Paul Mercey

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. (imdb)

This engaging comedy concerns the tattoo on the back of a military nobleman and the wily art dealer who covets the work of art. The Count has a Modigliani tattoo, and when Mazeray sees it, he wishes to add it to his art collection. The Count only wishes to retire to a life of good wine and fine food, but the maniacal Mazeray will stop at nothing to obtain the Modigliani, even if it means skinning the Count alive. (imdb)

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last? (imdb)

1940 : During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. They'd like to just stay out the fights, but a Lieutenant urges them to use a captured truck to break through to their troops. (imdb)

Three screenwriters pooled their talents for the French racetrack drama Duke of the Derby. Jean Gabin plays a handicapper who's been living high on the hog (or horse) for years. While playing the ponies at Britain's Epson Downs, Gabin finally outsmarts himself. The rest of the story concerns his feverish efforts to recoup his former glory. (AllMovie)

Three old chums who are number ones in the business of practical jokes decide to leave their village from Vendée in France in order to go and live in a old people's nursing home. Pested off and unable to stand their jokes any more, the villagers are more than happy to see them leaving off. But the three old men, soon enough, feeling bored of the nursing home, make up their mind to come back and settle down in the village. (imdb)

Tony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there is none that can resist his charm. To prove this makes a difficult challenge: to seduce baroness Minna von Strasshofer. (imdb)

Following a car chase and shootout, a man stumbles into a girl's apartment and dies. Frantic to be rid of this encumbrance, and wishing to avoid getting involved with the police, the girl finds a willing lad in a bar who will help her with her predicament. He loads the body into the back of his father's car. Before he can find a place to dump the body, his father takes off in it to see his mistress. (Allmovie)

In the 1890s a Frenchman discovers that he has inherited property in a rowdy Texas town. (Wikipedia)

Bum Archimede wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get their proves not to be that easy. (imdb)

Bloody and fast hold-up near the oil refineries of the Etang de Berre. Pursued by a rival band, Toni flees with a bag containing thirty million francs.

In French prison camps in Germany during the last war, repeat the escape were forced to wear red panties. Anthony Rossi is in his sixth attempt to escape. Difficult to live, poor fellow, he exasperates his fellow captives. But this time, he managed to escape in the company of spineless fendard. Generous and resourceful, fendard Rossi tries to help when it is injured. But Anthony, in an atrocious gesture, trying to get rid of fendard when boarding the train of freedom ... (imdb)

After an unfortunate initiative the financial advisor Benoît Lepape is dismissed. He convinces his uncle, a union activist, to invest funds of the union and apply capitalist methods in a successful bicycle business, and then in a model electronics factory.

Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists. (imdb)

After the maneuvers, four young soldiers, Rene, Sylvain, Alain and Gerard, come after their military service and make a trip of two hundred miles on a tank AN/17 latest model dubbed the "Invincible" to to reach their base. Forced to clean the machine, the grunts will throw in a market panic and inadvertently commit a robbery. (Wikipedia)

Their feats of arms in Africa worth to Phil, Jean and Gérard being sent on a special mission in Algeria. Captured by Fellaghas, they manage to escape and are congratuled. Three years later after their demobilization, they are hired by the mayor of a small town of Auvergne to defend a land claims deal with the Legion. And our three ex-hero of the Legion turned against their former authorities ... (Wikipedia)

Tells the story of a widow who begins to receive blackmail letters demanding money as almost everybody has disliked her husband in a small town. (Wikipedia)

While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried. (imdb)

In this wartime comedy, Robert Lamoureux plays a General in the Resistance. With an unlikely team of French patriots, he easily outwits the buffoonish Germans and steals the master copy of their plans to invade England. By doing so, he prevents the invasion and makes it more likely that the Allies will win the war. (Allmovie)