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The Valachi Papers (1972) -- A crime-action movie based on a  best-seller, taken from prison conversations and the actual U.S. Senate testimony of Joseph Valachi, a high-ranking figure in the Mafia.
L'armée des ombres (1969) -- Trailer - YouTube (Flash)

Overview

Date of Birth:
14 July 1919, Parma, Italy more
Date of Death:
22 October 1987, Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France more
Mini Biography:
One of France's most beloved character stars from the 1950s through and... more
Trivia:
Good friends with Jean Gabin. more
STARmeter: ?
Down 18% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Opening Case 39
 (From Fangoria. 5 October 2009, 9:19 AM, PDT)

On DVD: Jean-Pierre Melville, "The Last Laugh"
 (From IFC. 14 October 2008, 7:18 AM, PDT)

Filmography

Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. La rumba (1987) (uncredited) Un caïd 1987 - 3.7 (37)
- 2. Sword of Gideon (1986) (TV)   Papa 1986 - 6.8 (452)
AKAs:
  • Le 11ème commandement (France)
  • The Eleventh Commandment (UK: video title)
  • Vengeance (France)
- 3. La 7ème cible (1984)   Bastien Grimaldi 1984 - 6.4 (154)
AKAs:
  • La septième cible
  • The Seventh Target
- 4. Cento giorni a Palermo (1984)   General Carlo Dalla Chiesa 1984 - 6.5 (182)
AKAs:
  • Cent jours à Palerme (France)
- 5. Le ruffian (1983)   Aldo 1983 - 6.1 (289)
AKAs:
  • The Ruffian
- 6. Les misérables (1982)   Jean Valjean 1982 - 7.1 (270)
AKAs:
  • Der Galeerensträfling (West Germany)
  • Die Legion der Verdammten (West Germany)
- 7. Espion, lève-toi (1982) Sébastien Grenier 1982 - 6.3 (214)
- 8. Garde à vue (1981)   Inspector Antoine Gallien 1981 - 7.8 (1,176)
AKAs:
  • The Inquisitor
  • Under Suspicion
- 9. Sunday Lovers (1980)   François Quérole (segment "The French Method") 1980 - 5.7 (115)
AKAs:
  • I seduttori della domenica (Italy)
  • Les séducteurs (France)
- 10. L'homme en colère (1979)   Romain Dupre 1979 - 6.5 (65)
AKAs:
  • Jigsaw
  • The Angry Man
- 11. Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978)   Roland Fériaud 1978 - 6.8 (119)
AKAs:
  • Butterfly on the Shoulder
- 12. The Medusa Touch (1978)   Brunel 1978 - 6.9 (1,519)
AKAs:
  • La grande menace (France)
- 13. Cadaveri eccellenti (1976)   Inspector Amerigo Rogas 1976 - 7.6 (485)
AKAs:
  • Cadavres exquis (France)
  • Illustrious Corpses
  • The Context
- 14. Adieu, poulet (1975)   Verjeat 1975 - 7.1 (355)
AKAs:
  • The French Detective (USA)
- 15. La cage (1975)   Julien 1975 - 5.9 (92)
AKAs:
  • The Cage (International: English title)
- 16. La gifle (1974)   Jean Douléan 1974 - 6.3 (342)
AKAs:
  • Lo schiaffo (Italy)
  • The Slap
- 17. Tough Guys (1974)   Father Charlie 1974 - 5.1 (103)
AKAs:
  • Les durs (France)
  • Three Tough Guys
  • Uomini duri (Italy)
- 18. L'emmerdeur (1973)   Ralf Milan 1973 - 7.2 (830)
AKAs:
  • A Pain in the A...
