French cinema: 1957
À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957)
Maurice Delbez
Léon Martin, an accountant with a firm of undertakers, enjoys the quiet life and cannot understand the present craze for the motorcar...
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Maurice Delbez
Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin (1957)
Jacques Becker
Paris, 1912. At a society gathering two priceless paintings are spirited away by an Italian diplomat who is none other than the infamous gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin...
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Jacques Becker
Le Cas du Dr Laurent (1957)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Docteur Laurent leaves Paris to start a new practice in a French mountain community. At first, he is treated as an outsider and shunned by the locals...
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Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Celui qui doit mourir (1957)
Jules Dassin
In the 1920s, with Greece is under Turkish occupation, the inhabitants of a small town are making preparations for the annual Passion play...
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Jules Dassin
Ces dames préfèrent le mambo (1957)
Bernard Borderie
Seafarer Burt Brickford winds up in a South American port where he attracts the attention of a stranger, Pérez, who offers to give him a passport in return for captaining a yacht on a pleasure trip to the Caribbean...
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Bernard Borderie
Cinq millions comptant (1957)
André Berthomieu
Virginie Gerbois runs a school for young girls in the village of Chatenay-sous-cloche, totally oblivious to the fact that her husband Achille is leading a double life... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Virginie Gerbois runs a school for young girls in the village of Chatenay-sous-cloche, totally oblivious to the fact that her husband Achille is leading a double life... [More...]
Le Colonel est de la revue (1957)
Maurice Labro
Calla and his darling wife Cora are members of a society gathering that meets up from time to time to play at being gangsters... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Calla and his darling wife Cora are members of a society gathering that meets up from time to time to play at being gangsters... [More...]
Comme un cheveu sur la soupe (1957)
Maurice Régamey
Rejected by his beloved Wanda, depressed at his failure to find success as a songwriter, Pierre Cousin decides to commit suicide... [More...]
Maurice Régamey
Rejected by his beloved Wanda, depressed at his failure to find success as a songwriter, Pierre Cousin decides to commit suicide... [More...]
Les Espions (1957)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dr Malic, a failed psychiatrist, runs a somewhat shabby clinic. One day, he is approached by a stranger, Colonel Howard, and offered a large sum of money if he will agree to accommodate a secret agent named Alex... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dr Malic, a failed psychiatrist, runs a somewhat shabby clinic. One day, he is approached by a stranger, Colonel Howard, and offered a large sum of money if he will agree to accommodate a secret agent named Alex... [More...]
Les Fanatiques (1957)
Alex Joffé
When he learns that a revolution has broken out in his own country whilst he is away in France, South American dictator Ribera decides to return home in a private plane, accompanied by his wife and some security guards... [More...]
Alex Joffé
When he learns that a revolution has broken out in his own country whilst he is away in France, South American dictator Ribera decides to return home in a private plane, accompanied by his wife and some security guards... [More...]
Le Feu aux poudres (1957)
Henri Decoin
At the request of Albatrasse, Ludovic orders a large consignment of rifles from Pedro Wassewich, a notorious gunrunner. Pedro lives with his wife Lola in a villa, the basement of which is filled with armaments... [More...]
Henri Decoin
At the request of Albatrasse, Ludovic orders a large consignment of rifles from Pedro Wassewich, a notorious gunrunner. Pedro lives with his wife Lola in a villa, the basement of which is filled with armaments... [More...]
La Garçonne (1957)
Jacqueline Audry
In the early 1920s, Monique Sorbier, the daughter of a respectable bourgeois household, is about to marry her beloved Lucien Vigneret when she receives an anonymous letter accusing her fiancé of having a mistress... [More...]
Jacqueline Audry
In the early 1920s, Monique Sorbier, the daughter of a respectable bourgeois household, is about to marry her beloved Lucien Vigneret when she receives an anonymous letter accusing her fiancé of having a mistress... [More...]
L'Homme à l'imperméable (1957)
Julien Duvivier
When his wife is called away on a family matter, a timid musician, Albert Constantin, finds himself unable to cope with the simplest domestic chore... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
When his wife is called away on a family matter, a timid musician, Albert Constantin, finds himself unable to cope with the simplest domestic chore... [More...]
Jusqu'au dernier (1957)
Pierre Billon
After a successful hold-up, Fernand Bastia betrays his gangster friends and flees with the booty, taking refuge in a travelling circus where his sister Marcella works... [More...]
Pierre Billon
After a successful hold-up, Fernand Bastia betrays his gangster friends and flees with the booty, taking refuge in a travelling circus where his sister Marcella works... [More...]
Les Louves (1957)
Luis Saslavsky
During the Second World War, two Frenchmen - Gervais Larauch and Bernard Pradalié - escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp where they are being detained and head back to France... [More...]
Luis Saslavsky
During the Second World War, two Frenchmen - Gervais Larauch and Bernard Pradalié - escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp where they are being detained and head back to France... [More...]
Mademoiselle et son gang (1957)
Jean Boyer
Dédé and Juju are two small-time crooks who, lacking imagination, resort to seeking inspiration in the manuscripts entered in a crime writers' competition... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Dédé and Juju are two small-time crooks who, lacking imagination, resort to seeking inspiration in the manuscripts entered in a crime writers' competition... [More...]
Méfiez-vous fillettes (1957)
Yves Allégret
Raven's first act after being released from prison is to track down and kill the gangster boss who put him beyond bars - Mendetta... [More...]
