Raoul Levy (14 April 1922 – 31 December 1966) was a French film producer, writer and director best known for a series of movies he made starring

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Biography

He committed suicide after losing most of his fortune making a film about the life of Marco Polo. He shot himself in the chest outside the front door of the St Tropez house of Isabelle Pons, who had recently ended a two-year affair with Levy. Levy was survived by a wife and fifteen-year-old son.

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Paris Vice Squad ''Paris Vice Squad'' (french: Identité judiciaire) is a 1951 French thriller film directed by Hervé Bromberger. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Odette Barencey as La concierge (as Odette Barancey) * Luc Barney as Ma ...

'' (1951) – producer *''

The Proud and the Beautiful ''The Proud and the Beautiful'' (french: Les Orgueilleux, sub-title: ''Alvarado'', aka ''The Proud Ones'') is a 1953 drama film directed by Yves Allégret. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story (the nomination officially went to J ...

'' (1953) – associate producer *'' And God Created Woman'' (1956) – producer, writer *''

The Night Heaven Fell ''The Night Heaven Fell'' (''Les bijoutiers du clair de lune'') is an Eastmancolor 1958 French-Italian film directed by Roger Vadim. Vadim had already acquired international fame with his daring debut '' And God Created Woman'' ( 1956). Like its ...

'' (1958) – producer *''

Love Is My Profession ''In Case of Adversity'' () is a 1958 French drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot and Edwige Feuillère. It was released as ''Love Is My Profession'' in the United States. It tells the story of a married ...

'' (1958) – producer *''

Babette Goes to War ''Babette Goes to War'' (french: Babette s'en va-t-en guerre) is a 1959 French CinemaScope film starring Brigitte Bardot. It was Bardot's first movie since becoming a star where she did not take off her clothes. Plot In 1940, during the German inv ...

'' (1959) – producer, story *' (1960) – producer *'' Seven Days... Seven Nights'' (1960) – producer *'' The Truth'' (1960) – producer *'' Marco the Magnificent'' (1965) – producer, writer, director *'' Hail, Mafia'' (1965) – producer, writer, director *'' The Defector'' (1966) – producer, writer, director *'' Two or Three Things I Know About Her'' (1967) – producer

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