The best Jean Gabin’s comedy movies

Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

16/05/1904- 15/11/1976
Today we present the best Jean Gabin’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jean Gabin’s movies.

French Cancan

French Cancan
7.3/10
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.

The Tattoo

The Tattoo
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/08/1968
  • Character: Comte Enguerand de Montignac, dit « Legrain »
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.

Four Bags Full

Four Bags Full
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/10/1956
  • Character: Grandgil
Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.

The Counterfeiters of Paris

The Counterfeiters of Paris
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 27/09/1961
  • Character: Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.

A Monkey in Winter

A Monkey in Winter
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 11/05/1962
  • Character: Albert Quentin
The story of a man who has stopped drinking- and then dreaming- and who thanks to a young man who tries to forget a lost love in alcohol will turn drunk again during an exciting night.

The Baron of the Locks

The Baron of the Locks
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/04/1960
  • Character: Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile.

The Gentleman from Epsom

The Gentleman from Epsom
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 03/10/1962
  • Character: Richard Briand-Charmery
The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.

The Old Guard

The Old Guard
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/09/1960
  • Character: Jean-Marie Pejat, réparateur de vélos

Holy Year

Holy Year
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/04/1976
  • Character: Max Lambert
The last film of Jean Gabin.

The Magnificent Tramp

The Magnificent Tramp
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 08/04/1959
  • Character: Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.

Zouzou

Zouzou
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/12/1934
  • Character: Jean
Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder.

The Gardener of Argenteuil

The Gardener of Argenteuil
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 07/10/1966
  • Character: Le père Tulipe M. Martin
Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.

Monsieur

Monsieur
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/04/1964
  • Character: le banquier René Duchêne, alias Georges Baudin dit "Monsieur"
Désespéré par la mort de sa femme, le banquier René Duchesne se promène le long de la Seine. Seule la rencontre de Suzanne, son ancienne femme de chambre lui révélant les infidélités de Madame, le sauve du suicide. Monsieur décide alors d'aider sa protégée à sortir de la prostitution, et d'empêcher ses beaux-parents de faire main basse sur l'héritage.

Fun in Barracks

Fun in Barracks
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/09/1932
  • Character: Fricot

The Thunder of God

The Thunder of God
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 08/09/1965
  • Character: Léandre Brassac
Brassac is a drunken veterinarian who can't resist bringing home stray animals and humans. Lilli Palmer plays his long-suffering wife Marie. When he brings home the prostitute Simone, Brassac is not sure he is acting out of concern or lust. He beats up the pimp who comes looking for Simone, and Brassac is happy when she later falls in love with his neighbor, and they make Brassac a "grandfather."

L'air de Paris

L'air de Paris
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 24/09/1954
  • Character: Victor Le Garrec
An aging boxer trains a young railroad worker to become a fighter.

High and Low

High and Low
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/12/1933
  • Character: Charles Boulla

That Tender Age

That Tender Age
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 23/12/1964
  • Character: Émile Malhouin
Antoine and Marie decided to introduce their parents before the wedding. Summer vacation looks like a good time, so the Lartigue family prepares to host Malhouin family. But it turns out that the harsh Emil Malhouin is not too happy to get acquainted with his future relatives...

Cœurs joyeux

Cœurs joyeux
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 02/12/1932
  • Character: Charles
A young man, Charles, operator in a neighborhood cinema, is suspected of involvement in the theft of jewelry. His fiancée, Lucette, but it would save would necessitate denounce his brother Olivier who is the leader of the band of thieves. Lucette will see the victim, the jeweler Van Hoolst who agrees to withdraw its complaint against restitution jewelry. Thieves do not meet the market but ultimately, the operator is cleared and becomes the owner of the cinema.

The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow

The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/10/1971
  • Character: Victor Ploubaz

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