French actor Charles Gerard's earliest credit is as director of the 1958 feature Balle dans le Canon. Gerard has since appeared before the cameras in such fare as Animal (1977), Bandits (1986) and Incorrigible (1975). One of his larger assignments was as Charles in Lelouch's A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986). Charles Gerard should not be confused with British character... (read more) actor Charles Gerrard, who was active in the silent and early-talkie era. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Les Bidasses Au Pensionnat
1978
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Les Ringards
1978
Though they are surprisingly ill-suited for their chosen vocation of thievery, the three men (Aldo Maccione, Charles Gerard and Julien Guiomar) in this story are...
L'Animal
1977
Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Michel Gauché, a stunt double and trickster who is crazy in love with his former fiancee, work-mate, and fellow stunt performer Jane (Raquel Welch)....
Le Corps de Mon Ennemi
1976
Francois (Jean-Paul Belmondo) was framed as a drug-trafficker by none other than the head trafficker himself and spent seven years in prison for his supposed crimes. Now an...
Le Jouet
1976
In this French farce, a wealthy young boy decides to teach his father a lesson by buying a man and employing him as his living plaything. The film was later remade in America and...
Un Jour La Fête
1975
A group of free-spirited young performers attempt to enliven a rather grim housing development for working-class people, only to meet with resistance by the local government and...
L'Incorrigible
1975
Right after his release from prison, Victor (Jean-Paul Belmondo) resumes his con-man activities. He rents apartments he doesn't own, sells nonexistent fighter planes to African...

Toute une Vie
PG 1974
Claude Lelouch's romantic drama Toute une Vie chronicles three different love affairs over three generations during the 20th century. Marthe Keller and Charles...

La Bonne Année
PG 1973
The ever-reliable Claude Lelouch serves up another romance-and-adventure combination plate with Happy New Year. Simon (Lino Ventura) is doing prison time, due to a...
Un Homme Libre
1973
Henri's wife has divorced him. While Henri (Gilbert Becaud) is not excessively upset about the divorce, he is sad, hates to be alone, and dislikes the sorts of wrenching...

L'Aventure C'est L'Aventure
1972
In the French L'Aventure C'est L'Aventure, a gang of thieves, suffering a drop in business, enter into a new phase of larceny. Passing themselves off as terrorists, the gang...
Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971
This charming, independent film marks a small departure of form for director Claude Lelouch, better known for his more polished and commercial films, such as A Man And A...

The Crook
G 1970
Simon (Jean-Claude Trintignant) gets out of prison and summons his old friend Charles (Charles Gerard) and Martine (Christine Lelouch), his one time lover now married to...
L'Homme Qui Trahit La Mafia
1967
When an oily attorney dies at the hands of the mafia, a dedicated French detective investigates the man's murder. He soon uncovers a drug-smuggling operation and lets his...
À Couteaux Tirés
1963
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Les Démons De Minuit
1962
This drama's main asset is Charles Boyer as Pierre, a father out looking for his son one night. Pierre receives a call from a woman who says she will kill herself because of...
La Loi Des Hommes
1961
A rather leaden police story by director Charles Gerard (who refocused on acting after 1966), La Loi des Hommes is reminiscent of American tough detective stories involving...
L'Ennemi Dans L'Ombre
1960
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Une Balle Dans le Canon
1958
The producers of Une Balles dans le Canou (A Slug in the Heater) undoubtedly believed that the magical name of BARDOT on the marquee would draw in patrons by the...