Jean Lefebvre Movies
- 1974
Two inept brothers, who cannot keep a job, call on their brother-in-law looking for work. He runs a detective agency, and they begin doing errands for him. They encounter a group of financiers who want a large shipment of a chemicals delivered from Portugal into France despite a transportation strike. The lads get hold of a boat and manage to evade the strikers, load the stuff on trucks, continue to evade the strikers, and make lots of money. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Lamoureux, Pierre Mondy, (more)
- 1973
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, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, (more)
- 1973
While in prison, aloof and stand-offish loner Eric (Hardy Kruger) longs to see his daughter, whom he remembers as a young girl. His manner brings him abuse from the other inmates and also from a guard (Raymond Pellegrin) who appears to enjoy the abusive side of his job. Eric is indeed The Loner. Then he receives a proposition from his guard and tormentor: if he robs the prison safe, the guard will help him escape. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hardy Kruger, Raymond Pellegrin, (more)
- 1973
Tunisia is a rough placed to be trapped in, especially if you are an Israeli spy (Jean-Pierre Marielle) on the run. Fortunately, the French embassy gives the ill-fated fellow a place to hide. Unfortunately, they can't smuggle him out, because there is an airline strike. Fortunately, he finds love and comfort with a young Frenchwoman (Mireille Darc) working at the embassy. Eventually, she convinces a French friend of hers (Michel Constantin) to help them escape. This comedy/spy movie is in French. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mireille Darc, Michel Constantin, (more)
- 1973
Nowhere is the sharp divide between the English and French-speaking Canadians more clearly brought home than in this Canadian/French comedy. The filmmakers are clearly on the pro-French side of the Canadian language wars. A couple from Quebec decide to take a vacation with their two children all the way west through Canada, to the city of Vancouver. The husband is from France, and does not understand the tensions and difficulties the wife expects to face. By the end of the journey, however, he takes the witless incomprehension of English speakers sufficiently for granted to freely join his wife in insulting his Vancouver hosts in French. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
In this parody of James Bond movies, a dullard of a spy novelist finds himself the subject of an English sociology student's term papers. She travels to his Paris apartment to do her research and their relationship is interspliced with episodes from the writer's newest book that features his popular hero Bob St. Clair, master spy and anithesis to the writer, and his lovely assistant Tatiana, (who is of course, the lookalike of the lovely student). The spy's nemesis is in reality, his pushy publisher. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, (more)
- 1972
This French film updates a classic tale by Voltaire and uses it as an allegory in which divisions of race and class are explored. In the film, Ingenu (Renaud Verly) is a native of India, working in another country. His charms beguile the youngest daughter of an upper-class family, and she falls in love with him and wants to marry him. This upsets the family for several reasons: he is not wealthy, he is dark-skinned, and he is not of their class. Indeed, before he came along, the daughter was slated to marry a wealthy business tycoon who, even though he was not of the "right" class, at least had money and the right skin color. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Bluebeard is the retelling of the now familiar story of a wealthy aristocrat who marries and murders and marries again. Baron Von Sepper (Richard Burton), the BlueBeard of the story, meets and marries Anne (Joey Heatherton) who becomes suspicious of Von Sepper when she finds evidence of his murders shortly after their wedding. Van Sepper then, in graphic detail, tells Anne the stories of his former wives' lives and deaths. The movie, directed with ham-handed archness by Edward Dmytryk, attempts to tell the story as a black comedy. Despite an array of beautiful women, including (Virna Lisi), (Nathalie Delon) and (Raquel Welch), nothing can distract from the abysmal performances of Burton and Heatherton. The film has some nice costumes and is beautifully photographed by cinematographer Gabor Pogany, but all the humor is unintentional and the actors, particularly Richard Burton all seem to wish they were elsewhere. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, (more)
- 1972
In order to fight gangsters, the local townspeople and some hippie tourists overcome their differences in this French comedy/thriller. The villagers had hoped to lure a richer slice of the tourist trade to their town, but what they got were a bunch of fairly grungy hippies. After putting up with their antics for a while, the locals run the hippies out of town, but not far. The Countess' estate is nearby, and she wants them on her land to irritate the gangster who has forced his company on her. When the gangster makes the mistake of alienating the townspeople, his goose is cooked. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- André Pousse, Jean Lefebvre, (more)
- 1972
This 1972 international production of Treasure Island is one of many film versions of the classic adventure by Robert Louis Stevenson. Kim Burfield plays Jim Hawkins, a young man who works at a pub with his mother (Maria Rohm). When drunken old sailor Billy Bones (Lionel Stander) comes in for a drink and dies, Jim gets his hands on an old pirate's treasure map. He then enlists the help of Squire Trelawney (Walter Slezak) and Dr. Livesey (Angel DelPozo) to join him locate the island on the map. They join the ship lead by Captain Smollett (Rik Battaglia). The ship's cook, Long John Silver (Orson Welles), has convinced the rest of the crew to organize a mutiny in order to keep the riches for themselves. This adaptation of Treasure Island was released in several different language versions, each with a different director. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, (more)
- 1970
A retired policeman (Louis De Fumes) is happily married to a devoted wife (Claude Gensac) in this uneven comedy. He does not take to retirement well, and he and his fellow retirees don their uniforms once again in an effort to relive their glory days on the police force. One pretends to have lost his memory because he enjoys the atmosphere of the rest home. They go fishing, lose their clothes, dress like hippies and end up at a nude beach in this situation comedy. One decidedly unfunny scene has De Fumes beating up a maid. His silent fuming over situations beyond his control is a familiar reaction for one of France's most beloved comics. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, (more)
- 1968
A veteran police officer becomes the chief when he passes a test given to all the members of the police force. The power of authority soon goes to his head as he treats his former chief with all the pompous rancor of a once-sniveling underling exacting revenge on his old boss. The comedy continues when the new chief meets his match when he marries and finds his wife to be far more demanding that anyone he could ever imagine. Louis De Funes stars as the lowly cop who soon becomes drunk with power in this engaging comedy marked by human humiliation and positioning for job advancement. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, (more)
- 1968
This uneven comedy finds two inept gunmen always being beaten out of their next caper by a conniving rival crook. They wait to turn the tables on the crook by posing as a Colonel and his faithful assistant, finding the rival crook's home and attempting to turn the tables on him by stealing the pilfered loot for themselves. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean Yanne, Jean Lefebvre, (more)
- 1967
Goubi (Jean Lefebre) is the local village idiot, known by all, who dreams of someday going to Paris. When some locals learn of Goubi's wish, they put him in a truck and drive him to the city of lights. Goubi meets a hooker with a heart of gold and a lost orphan boy as he experiences his adventures in Paris. The locals soon miss the kindly Goubi, and the lovable idiot tries to make it back home. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dany Carrel, Jean Lefebvre, (more)
- 1967
This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love. He is chased by his boss, the police, and spies, who seek to secure the secret recipe for their own selfish purposes. A shadowy American underworld figure tries to intimidate the inventor. A half-hearted attempt at comedy tries to go along with the double dealing and trickery of the thin plot of the film. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur, (more)
In this French comedy, one little white lie leads to a series of whoppers as a Frenchman visiting London soon discovers. The French fellow has gone to London with his friends to catch a soccer match. He then must go to the dentist where, just for fun, he puts on a British policeman's uniform. Dressed as a bobby, he scares away some robbers. Unfortunately, he cannot tell them the truth because he is embarrassed to open his mouth and reveal the two teeth he lost at the soccer match. A chase ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1966
In this slapstick comedy of manners, Eugene (Bourvil) is a businessman who is framed by his crooked partner and thrown in prison. To save his business and escape a long jail term, he adopts three children he has never seen. Freed from prison, Eugene is trapped when the three moppets and their mothers all come to live with him. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bourvil, Jean Lefebvre, (more)
- 1965
A petty crook teams up with a cop, who has been fired for incompetence, to fleece a wealthy businessman in this crime comedy. When the duo convinces the man that old Russian bonds will be honored by the Soviet Union, they are taken in by a wealthy widow who wants in on the scheme. Paul Meurisse and Jean Lefebvre co-star as the unlikely partners in crime, with comedy relief also handled by the befuddled Bernard Blier. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Meurisse, Jean Lefebvre, (more)
- 1965
Louis De Funes stars in this two-part sexploitation comedy. Pleasure-seekers deal with the official closing of French bordellos after the passing of the 1949 legislation outlawing the houses of ill repute. Part two finds a former prostitute who is besieged by former associates after she pulls off a successful robbery attempt. The final segment has a wealthy but sanctimonious patron offering a joy girl a place to stay. His house becomes a popular meeting place when his friends and the prostitute's friends get together for fun and games. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, (more)
- 1965
Louis De Funes once again stars as the cop in this situation comedy sequel to Le Gendarme De Saint Tropez. De Funes is unaware his daughter Nicole (Genevieve Grad) is a stowaway on his trip to the international police convention in New York City. He chases his daughter all over the core of the Big Apple in a series of situation comedy capers. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, (more)
- 1965
Francois Jean Louis Trintigant is a window washer who mistakes the pretty maid Marie Marie Dubois for the wealthy lady of the house in this romantic comedy. He follows her to a castle that is run by her parents as a tourist attraction, but Francois believes she lives there. The two meet and fall in love, spending the day on an idyllic bicycle ride to Paris. By the time they both realize the other is not rich, the two decide that love is the greatest gift of all. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie Dubois, (more)