  • Il rompiballe (Italy)
- 19. Le Far-West (1973)   Le prisonnier 1973 - 4.3 (18)
AKAs:
  • Far West (USA)
- 20. La bonne année (1973)   Simon 1973 - 7.5 (409)
AKAs:
  • Happy New Year (USA)
  • The Happy New Year Caper (USA: promotional title)
  • Una donna e una canaglia (Italy)
- 21. La raison du plus fou (1973)   Le deuxième motard 1973 - 3.6 (16)
AKAs:
  • La raison du plus fou est toujours la meilleure (France: alternative title)
  • The Right of the Maddest (International: English title)
- 22. Le silencieux (1973)   Clément Tibère 1973 - 6.8 (201)
AKAs:
  • Escape to Nowhere
  • L'uomo che non seppe tacere (Italy)
  • The Great Manhunt (USA: TV title)
  • The Silent One (USA)
- 23. L'aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972)   Lino Massaro 1972 - 7.0 (768)
AKAs:
  • L'avventura è l'avventura (Italy)
  • Money Money Money
- 24. The Valachi Papers (1972)   Vito Genovese 1972 - 6.5 (763)
AKAs:
  • Carteggio Valachi (Italy)
  • Cosa Nostra
  • Joe Valachi - I segreti di Cosa Nostra (Italy)
  • Le dossier Valachi (France)
- 25. Boulevard du rhum (1971)   Cornelius von Zeelinga 1971 - 5.7 (139)
AKAs:
  • El bulevar del ron (Spain)
  • La via del rhum (Italy)
  • Rum Runners (USA)
- 26. Fantasia chez les ploucs (1971)   Sagamore Noonan 1971 - 4.4 (82)
AKAs:
  • Diamond Bikini (USA: informal English alternative title)
  • Fantasia Among the Squares (International: English title)
  • Il rompiballe... rompe ancora (Italy)
- 27. Dernier domicile connu (1970)   L'inspecteur principal Marceau Leonetti 1970 - 7.1 (348)
AKAs:
  • Last Known Address (International: English title)
  • Ultimo domicilio conosciuto (Italy)
- 28. Le clan des Siciliens (1969)   L'inspecteur Le Goff 1969 - 7.3 (1,758)
AKAs:
  • The Sicilian Clan (USA)
- 29. L'armée des ombres (1969)   Philippe Gerbier 1969 - 8.1 (4,674)
AKAs:
  • Army in the Shadows
  • Army of Shadows (USA)
  • L'armata degli eroi (Italy)
  • The Shadow Army
- 30. Le Rapace (1968)   Le rapace/Le rital 1968 - 6.4 (183)
AKAs:
  • Birds of Prey
  • El rapaz (Mexico)
  • Il Rapace (Italy)
- 31. Les aventuriers (1967)   Roland 1967 - 7.3 (851)
AKAs:
  • The Last Adventure (UK) (USA)
  • I tre avventurieri (Italy)
- 32. Deux romains en Gaule (1967) (TV) 1967 - -
- 33. Le deuxième souffle (1966)   Gustave 'Gu' Minda 1966 - 8.0 (927)
AKAs:
  • Second Breath
  • Second Wind (USA: informal English title)
- 34. Les grandes gueules (1966)   Laurent 1966 - 7.3 (235)
AKAs:
  • Jailbird's Vacation
  • The Wise Guys (USA)
  • Una vampata di violenza (Italy)
- 35. Avec la peau des autres (1966)   Pascal Fabre 1966 - 5.9 (58)
AKAs:
  • Sciarada per quattro spie (Italy)
  • To Skin a Spy (UK)
  • With the Lives of Others (International: English title)
- 36. Ne nous fâchons pas (1966)   Antoine Beretto 1966 - 6.4 (304)
AKAs:
  • Let's Not Get Angry (International: English title)
- 37. La métamorphose des cloportes (1965)   Alphonse Maréchal 1965 - 6.4 (145)
AKAs:
  • Cloportes (USA)
  • Sotto il tallone (Italy)
- 38. L'arme à gauche (1965)   Jacques Cournot 1965 - 6.6 (107)
AKAs:
  • Armas para el Caribe (Spain)
  • Corpo a corpo (Italy)
  • Guns for the Dictator
  • The Dictator's Guns (USA)
- 39. Les Barbouzes (1964)   Francis Lagneau 1964 - 7.0 (498)
AKAs:
  • Quattro spie sotto il letto (Italy)
  • The Great Spy Chase (USA)
- 40. Le monocle rit jaune (1964)   (uncredited) Elie's Client 1964 - 6.2 (58)
AKAs:
  • L'ispettore spara a vista (Italy)
  • The Monocle (USA)
  • The Monocle's Sour Laugh (USA: literal English title)
- 41. Llanto por un bandido (1964)   El Lutos 1964 - 5.4 (37)
AKAs:
  • Cavalieri della vendetta (Italy)
  • La charge des rebelles (France)
  • Les bandits (France)
  • Weeping for a Bandit (International: English title)
