Robert Lamoureux Movies

This comedy follows the misadventures of a group of military goofballs who nonetheless manage to help the Resistance following the brief French war effort against the Nazis. They inadvertently stumble on a Resistance operation while out hunting and are forced to get involved. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Members of the Septième get separated from their unit in this French wartime comedy/action feature. Showing an unusual ability to thrive and improvise, the men create havoc behind the lines, straighten out some wayward Resistance types, and return safely back to their side of the battle in a stolen German half-track. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Love and the Frenchwoman (La Francaise et L'Amour) concentrates on the nature of love by illustrating seven separate aspects of the emotion. In "Childhood," 9-year old Pierre-Jean Vaillard suffers a traumatic experience when he takes his parents' "cabbage patch" theory of conception too literally. In "Adolescence," a little girl (Annie Sinigalla) constructs an elaborate fantasy world on the occasion of her first kiss. "Virginity" is a study in frustration, as betrothed couple Valerie Lagrange and Pierre Michel agonizingly await their wedding-night consummation of their ardor. "Marriage" finds a union ending almost before it begins as a pair of newlyweds (Marie-Jose Nat and Claude Rich) bicker all the way to their honeymoon rendezvous. "Adultery" allows husband Paul Meurisse the opportunity to calmly provide an object lesson to his wife's lover Jean-Paul Belmondo. In "Divorce", a couple (Annie Girardot and Francois Pierer) find that it's impossible to have a "civilized" breakup. And in "A Woman Alone," bigamist Robert Lamoreaux meets his Waterloo in the forms of Martine Carol and Sylvia Montfort. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Ravissante is a lackluster, uneven situation comedy written, directed by, and starring Robert Lamoureux, normally a good comedian in his own right. The story concerns a womanizing pilot who is asked by a friend to intervene in one of the friend's romantic tangles. The pilot is quite willing to help out but then a confusion about the woman who is the target of the intervention causes a series of unexpected circumstances. But as Shakespeare has said to much greater effect, "all's well that ends well." This was one of the early screen appearances of Philippe Noiret, who first came to notice for his role in 1960's Zazie dans le Metro. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

French filmmaker Sacha Guitry had intended to direct as well as write 3DLa Vie a Deux3D (3DLife as a Couple3D), but death claimed him before he could bring his plan to fruition. Adapted from Guitry's original by Jean Martin and directed by Clement Duhor, the film offers an all-star cast in a series of seriocomic anecdotes. The narrative is tied together by a millionaire novelist (based on Guitry himself), who on his deathbed wants to bequeath his fortune to several married couples upon whom he'd based one of his books. The proviso is that the couples must have remained happily wed to claim their money. The millionaire's family anxiously hire private detectives to prove that the couples in question are not only unhappy, but shameless philanderers in the bargain. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

L'Amour est en Jeu (Love is at Stake) is based on The Victim, a novel by Vanderene. Robert Lamoureaux and Annie Girardot star as Bob and Marie, an eternally bickering married couple. When neither party can stand the hostility any longer, Bob and Marie decide on a divorce. As a result, their son Gege (Yves Noel) becomes a legal and emotional football. Determining to bring an end to his dilemma once and for all, Gege begins pulling strings to bring Bob and Marie together again. This all-too-familiar yarn is redeemed by the sincerity of the leading players. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

American actress Betsy Blair, who in 1955 scored a significant success as Ernest Borgnine's vis-a-vis in Marty, spent most of the rest of her film career in Europe. One of her earliest French film efforts was Recontre a Paris (Meeting in Paris), in which Blair stars as a wealthy American girl on holiday in the City of Light. When her father cuts off her allowance, our heroine is forced to alter her lifestyle significantly. This is the sort of film in which the poor are all colorful, robustly romantic and meticulously democratic. Before the final fade-out, Blair has found true love in the form of Robert Lamoreaux. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Escalier de Service (Service Entrance) charts the misadventures of gorgeous maidservant Marie-Lou (Etchika Choreau). After fainting in public, Marie-Lou is allowed to convalesce in the apartment of a handsome photographer. Feeling a bit frisky one morning, our heroine begins to recall isolated incidents in her past, which are then enacted by an all-star supporting cast. Mischa Auer, Robert Lamoreaux, Danielle Darieaux and Jacques Morel are among those who have had the benefit (in more ways than one) of Marie-Lou's services. Escalier de Service was directed by Carlo Rim, best known for his work on the Fernandel comedies. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi