Direction: Jean Girault
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jean Girault. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Rob the Bank
1964 · Movie · 88 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Yvonne Clech · Jean-Pierre Marielle · Anne Doat
Plot A modest shopkeeper, Victor Garnier, hands over his hard-earned savings to the director of the bank opposite his shop, to invest in shares in an oil company. When the shares...
6.0
100 votes
6.0
100 votes
The Troops of St. Tropez
1964 · Movie · 93 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Geneviève Grad · Michel Galabru · Daniel Cauchy
5.8
759 votes
5.8
759 votes
Joe: The Busy Body
1971 · Movie · 85 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Claude Gensac · Michel Galabru · Bernard Blier
Plot A well-known dramatic writer has decided to kill his blackmailer, but the problem is, what should he do with the body? Based on the play "The Gazebo" by Alec Coppel...
5.6
253 votes
5.6
253 votes
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968 · Movie · 92 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Jean Lefebvre · Geneviève Grad · Christian Marin
Plot The third installment in the Gendarme series. Cruchot is a widower and he falls in love with a wealthy widow, Josepha. But his daughter is not prepared to accept it...
5.6
291 votes
5.6
291 votes
The Big Vacation
1967 · Movie · 84 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Ferdy Mayne · Martine Kelly · François Leccia
Plot Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked to...
5.6
170 votes
5.6
170 votes
The Miser
1980 · Movie · 117 min. · France
Direction Louis de Funès · Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Frank David · Hervé Vellon · Georges Audoubert
Plot Louis de Funès starring this adaptation of Molière's play.
5.5
357 votes
5.5
357 votes
Pouic-Pouic
1963 · Movie · 86 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Mireille Darc · Roger Dumas · Jacqueline Maillan
Plot Léonard Monestier has made his fortune trading on the stock exchange. His eccentric wife Cynthia almost bankrupts him by selling some of his shares to buy an oil concession in...
5.5
61 votes
5.5
61 votes
The Gendarme in New York
1965 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Michel Galabru · Christian Marin · Guy Grosso
Plot The police squad of Saint-Tropez has been chosen to represent France at the International Police Convention in New York City. But the daughter of the squad's sergeant stows away on...
5.4
407 votes
5.4
407 votes
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970 · Movie · 90 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Jean Lefebvre · Guy Grosso · Michel Modo
5.4
244 votes
5.4
244 votes
La Soupe aux choux
1981 · Movie · 98 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Jean Carmet · Jacques Villeret · Claude Gensac
Plot Two buddy farmers, portrayed as "country bumpkins" eating cabbage soup and farting all the time. The arrival of an alien (Jacques Villeret) from the planet of Oxo who takes a...
5.2
412 votes
5.2
412 votes
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979 · Movie · 96 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis de Funès · Michel Galabru · Maria Mauban · Maurice Risch
Plot The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real...
5.1
433 votes
5.1
433 votes
Never Play Clever Again
1982 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault · Tony Aboyantz
Cast Louis de Funès · Michel Galabru · Maurice Risch · Jacques François
5.0
286 votes
5.0
286 votes
Le mille-pattes fait des claquettes
1977 · Movie · 105 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Francis Perrin · Roger Mirmont · Jean-Jacques Moreau · Michel Galabru
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Les veinards
1963 · Movie · 95 min. · France
Direction Philippe de Broca · Jean Girault · Jack Pinoteau
Cast France Anglade · Francis Blanche · Blanchette Brunoy · Daniel Ceccaldi
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Les murs ont des oreilles
1974 · Movie · 91 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis Velle · Martine Sarcey · Chantal Nobel · Emmanuel de Sablet
Plot A "Watergate" in miniature:a man discovers a wire-tapping set ,in his new house,and he can spy on his circle.
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Crazy Boys in Spain
1972 · Movie · 83 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Les Charlots · Gérard Rinaldi · Gérard Croce · Jacques Legras
Plot This year, Gerard, Phil, Jean Guy and Jean planed to go on holidays to Spain. When tey arrive, they're employed in a big hotel. Blunder after blunder, they're fired from...
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The Gorillas
1964 · Movie · 88 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Darry Cowl · Francis Blanche · Bernard Dheran · Michel Galabru
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Le permis de conduire
1974 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Louis Velle · Pascale Roberts · Robert Castel · Paul Préboist
Plot Michel is happy with his wife and two children. They live in the suburbs. A promotion in his work obliges him to pass the driving license and to live alone...
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Holy Year
1976 · Movie · 85 min. · France
Direction Jean Girault
Cast Jean Gabin · Jean-Claude Brialy · Danielle Darrieux · Nicoletta Machiavelli
Plot Max, a master thief, is spending some time behind bars, having been captured by a determined and crafty police officer. He has hidden a sizable amount of gold in Italy...
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Judge Roy Bean
1971 · Movie · 92 min. · France
Direction Federico Chentrens · Jean Girault
Cast Pierre Perret · Robert Hossein · Silvia Monti · Xavier Gélin
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