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Coeur de lilas (1932) Anatole Litvak, Marcelle Romée, André Luguet, Jean Gabin
Lilac is consorting with the criminal scum of Paris but then she falls in love with a handsome detective… Read More »
French Cancan (1955) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix
Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe ‘Le Paravent Chinois’ featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola Read More »
Verdict (1974) André Cayatte, Sophia Loren, Jean Gabin, Julien Bertheau
A French judge try to acquit a man who is accused of murdering his lover. Read More »
Le cas du Docteur Laurent (1957) Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel, Silvia Monfort
A not-so-young doctor tries to explain to women of the fifties(in a small village in the mountain) that painless childbirth is possible Read More »
The Messenger (1937) Le messager
Nick,a Parisian businessman, divorces his rich American wife, marries his new secretary Marie Read More »
Anyone Can Win (1963) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval
Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife’s plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. Read More »
The Lower Depths (1936) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet
Voted 1936’s best picture by a circle of prestigious French critics, Jean Renoir’s The Lower Depths (Les Bas-Fonds) is based on the “gutter” play by Russian author Maxim Gorky. Read More »
Stormy Waters (1941) Jean Grémillon, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan
Andre Laurent, the captain of a tugboat, married Yvonne ten years ago. She has a heart disease but does not want to tell him. Read More »
The Tunnel (1933) Curtis Bernhardt, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Le Vigan
An engineer is hired to plan the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. Read More »