man. Caught by his wife Sophie in company of a charming young lady, Julie, he rushes to introduce the young woman as his daughter from a previous marriage. Sophie is not taken in but nonetheless decides to play him at his own game. And Stéphane gets trapped in his web of lies.
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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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