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Maurice Marceau

Maurice Marceau

Acting
1905-04-22
Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Known For & Full Filmography50 Titles

#1The Rules of the Game

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Un garde-chasse (uncredited)

7.5 / 10
DramaComedyRomance

The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.

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#2Without Leaving an Address

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • as Le contrôleur (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
DramaComedy

A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address.

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#3Special Mission

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • as (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
DramaWarThriller

The exploits of Chief Police Inspector Chabrier, first before the invasion of France in May 1940 as he fights against spies preparing the coming the Germans, particularly Emmy de Welder, the alleged manager of the Rouen hospital. Later, Chabrier and his men go underground and resist the occupiers whatever the price to pay. When the Liberation comes Chabrier resumes his activities at the French National Police.

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#4Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Although suspected and hunted down by policeman Sherlock Coco and inspector Hector, the Pieds Nickelés (Croquignol, Filochard and Ribouldingue) manage to save the legacy of Monsieur Miradoux, who will be very grateful to them.

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#5Assault

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • as Journalist (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
Drama

Alexandre Mérital, the leader of a political party, finds himself under attack from Frépeau, one of his opponents. The latter has indeed discovered that Mérital committed a theft in his youth. But Mérital will not be intimidated by his adversary's move. In his turn, he discovers that Frépeau was once involved in a financial scandal, which forces the plaintiff to discontinue the prosecution.

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#6L'ange qu'on m'a donné

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

9.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

During the 1940 exodus, a young girl takes in a baby to whom she becomes deeply attached.

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#7It Happened at the Inn

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10
DramaMysteryComedy

An old woman living in an inn is killed and her family members seem like the likely culprits.

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#8Fièvres

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

6.5 / 10
Drama

Despite a perfect marriage and a superb career as a singer, Jean Dupray cheats on his wife. She dies while listening to the song he dedicated to her, "Maria". He then retired to the south where he led a life in complete anonymity. But his best friend's fiancé recognizes him and seduces him. Following a fight with his best friend, he decides to return to order by becoming a monk.

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#9Justice Is Done

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
DramaMystery

Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts.

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#10Bizarre, Bizarre

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as un figurant (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
Comedy

A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.

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#11Antoine & Antoinette

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m • as Popaul

6.2 / 10
DramaComedyRomance

1947, in France, Antoine and Antoinette, a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence: he works in a print shop while she is a shop assistant. But one evening, they regain hope: Antoine finds a winning lottery ticket in his girlfriend's handbag. He decides to cash it in, but loses his wallet. What follows is a series of twists and turns that redefine the couple's priorities while forcing them to remain optimistic.

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#12Distress

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m • as Inspector

9.0 / 10
Drama

Martine discovers, on the eve of her wedding, that her mother, whom she believed to be dead, leads an adventurous life. Pierre, her fiancé, unable to overcome his family's opposition to the revelation of this news, decides to kidnap Martine. The adventurer, who is not recognized by her daughter, agrees to leave France. The family of the young man will no longer put obstacles in the way of marriage.

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#13The Rooster of the Regiment

Movie - 1933, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Comedy

The story is about a lieutenant, nicknamed "the Rooster of the Regiment", a married man, who just can't help running after any woman passing around, and one of his friend, who always has "good ideas" to give him a hand to come out of "ubuesque" situations.

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#14Sideral Cruises

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Technician of the scientific institute (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
Sci-FiAdventure

Robert and Françoise Monier make a hot air balloon to fly to the stratosphere. After a visit to Venus, they return home, but have only aged 15 days whereas 25 years have passed on Earth.

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#15Fantomas Against Fantomas

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Un homme dans le métro (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
MysteryThrillerHorror

Everyone in Paris thinks Fantomas is dead. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to the master criminal. Inspector Juve and his reporter friend Fandor set out to find the truth.

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#16The Murderer Lives at Number 21

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Bistro Client (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
ComedyMysteryThriller

Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.

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#17The Lost Village

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m • as Sergeant

5.8 / 10
Drama

In the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave Boeuf, the local Casanova, has mysteriously died at the foot of a wayside cross. Shortly afterwards, a peasant, who is suspected of having murdered him, hangs himself from a branch of the calvary. But was he the real culprit? Angélique Barrodet, an old maid , who had been Gustave's fiancée before he abandoned her on the very day of their wedding, leads the investigation in her own way.

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#18The Fatted Calf

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Electrical worker (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
Comedy

Jules Vachon, a pharmacist, has two sons, Gabriel, a steady-minded young man dedicated to his job in the pharmacy, and Gaston, a good for nothing whose only talent is to seduce rich women and take money from their pockets. But it is Gaston who is hailed as a great man when he returns to his native village thanks to his deep pockets.

