Dominique Davray — Actor (16)

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The Itchy Palm (1960)
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other title: La main chaude / La Main chaude …
A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send his sick young son to breathe the fresh air of the country ,or so he said;in fact there's no son at all.He gives the money to his mistress who claims she's pregnant by him and who wants to have an abortion.She lies too ,for she does not expect any child and she intends to help the young man she's in love with to buy a scooter.But the latter does not care about her either and intends to marry a "rich " girl ....who's actually the concierge's daughter.

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How to Succeed in Love (1962)
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other title: Comment réussir en amour / Como triunfar en el amor …
Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer. Having lost his own situation, he joins Editions du Soleil thanks to his friend Marcel's manuscript "Comment réussir en amour". Freed of his shyness, he succeeds brilliantly in his career; and having put to good use the teachings of the manuscript, Bernard ends up marrying Sophie. But he soon finds himself confronted by the impetuous young woman's fantasies.

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París, bajos fondos (1952)
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Jacques Becker actor: Simone Signoret / Serge Reggiani …
other title: Casco d'Oro / Smukke Marie …
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.

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The Killer is Listening (1948)
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Raoul André actor: Louise Carletti / Marguerite Moreno …
other title: L'assassin est à l'écoute
April fools in a studio where a radio host pretends to shoot dead all the performers....till a true crime occurs.

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A Horse for Two (1962)
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Jean-Marc Thibault actor: Roger Pierre / Jean-Marc Thibault …
other title: Un cheval pour deux
On August 24, 1944, the day Paris was liberated, Maurice saw his cell door open. Although he had spent the whole war "in the shadows", it was not for acts of resistance, but for stealing a bicycle. His contact with the free world was quite brutal. The queues he observed at the butcher's gave him an idea. With the help of his childhood friend Roland, who has lost everything gambling-wise, he steals "Berlingot", the horse from a delivery car, and offers it for sale on the black market. But the "nag" is not of the same opinion.

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The Tattoo (1968)
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Denys de La Patellière actor: Jean Gabin / Louis de Funès …
other title: Nemici... per la pelle - Il tatuato / Balduin, das Nachtgespenst …
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.

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Maya (1949)
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Raymond Bernard actor: Viviane Romance / Jean-Pierre Grenier …
other title: So endete eine Dirne
1949 film by Raymond Bernard

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Hard Contract (1969)
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S. Lee Pogostin actor: James Coburn / Lee Remick …
other title: Uno sporco contratto / Der Killer und die Dirne …
A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for "one last score". His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract.

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Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
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Jacques Becker actor: Jean Gabin / René Dary …
other title: Grisbì / Grisbi, Ouro Maldito …
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.

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Crooks in Clover (1963)
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Georges Lautner actor: Lino Ventura / Bernard Blier …
other title: In famiglia si spara / Les Tontons flingueurs …
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.

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Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
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Jean Boyer actor: Bourvil / Joan Greenwood …
other title: Garù garù / Garou Garou, le passe-muraille …
A simple civil servant Léon, who has the unusual ability to walk through walls, falls madly in love with a hotel thief by the name of Susan. He poses as Garou-Garou, a dangerous gangster to attempt to woo her affections, but is arrested and sent to jail. While in jail he annoys the guards by walking in and out of his cell, and keeps persuading Susan to cease her criminal way of life. As fundamentally being an honest and law-abiding citizen, he eventually handles back everything he has stolen, is acquitted by the court, and becomes famous and respected. When he learns that Susan is planning to return to England and start a new life, he decides to confess to her his emotions. However, the couple is interrupted by a sudden rush of journalists. Trying to escape in a building, they get cornered on a corridor, and Léon pushes Susan through a nearby wall. But by doing this, he loses his own wall-walking ability, and the film concludes.

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Going Places (1974)
Les valseuses
贝特朗·布里叶 actor: 热拉尔·德帕迪约 / 帕特里克·迪瓦尔 …
other title: Les valseuses / 圆舞曲女郎 …
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

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The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)
Le Gendarme en balade
让·吉罗 actor: 路易·德·菲奈斯 / 让·勒费弗尔 …
other title: 退休警察 / 警察巡逻记 …
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.

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Any Number Can Win (1963)
Mélodie en sous-sol
Henri Verneuil actor: Jean Gabin / Alain Delon …
other title: Colpo grosso al casinò / Lautlos wie die Nacht …
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.

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Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Cléo de 5 à 7
★ 8.4 24 ratings
other title: Cleo dalle 5 alle 7 / Cleo fra 5 til 7 …
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
L'Aile ou la Cuisse
Claude Zidi actor: Louis de Funès / Coluche …
other title: L'ala o la coscia? / O Peito ou a Perna …
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!