Yves Allégret
Raven's first act after being released from prison is to track down and kill the gangster boss who put him beyond bars - Mendetta... [More...]
Les Mistons (1957)
François Truffaut
In the historic town of Nîmes, an attractive young woman named Bernadette finds she has some unwelcome admirers in a gang of schoolboys who insist on following her about during the long summer holidays... [More...]
François Truffaut
In the historic town of Nîmes, an attractive young woman named Bernadette finds she has some unwelcome admirers in a gang of schoolboys who insist on following her about during the long summer holidays... [More...]
O.S.S. 117 n'est pas mort (1957)
Jean Sacha
French secret agent Colonel Hubert Bonnisseur de La Bath (alias OSS 117) is asked by a close acquaintance Muriel Rousset to recover a set of secret documents that have been stolen from the safe of Sir Anthony Lead... [More...]
Jean Sacha
French secret agent Colonel Hubert Bonnisseur de La Bath (alias OSS 117) is asked by a close acquaintance Muriel Rousset to recover a set of secret documents that have been stolen from the safe of Sir Anthony Lead... [More...]
Patrouille de choc (1957)
Claude Bernard-Aubert
During the Indochina War in the late 1940s, Lieutenant Perrin is in charge of a small battalion of French troops at a remote outpost in Vietnam... [More...]
Claude Bernard-Aubert
During the Indochina War in the late 1940s, Lieutenant Perrin is in charge of a small battalion of French troops at a remote outpost in Vietnam... [More...]
Porte des Lilas (1957)
René Clair
A guitar player who calls himself "The Artist" strikes up a friendship with a dim-witted slob named Juju, who drinks too much and who has taken a fancy to Maria, the daughter of his pub landlord... [More...]
René Clair
A guitar player who calls himself "The Artist" strikes up a friendship with a dim-witted slob named Juju, who drinks too much and who has taken a fancy to Maria, the daughter of his pub landlord... [More...]
Pot-Bouille (1957)
Julien Duvivier
Paris, 1865. Octave Mouret is a young man filled with great ambitions. He is also a consummate Don Juan and it his talent for seducing members of the opposite sex which he intends using to make a rapid ascent of the social scale... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Paris, 1865. Octave Mouret is a young man filled with great ambitions. He is also a consummate Don Juan and it his talent for seducing members of the opposite sex which he intends using to make a rapid ascent of the social scale... [More...]
Quand la femme s'en mêle (1957)
Yves Allégret
Henri Godot, the head of a Parisian-based criminal gang, has begun an amorous liaison with Maine, the former girlfriend of one of his equally ruthless rivals, Bobby... [More...]
Yves Allégret
Henri Godot, the head of a Parisian-based criminal gang, has begun an amorous liaison with Maine, the former girlfriend of one of his equally ruthless rivals, Bobby... [More...]
Retour de manivelle (1957)
Denys de La Patellière
Ruined by his business partner, Max Fréminger decides to commit suicide. Before killing himself, Max tells his wife Hélène that she must somehow hide the fact that his death was a suicide, otherwise she will be unable to claim his insurance money... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
Ruined by his business partner, Max Fréminger decides to commit suicide. Before killing himself, Max tells his wife Hélène that she must somehow hide the fact that his death was a suicide, otherwise she will be unable to claim his insurance money... [More...]
Le Rouge est mis (1957)
Gilles Grangier
Seemingly a law-abiding garage owner, Louis Bertain is in fact the leader of a ruthless gang of crooks that includes Frédo, Pépito and Raymond... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Seemingly a law-abiding garage owner, Louis Bertain is in fact the leader of a ruthless gang of crooks that includes Frédo, Pépito and Raymond... [More...]
Le Septième commandement (1957)
Raymond Bernard
Nadia Vronskaïa is a woman whose charms no man can resist, and this is why she is such a successful confidence trickster... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
Nadia Vronskaïa is a woman whose charms no man can resist, and this is why she is such a successful confidence trickster... [More...]
Les Suspects (1957)
Jean Dréville
In France, a mysterious network of political agitators are organising a campaign of terror, which they announce over the airwaves through a series of clandestine radio broadcasts... [More...]
Jean Dréville
In France, a mysterious network of political agitators are organising a campaign of terror, which they announce over the airwaves through a series of clandestine radio broadcasts... [More...]
Tous peuvent me tuer (1957)
Henri Decoin
Tony wants nothing more than to marry Isabelle and lead an honest life, but first he must make some money. This he plans to do by taking part in a hold-up with four other men, led by Cyril Glad, a tourist guide... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Tony wants nothing more than to marry Isabelle and lead an honest life, but first he must make some money. This he plans to do by taking part in a hold-up with four other men, led by Cyril Glad, a tourist guide... [More...]
Le Triporteur (1957)
Jacques Pinoteau
Football is something of a national obsession in France, so when their team qualifies for the Cup Final the inhabitants of the town of Vauxbrelles are naturally overjoyed... [More...]
Jacques Pinoteau
Football is something of a national obsession in France, so when their team qualifies for the Cup Final the inhabitants of the town of Vauxbrelles are naturally overjoyed... [More...]
Les Trois font la paire (1957)
Sacha Guitry
Jojo's sole ambition in life is to become a gangster, but to gain admittance to a gang he has to prove himself by committing a daring act... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
Jojo's sole ambition in life is to become a gangster, but to gain admittance to a gang he has to prove himself by committing a daring act... [More...]