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#19Shop Girls of Paris

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Employee (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
Drama

The struggles of a small business owner come to light in this film by director André Cayatte. The proprietor of a fabric shop, M. Baudu faces stiff competition when a department store moves in across the street, the first of its kind in 1860s Paris. On top of the stresses associated with the rival retailer, Baudu’s niece and two nephews take up residence with him after recently being orphaned. The niece, Denise Baudu, sees the writing on the wall for her uncle’s business so she takes a job as a shop girl with his competitor and despite her success the decision does not register well with the family.

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#20The Trump Card

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Journalist (uncredited)

4.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

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.

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#21Fantastic Night

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as One of the "forts des Halles"

6.1 / 10
ComedyFantasyRomance

Denis, a poor student in philosophy, works as a night porter in the Paris market of Les Halles in order to pay for his studies. Constantly weary, he falls asleep and dreams of a beautiful girl in white, Irène, with whom he falls in love.

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#22Monsieur Vincent

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m • as Un pauvre (uncredited)

6.6 / 10
DramaHistory

The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.

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#23The Honorable Catherine

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Window cleaner (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Catherine's technique to sell her clocks is to blackmail illegitimate couples such as Jacques and Gisèle. However when Gisèle's husband Pierre walks in on them, Catherine pretends to be Jacques's lover to save the day. Jacques then gets caught up in her schemes when the next couple she deals with turn out to be jewel thieves who kidnap them.

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#24The White Blackbird

Movie - 1944, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Jules Leroy, an industrial shoe polish manufacturer, on his deathbed reveals to his son Achille that the family fortune originates from an inheritance stolen 23 years earlier. The one who should have inherited is one of the factory employees, Hyacinthe Camusset. The latter is also one of the lovers of Lucienne Leroy, the daughter of the family, who has a penchant for Jean Bernon, a boy who dedicates verses to her. Hyacinthe is unaware that he has been robbed but the Leroy family, who are not sure, try to woo him. The family, Hyacinthe, Jean and Lucienne meet at the castle.

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#25The Ideal Couple

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • as Stage manager

6.5 / 10
Comedy

Diavalo is the popular hero of French serials circa 1912. Diana is an actress who falls in love with Diavalo. Diavalo is forced to wear a series of disguises to elude the police so he can attend a Gala for the President.

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#26Forbidden to Love

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Le garçon du buffet (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
Comedy

An unconsummated marriage to fool the father who wants his heir to be wed.

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#27La Carcasse et le Tord-cou

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m • as Peasant

10.0 / 10
Comedy

La Carcasse, an obtuse peasant, lives with his wife Lucie and his father-in-law Tord-cou. At odds with his son-in-law, the Tord-cou takes it into his head to marry Thérésa, the daughter of their neighbor Casimir. But the Carcass, too, feels attracted to the young woman...

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#28A Star to the Sun

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

Martine, who has become a major star of the song in Paris, wants to return to visit her hometown. Confronted with Merlerault, a very haughty and noble character who wants to teach her how to live, she succumbs after a time of anger, to the charms of the gentleman. They get married but she forgot to tell her husband that her father is in fact the most famous poacher in the area.

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#29Vingt-quatre heures de perm'

Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Two friends, mobilized together and idle, send their photos to two young workers. The photos are inverted, resulting in a real sentimental imbroglio which finds its best conclusion in the context of the Théâtre aux Armées.

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#30The Ménard Collection

Movie - 1944, 2h 15m • as (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
Comedy

Renée Ménard, a young mixed-race Indochinese, arrives in France to find her French father, whom she only knows is called Paul Ménard. In the hope of identifying her father, she meets a series of men with that name.

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#31Her First Affair

Movie - 1941, 2h 15m • as A college student (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
Romance

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 middle-aged man... He pretends not to be the author of the letters, who could not come...

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#32Picpus

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Un inspecteur (uncredited)

5.3 / 10
MysteryDramaCrime

Picpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed. Maigret tries to find the killer.

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#33La Veuve et l'innocent

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Agent

9.0 / 10
Comedy

Nicole, a spirited lawyer, must defend, for her debut in the courtroom, the accused Panoyau. It is a failure, the death sentence. Furious, Nicole proclaims to Claude, her fiance, that the marriage is canceled as long as Panoyau is threatened. Claude manages to steal the guillotine and the couple go on a trip and discover the real assassin.

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#34Le Bateau Ă  soupe

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.5 / 10
Drama

Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog hides a tender heart and he allows Marie-Douce, a poor slum girl who dreams of seeing the wide world,on board. To have her accepted by the crew, he passes her off as his niece. A seasoned master like him, wise enough to ban alcohol use on his ship, should have known better : a beautiful girl on the deck cannot but unleash the savage instincts of all those men without women.