- 42. Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964)   Hervé Marec dit 'Le plouc' 1964 - 7.2 (428)
AKAs:
  • 100 000 Dollars au soleil
  • Centomila dollari al sole (Italy)
  • Greed in the Sun
- 43. Les tontons flingueurs (1963)   Fernand Naudin 1963 - 7.6 (1,775)
AKAs:
  • Crooks in Clover (UK)
  • In famiglia si spara (Italy)
  • Mein Onkel, der Gangster (West Germany)
  • Monsieur Gangster (USA)
- 44. Carmen di Trastevere (1963)   Vincenzo 1963 - 4.8 (10)
AKAs:
  • Carmen 63 (France)
- 45. Le diable et les dix commandements (1962)   Garigny (episode "Homicide point ne seras") 1962 - 6.8 (238)
AKAs:
  • Devil and the Ten Commandments (UK)
  • Le diable et les 10 commandements (France: poster title)
  • Le tentazioni quotidiane (Italy)
  • The Devil and the Ten Commandments (USA)
- 46. Les petits matins (1962)   Le conducteur de car 1962 - 5.0 (20)
AKAs:
  • Hitch-Hike (International: English title)
  • Mademoiselle Stop (France: alternative title)
- 47. Le bateau d'Émile (1962)   Émile Bouet 1962 - 6.1 (59)
AKAs:
  • Emile's Boat (International: English title)
  • Le homard flambé (France)
  • Letto fortuna e femmine (Italy)
- 48. Die Dreigroschenoper (1962)   Tiger Brown 1962 - 5.3 (88)
AKAs:
  • L'opéra de quat'sous (France)
  • Three Penny Opera (USA)
- 49. Il giudizio universale (1961)   Giovanna's father 1961 - 6.8 (150)
AKAs:
  • Le jugement dernier (France)
  • The Last Judgment (USA)
- 50. Les lions sont lâchés (1961)   Le docteur André Challenberg 1961 - 5.4 (29)
AKAs:
  • I leoni scatenati (Italy)
  • The Lions Are Loose (USA)
- 51. La ragazza in vetrina (1961)   Federico 1961 - 6.7 (27)
AKAs:
  • Girl in the Window
  • La fille dans la vitrine
  • Woman in the Window (UK)
- 52. Il re di Poggioreale (1961)   1961 - 5.7 (12)
AKAs:
  • Black City (International: English title: dubbed version)
- 53. Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960)   le brigadier Theo Dumas 1960 - 7.3 (360)
AKAs:
  • Taxi for Tobruk (USA)
  • Taxi nach Tobruk (West Germany)
  • Un taxi para Tobruk (Spain)
- 54. Die Herrin der Welt - Teil II (1960)   Biamonte 1960 - 5.0 (5)
AKAs:
  • Die Formel des Todes - Teil II
  • Herrin der Welt - Angkor Vat (West Germany)
- 55. Die Herrin der Welt - Teil I (1960)   Biamonte 1960 - 4.1 (17)
AKAs:
  • Die Formel des Todes - Teil I
  • Il mistero dei tre continenti (Italy)
  • Les mystères d'Angkor (France)
  • Mistress of the World (USA)
- 56. Classe tous risques (1960)   Abel Davos 1960 - 7.6 (645)
AKAs:
  • Asfalto che scotta (Italy)
  • The Big Risk (USA)
- 57. Le chemin des écoliers (1959)   Tiercelin 1959 - 6.7 (126)
AKAs:
  • Furore di vivere (Italy)
  • Way of Youth (USA: TV title)
- 58. 125 rue Montmartre (1959) Pascal 1959 - 6.3 (96)
- 59. Un témoin dans la ville (1959)   Ancelin 1959 - 6.6 (81)
AKAs:
  • Appuntamento con il delitto (Italy)
  • Witness in the City (USA: TV title)
- 60. Marie-Octobre (1959)   Carlo Bernardi, patron de boîte de nuit 1959 - 7.3 (191)
AKAs:
  • Secret Meeting
- 61. Douze heures d'horloge (1959)   Albert Fourbieux 1959 - -
AKAs:
  • ...auch Tote zahlen den vollen Preis (West Germany)
  • 12 Stunden Angst (West Germany)
  • Ihr Verbrechen war Liebe (West Germany)
  • Twelve Hours by the Clock (International: English title)
- 62. Pensione Edelweiss (1959)   Borcher 1959 - 5.0 (11)
AKAs:
  • Il mistero della pensione Edelweiß (Italy)
  • Morte per procura (nella pensione Edelweiss) (Italy)
  • Sursis pour un vivant (France)
- 63. Le fauve est lâché (1959)   Paul Lamiani 1959 - 6.1 (52)
AKAs:
  • The Beast Is Loose (International: English title)
  • The Tiger Attacks (USA)
- 64. Le gorille vous salue bien (1958)   Géo Paquet 1958 - 5.4 (110)
AKAs:
  • The Gorilla Greets You (International: English title)
