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Pierre Foucaud
Pierre Foucaud (1908–1976) was a French screenwriter and film director. He wrote a number of screenplays for the director André Hunebelle.Rège p.313 Selected filmography * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) * ''Mademoiselle Strip-tease'' (''Striptease de Paris'') (1957) * '' Le Bossu'' (1959) * '' Captain Blood'' (1960) * '' The Miracle of the Wolves'' (1961) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1962) * ''Méfiez-vous, mesdames'' (1963) * ''OSS 117 Is Unleashed'' (1963) * ''Shadow of Evil'' (1964) * ''Fantômas contre Scotland Yard'' (1964) * '' Fantômas'' (1964) * ''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (1965) * ''OSS 117 Mission for a Killer'' (1965) * ''Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117'' (1966) * ''OSS 117 – Double Agent ''OSS 117 – Double Agent'' (also known as ''OSS 117: Murder for Sale'' or ''No Roses for OSS 117'' (''Pas de Roses pour OSS 117'')) is a 1968 Eurospy film about agent OSS 117, starring John Gavin. Cast * John Gavin as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath ...'' (1968) References Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called ''"Bordelais"'' (masculine) or ''"Bordelaises"'' (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 260,958 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , With its 27 suburban municipalities it forms the Bordeaux Metropolis, in charge of metropolitan issues. With a population of 814,049 at the Jan. 2019 census. it is the fifth most populated in France, after Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Lille and ahead of Toulouse. Together with its suburbs and exurbs, except satellite cities of Arcachon and Libourne, the Bordeaux metropolitan area had a population of 1,363,711 that same year (Jan. 2019 census), ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
''OSS 117 Is Unleashed'' aka OSS 117 se déchaîne is a 1963 French spy film starring Kerwin Mathews. It is part of the OSS 117 series. Cast * Kerwin Mathews as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117 * Nadia Sanders as Brigitta *Irina Demick as Lucia * Henri-Jacques Huet as Renotte *Jacques Harden as Roos *Roger Dutoit as Mayan *Albert Dagnant as Forestier Reception It was the 14th most popular film of the year in France with admissions of 2,329,798. Mathews reprised the role one more time in ''Shadow of Evil ''Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117'' released in the USA as ''Shadow of Evil'' is a 1964 French/Italian international co-production Eurospy spy-fi film. It was based on Jean Bruce's 1960 novel ''Lila de Calcutta'', the 74th OSS 117 novel. It was ...''. References External links''OSS 117 se déchaîne''at IMDbfilm pageat Uni Franceat Lucid Nightmare 1963 films 1960s French-language films French spy thriller films 1960s spy thriller films French black-and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Bordeaux
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form " people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipkn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OSS 117 – Double Agent
''OSS 117 – Double Agent'' (also known as ''OSS 117: Murder for Sale'' or ''No Roses for OSS 117'' (''Pas de Roses pour OSS 117'')) is a 1968 Eurospy film about agent OSS 117, starring John Gavin. Cast * John Gavin as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117, alias William Chandler * Margaret Lee as Aïcha Melik * Curd Jürgens as the Major * Luciana Paluzzi as Maud the doctor * Robert Hossein as Dr Saadi * Rosalba Neri as Conchita * George Eastman as Karas * Guido Alberti as Farouk Melik * Piero Lulli as Heinrich Van Dyck * Renato Baldini as MacLeod * Luciano Bonanni as a policeman Production Frederick Stafford did not reprise his role as he was filming Alfred Hitchcock's ''Topaz'' and was replaced by John Gavin. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atout Cœur à Tokyo Pour OSS 117
''Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117'' (English: ''Trump-Card in the Heart of Tokyo for OSS 117'') is a 1966 French Eurospy spy-fi film. It was the fourth OSS 117 film of the 1960s, directed by Michel Boisrond, presented by the director of the three previous 1960's OSS films, André Hunebelle and produced by Paul Cadéac. Frederick Stafford makes his second and last appearance as OSS 117. The film was shot on Japanese locations and featured action scenes arranged by Hunebelle's stunt coordinator Claude Carliez with production design by Max Douy. Though based on Jean Bruce's character, the film features an original story by the first James Bond director Terence Young. The film was released a year before the James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' and has some similarities to that film and the future James Bond film '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' as well as previous 007 films such as '' Thunderball''. Plot The film begins with a pre-credits sequence of Secret Agent OSS 117, Colonel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OSS 117 Mission For A Killer
''Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117'' (released in the United States as ''OSS 117–Mission for a Killer'') is a 1965 French/Italian international co-production Eurospy spy-fi film. It was the third OSS 117 film directed by André Hunebelle and produced by Paul Cadéac. Frederick Stafford made his film debut taking over the role of OSS 117 from Kerwin Mathews. The film was shot on Brazilian locations and featured action scenes arranged by Hunebelle's stunt coordinator Claude Carliez with production design by Paul-Louis Boutié. It was based on Jean Bruce's 1955 novel ''Dernier quart d'heure'' his 44th OSS 117 book that was published in English in 1965 under the title ''Live Wire'' (UK) and ''The Last Quarter Hour'' (USA). The American edition featured commentary by Pierre Salinger, who was acquainted with Josette Bruce, Jean Bruce's widow. Josette would take up writing OSS 117 novels in 1966. Plot Secret Agent OSS 117, Colonel Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (Frederick Stafford) has his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantômas Se Déchaîne
''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (, '' en, Fantomas Unleashed'') is a 1965 film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain Fantômas opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. It was France's answer, with the Fantômas trilogy starting in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. It is the second in the trilogy of Fantômas films, that became extremely successful in Europe and Soviet Union and found success even in the United States and Japan. In this episode Jean Marais also plays professor Lefebvre. Plot In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre. Journalist Fandor develops an ingenious scheme whereby he disguises himself as Lefebvre and attends a scientific co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantômas (1964 Film)
''Fantômas'' () is a 1964 French comedy film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain Fantômas opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Paul Juve. In the film Juve teams up with journalist Fandor, also played by Marais, trying to catch Fantômas but never quite succeeding. It was France's answer, in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. It is the first film of a trilogy, and ''Fantômas'' became extremely successful in Europe, the Soviet Union and Japan. It found success even in the United States, where fan websites exist to this day. Mylène Demongeot plays "Hélène Gurn", the girlfriend of "Jérôme Fandor", Fantômas' arch enemy. The general tone of the films is more light-hearted than the original ''Fantômas'' novels. Commissaire Juve, as played by Louis de Funès, becomes a comedic character, much unlike his literary counterpart. Plot Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses ''maquilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantômas Contre Scotland Yard
''Fantômas contre Scotland Yard'' (, "Fantomas Against Scotland Yard") is the final installment of a trilogy of films starring Jean Marais as the arch villain Fantômas name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. The trilogy was France's humorous answer, starting in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. The ''Fantômas'' films became extremely successful in Europe and USSR, and found success even in the United States and Japan where fan websites exist to this day.Japan fan website via the Internet Archive Plot In the third and final film of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who d ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of Evil
''Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117'' released in the USA as ''Shadow of Evil'' is a 1964 French/Italian international co-production Eurospy spy-fi film. It was based on Jean Bruce's 1960 novel ''Lila de Calcutta'', the 74th OSS 117 novel. It was the second OSS 117 film directed by André Hunebelle and produced by Paul Cadéac, the first in the series in colour, the first co-produced by the Italian company Da.Ma. Cinematografica and the last to star Kerwin Mathews as OSS 117. The film was shot on Thai locations and featured action scenes arranged by Hunebelle's stunt coordinator Claude Carliez with production design by René Moulaert. Plot Secret Agent OSS 117, Colonel Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (Kerwin Mathews) is sent to Thailand following the murder of OSS agent Christopher Lemmon. Lemmon had been investigating the break out of plague epidemics in India following health workers inoculating the locals to protect them from cholera. Lemmon had discovered that the medicine made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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