Movies: Jacques Courtin

  • 1943
    Carnival of Sinners

    Carnival of Sinners (1943)

    Carnival of Sinners

    6.71943HD

    A struggling artist buys a talisman that gives him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a severed left hand, and it works perfectly, in fact, magically. But of course there is nothing free in this world, and after one year the devil comes and asks ...

    Carnival of Sinners
  • 1950
    Lost Souvenirs

    Lost Souvenirs (1950)

    Lost Souvenirs

    5.51950HD

    Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has thi...

    Lost Souvenirs
  • 1942
    Strangers in the House

    Strangers in the House (1942)

    Strangers in the House

    71942HD

    Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existen...

    Strangers in the House
  • 1950
    Sorceror

    Sorceror (1950)

    Sorceror

    01950HD

    A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothing from his lawyer, who soon tells him that he is only accused of another theft prior to his crime. Sentenced to six months suspended prison sentence, ...

    Sorceror
  • 1942
    The Trump Card

    The Trump Card (1942)

    The Trump Card

    41942HD

    A man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Clarence and Montès, two inspector students, must solve this murder, but they don't know that dead guy is the USA public enemy No.1....

    The Trump Card
  • 1943
    The Wolf Farm

    The Wolf Farm (1943)

    The Wolf Farm

    4.11943HD

    Bastien and Furet are a journalist and a photographer working together as a team on the newspaper 'L'Echo du Jour'. Just as they are about to go off on a weekend break with Micky, their boss's secretary, they are sent to a crime scene to report the m...

    The Wolf Farm
  • 1951
    Paris Vice Squad

    Paris Vice Squad (1951)

    Paris Vice Squad

    4.21951HD

    Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything than...

    Paris Vice Squad
  • 1942
    Miss Bonaparte

    Miss Bonaparte (1942)

    Miss Bonaparte

    4.51942HD

    Cora Pearl, a demi-mondaine under the Second Empire, falls in love with a legitimist while she is the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte, the cousin of Napoleon III....

    Miss Bonaparte
  • 1948
    The Private Life of an Actor

    The Private Life of an Actor (1948)

    The Private Life of an Actor

    6.91948HD

    Biography of Lucien Guitry, stage comedian, by his son, movie director, and a poetic reflection on the passionate love of both men for their chosen art forms....

    The Private Life of an Actor
  • 1941
    Her First Affair

    Her First Affair (1941)

    Her First Affair

    6.51941HD

    Micheline Chevassu is a young, naive woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she has a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the orphanage to go to it, dreaming of the Prince Charming. But comes Nicolas Rougemont, an unattractive m...

    Her First Affair
  • 1949
    Just Out

    Just Out (1949)

    Just Out

    61949HD

    Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon and the hero, Marc Fournier Zola Prize winner. Na...

    Just Out
  • 1942
    The Four-Poster Bed

    The Four-Poster Bed (1942)

    The Four-Poster Bed

    61942HD

    In his prison cell, the composer Remi Bonvent composed an opera, The columns bed. The director of the prison, Porey Cave, succeeds made believe he is the author of this work. The death of the two protagonists will prevent the discovery of the truth....

    The Four-Poster Bed
  • 1942
    Haut le vent

    Haut le vent (1942)

    Haut le vent

    01942HD

    In 1906, François left the Basque country with his father, who had decided to settle in Argentina following an incident between him and Esteban. Having become a powerful industrialist, he returned to France in 1940 on the occasion of the signing of a...

    Haut le vent
  • 1950
    La Danseuse de Marrakech

    La Danseuse de Marrakech (1950)

    La Danseuse de Marrakech

    01950HD

    A little Métis girl, Kalina is saved from a massacre by Taraor, a black man from Sudan. Having become a great and beautiful dancer from the South, she meets Captain Portal, in garrison in Marrakech. This is the beginning of a great love story. But th...

    La Danseuse de Marrakech