  • The Mask of the Gorilla (USA)
- 65. Les amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) (1958)   Morel 1958 - 7.3 (249)
AKAs:
  • Gli amori di Montparnasse (Italy)
  • Hero of Montmatre (USA: TV title)
  • Heroes in White (USA: TV title)
  • Les amants de Montparnasse (France)
  • Modigliani
  • Modigliani of Montparnasse (USA)
  • Montparnasse (Italy)
  • Montparnasse 19 (France: poster title)
  • The Lovers of Montparnasse (UK)
- 66. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)   Le commissaire Cherrier 1958 - 8.0 (4,553)
AKAs:
  • Elevator to the Gallows
  • Elevator to the Scaffold
  • Frantic (USA)
  • Lift to the Scaffold (UK)
- 67. Maigret tend un piège (1958)   Insp. Torrence 1958 - 7.0 (321)
AKAs:
  • Il commissario Maigret (Italy)
  • Inspector Maigret (USA)
  • Maigret Lays a Trap (International: English title)
  • Maigret Sets a Trap (UK)
  • Woman-Bait (USA: reissue title)
- 68. Ces dames préfèrent le mambo (1957)   Paulo, Claire's Lover 1957 - 5.5 (45)
AKAs:
  • Dishonorable Discharge (USA)
  • Le signore preferiscono il mambo (Italy)
- 69. Trois jours à vivre (1957)   Lino Ferrari 1957 - 6.0 (17)
AKAs:
  • Three Days to Live (International: English title)
- 70. L'étrange Monsieur Steve (1957)   Denis 1957 - -
AKAs:
  • Mr. Steve (USA: TV title)
- 71. Le rouge est mis (1957)   Pepito 1957 - 6.1 (82)
AKAs:
  • Speaking of Murder
- 72. Action immédiate (1957)   Bérès 1957 - 5.3 (23)
AKAs:
  • To Catch a Spy (USA: TV title)
- 73. Le feu aux poudres (1957) Legentil 1957 - 5.2 (16)
- 74. Crime et châtiment (1956)   Gustave Messonnier 1956 - 6.7 (42)
AKAs:
  • Crime and Punishment (USA)
  • The Most Dangerous Sin
- 75. La loi des rues (1956)   Mario 1956 - -
AKAs:
  • Law of the Streets (USA)
- 76. Razzia sur la Chnouf (1955)   Roger le Catalan 1955 - 7.2 (217)
AKAs:
  • Chnouf (UK)
  • Razzia (USA)
  • Razzia sur la Chnouf (USA)
- 77. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)   Angelo Fraiser 1954 - 7.9 (1,565)
AKAs:
  • Grisbì (Italy)
  • Grisbi (USA)
  • Hands Off the Loot
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Lino: un portrait de Lino Ventura (1996) (TV) 1996 - -
- 2. "Champs-Elysées" (1982)   Himself (1 episode, 1983) 1983 - -
1 TV episode:
- 3. "Cinéma cinémas" (1982)   Himself (1 episode, 1982) 1982 - 7.9 (7)
1 TV episode:
- 4. Dialogue pour un portrait: Philippe Noiret (1981) (TV) Himself 1981 - -
- 5. Il était une fois: Le gala de l'union des artistes (1980) (TV) En personne/Himself 1980 - -
- 6. "Le grand échiquier" (1972)   Himself (1 episode, 1979) 1979 - -
- 7. Remembering Jean Gabin (1978) (TV) Himself 1978 - -
- 8. "Cinéastes de notre temps" (1964)   Himself (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - 7.4 (19)
- 9. "Reflets de Cannes" (1952)   Himself (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 9.0 (7)
1 TV episode:
- 10. "Cinépanorama" (1956)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 6.2 (13)
1 TV episode:
- 1. "20 heures le journal"  
1 TV episode:
- 2. "On n'a pas tout dit"  
1 TV episode:
- 3. Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (2007) (TV) Himself
- 4. L'emmerdeur par Jean-Marie Poiré (2006) (V) Ralf Milan
- 5. L'emmerdeur par Vincent Perrot (2006) (V) Ralf Milan
- 6. Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan (2006) (V) Himself
- 7. Nino Castelnuovo, le groom de l'Hôtel du Palais (2005) (V) Ralf Milan
- 8. Une cellule pour deux (2005) (V) Ralf Milan
- 9. Molinaro, un esprit libre (2005) (V) Ralf Milan
- 10. Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004) (TV) Himself
- 11. Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002) (V) Himself
- 12. La route des 'Grandes gueules' (2001) (TV) Laurent

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