The best Marcel Bernier’s movies

Marcel Bernier

Marcel Bernier

08/08/1912- 21/02/1990
We present our ranking of the best Marcel Bernier’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Marcel Bernier.
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Charade

Charade
7.8/10
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name?

Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows
7.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 29/01/1958
  • Character: Un Policier au Commissariat (uncredited)
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Army of Shadows

Army of Shadows
8.1/10
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

Very Happy Alexander

Very Happy Alexander
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/02/1968
  • Character: Malicorne
Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free and inactive. Just a dog is occupied to carry food and newspapers to him.

The Big Risk

The Big Risk
7.5/10
On crowded Milan streets, two men execute a split-second payroll heist-in broad daylight-then begin a lightning-paced getaway, via every conveyance available. But after all, when a tough guy's returning to France (where he's been sentenced to death in absentia) after holing up in Italy for nearly a decade, he's got to have some startup money--particularly if he's going back with the wife and kids.

Greed in the Sun

Greed in the Sun
7/10
  • Genre: ActionAdventureComedy
  • Release: 17/04/1964
  • Character: Marcel, mechanic at Castigliano (uncredited)
Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless youngster who stole a brand-new truck and its payload. Riddled with bad luck, Marec will face the dangers of the desert, as well as a fishy partner, and a reluctant, misogynist tow-truck helper until the climactic fight.

The Counterfeiters of Paris

The Counterfeiters of Paris
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 27/09/1961
  • Character: Police driver (uncredited)
"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.

The Night Affair

The Night Affair
6.6/10
Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky (Najda Tiller), whom he considers to be more victim than criminal. Taking it upon himself to wean Lucky away from narcotics, Vallois also wins her love -- and, incidentally, smashes the dope ring responsible for her addiction

Let's Not Get Angry

Let's Not Get Angry
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 20/04/1966
  • Character: Marcel
One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his money.

Le Deuxième Souffle

Le Deuxième Souffle
7.9/10
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.

The Road to Shame

The Road to Shame
6.2/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 30/04/1959
  • Character: Inspector Thomas (uncredited)
Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Pierre knows that his fiancée goes to a rendezvous, but she would not tell him more than just that. Worried, Pierre follows her but he is attacked and stolen his identity papers by two men, Tom and Nasol, on the payroll of Quaglio, one of the city's bosses. Later on, Quaglio kills Nasol and deposits the body in a garage, leaving Pierre's papers nearby. As for Pierre, he manages to follow Tom to a villa where several young women have been invited. Pierre, horrified, realizes that this place is the headquarters for the white slave trade. - Written by Guy Bellinger

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
7/10
Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.

Sénéchal the Magnificent

Sénéchal the Magnificent
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/05/1957
  • Character: Un spectateur (uncredited)
Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?

Maigret Sees Red

Maigret Sees Red
6.2/10
Gangsters from the United States try to kill a key government witness whose testimony could help land an influential mobster in jail. It's up to detective Maigret to deal with the FBI and a series of underworld figures to save the life of the witness...

Cherchez l'idole

Cherchez l'idole
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/02/1964
  • Character: Spectator at the Olympia
After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the precious instrument has just been sold! The problem is complicated by the fact that five stars all bought the same model that morning...

Sunday Encounter

Sunday Encounter
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 19/11/1958
  • Character: Le bistrot du 'Brandy' (uncredited)
Jean Brevent still did not understand the departure of his wife, Danielle Darieux. It's been five years, but he still can't forget her. In spite of a work of writer originator in a newspaper, in which it tried to be invested completely, time did not make its work. One day, by chance, he meets her in the bus...

Emile's Boat

Emile's Boat
6.2/10
Charles-Edmond, l'aîné des frères Larmentiel, décide de revenir à La Rochelle, sa ville natale pour y mourir. Quarante ans plus tôt il en avait été chassé par son père. Avant de trépasser, le vieil original annonce qu'il a un fils caché, Émile, marin-pêcheur auquel il souhaite lèguer ses biens. François, le frère cadet, que Charles-Edmond déteste, lorgne sur l'héritage pour renflouer la puissante entreprise familiale, véritable trust de la pêche, et va tenter de s'approprier l'affection et les biens de cet héritier inopportun. Émile, quant à lui, est trop occupé à se disputer avec Fernande, chanteuse de beugland, pour se douter de ce qui l'attend…

Secrets of a French Nurse

Secrets of a French Nurse
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 19/02/1958
  • Character: Un inspecteur

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