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#35Justin de Marseille

Movie - 1935, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

5.9 / 10
Drama

A respected gangster, Justin, finds himself in a deadly feud with his rival, the unscrupulous Esposito. The latter plans to steal a cargo of opium bound for China and to have Justin killed.

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#36Life Is Ours

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • as Petit rôle (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
DramaHistory

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

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#37Marie-Martine

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Mechanic

7.0 / 10
Drama

The novelist LoĂŻc Limousin knew the turbulent past of Marie-Martine and he extracted the material for a novel from which the young girl risks paying the price. After the drama that had thrown her in prison, she met a brave boy ready to make his life with her. Will the scandal separate them?

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#38L'échafaud peut attendre

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Plasterer

8.0 / 10

A trio of criminals gradually become entangled in theft and crime. Serge is arrested, his mistress, Hélène, and his accomplice, Michel, both become lovers, try to exonerate him and use false fingerprints first, then after Serge's conviction, gloves covered with the same fingerprints of the prisoner.

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#39The Emigrant

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

Fearing a gangster's vengeance,his moll sails away to South Africa ,where many emigrants intend to work in the mines there.

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#40Ma femme, ma vache et moi

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10
Comedy

Marinette, the wife of Mario, a sympathetic hobo, is disgusted with the farm and runs off to Paris without husband or child. The tenacious husband sets off in pursuit, accompanied by the baby and a cow that's a bit cumbersome. The unfaithful woman wanted to become a star. Mario and his crew go from music hall to nightclub until finally, a classified ad brings back a repentant Marinette, just in time to prevent Mario from running off with a prostitute, herself eager for a change of scene.

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#41Les Gaîtés de la finance

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • as Le coiffeur

6.7 / 10
Comedy

The banker Marivol looks like a tailor, Lambinet. Gangsters threaten the first, who hires the second as a double. The latter accepts ignoring everything. When he learns that he will be the target of killers, the unfortunate man begins to live in terror.

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#42A Cop

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m • as Un employé du garage (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
Drama

Georges, hunted by the Germans, had taken refuge with his brother, Commissioner PJ Paris. Once released, he teams up for the sake of a girl with the lackluster Zattore. A bank is robbed, but the police is fast and Georges will either lose his life.

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#43Master Love

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10
Comedy

Director of a music hall, the dubious Ribero, to save himself from bankruptcy, only hopes for the victory of his horse. An English lord enlists his crack Master Love in the race. Ribero will try to prevent its departure. He is thwarted in his dark projects by the lord's daughter, captain of a troop of girls, and by a wise and determined sportsman who does not hesitate, for the occasion, to become a jockey. Master Love wins the race, Ribero is confused, a few weddings are celebrated.

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#44Two Women

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Drama

Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not allow her to turn to another man.

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#45Messieurs Ludovic

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • as Private detective (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
Romance

Anne-Marie meets three men bearing the first name of Ludovic. Each of them has a very different character than the other two. The young woman will find great love with one of them.

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#46Mademoiselle Swing

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Villard

6.0 / 10
ComedyMusic

Stuck in Angoulême between her uncle, who composes classical music, and her aunt, who is a fan of contemporary music, young Irène finds life boring. Fortunately, there is swing music which illuminates her days. So when, one day, Raymond Serre and his swing orchestra come to Angoulême, she seizes the opportunity to slip the copy of a song she has written into the pocket of one of the musicians. The trouble is that while she is doing so, the train she has boarded pulls out.

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#47Le 84 prend des vacances

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as Butcher

4.0 / 10
Comedy

Gaston Bernod is a Parisian bus driver. Honest, upright and hard-working, he is held in high esteem by his superiors. Gaston has always pampered "his" bus, going as far as to equip it with a fuel-saving device of his invention. Very close to his vehicle, he may have somewhat neglected his wife Paulette, who lets herself got round by the smooth words of Pierrot. The gigolo has indeed managed to persuade her to follow him to the Mont Saint-Michel, "a wonderful nest for their burgeoning love" as he says. The trouble is that Gaston, while driving his dear 84, catches sight of the car, and suddenly aware of his misfortune, sees red. He immediately sets off in pursuit of the culprits, involving his load of helpless passengers in the chase.

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#48La marraine du régiment

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

9.0 / 10
Comedy

A wealthy old maid offers to be the godmother of a regiment in order to find a fiancé for her niece who must come into possession of a large inheritance the day she marries a private.

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#49Trois artilleurs à l'opéra

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Un soldat

6.5 / 10

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#50The Big Fight

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Spectator

9.0 / 10
Drama

The formidable K.O. Bouillon killed trainer Victor's colt during a boxing fight. Strongly affected, Victor returns to the south to find his wife and adopted daughter. He discovers in the person of Bernard a seed of champion which he ensures the training in secret...

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