Paul Meurisse

A man is killed by his wife and mistress, but his body disappears. What is going on? (imdb)

France, 1942, during the occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is one of the French Resistance's chiefs. Given away by a traitor, he is interned in a camp. (imdb)

Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ambitious conductor freshly graduated from the conservatory. Was it passion, vengeance, desperation, an accident? (imdb)

Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. His wealthy household (his family owns chemical corporations that will profit from his ideas) is stiff, intellectual, and sterile. To celebrate his engagement to a German cousin, he hosts an aseptic picnic, where mother nature asserts herself. (imdb)

Gustave Manda, better known as Gu, a dangerous gangster, escapes from jail. He goes to Paris to join Manouche and other friends, and get involved in a gangland killing. Before leaving the country with Manouche, Gu needs a final job to get some money. But that's not so simple when you have Inspector Blot tracking you, and have to deal with the consequences of the shooting in Paris... (imdb)

The Marquis de Villemaur reunites strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. There is an Italian fascist, Heinrich, a German, Matthias, a Russian and Dromard, a blind French war hero, with a black monocle. (imdb)

In order to get rid of his troublesome son François, Maître Gérane manages to have him committed to a mental hospital (imdb)

Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. The same inspector who's searching for him is also looking for a jewel thief, Yan Kuq, whose wife has died under suspicious circumstance just after a major burglary. The Gypsy needs to settle a few scores and make one more heist before going to ground, and, by coincidence, his path takes him close to Yan, who's hiding in the hotel of a close friend and former lover, Ninie. (imdb)

15 years after WWII ten members of the underground reunite to expose a traitor among them.

A hotel in the back streets of Paris has a bad reputation because of its owners shady dealings, much to her daughter's chagrin. When an man shows up looking to hide out after a crime things turn tense.

An american tourist is found murdered in the French countryside. The police is baffled, and in an attempt to understand the motives and find the murderer, they begin to track the girl's journey since her arrival, tracing her steps and the people she met throughout France, attempting to solve the case before it becomes a scandal.

Alfred doesn't work. He lets his wife do that. Instead, he plays the horses, and wanders about, hitchhiking. His sly laziness serves him in good stead when he is kidnapped by people he thought were giving him a ride. He wakes from unconsciousness in a coffin in Istanbul, pockets full of counterfeit cash. Another gang, not the one that kidnapped him, accosts him and tries to find out what kind of smuggling scheme would send him in the coffin; (Allmovie)

Two little seedy villains, Hyacinthe (a former cop) and Arsène are trying unsuccessfully to roll Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, a high-class crook. This one will use them to mount a big blow that will succeed, but not in the sense that the three protagonists hoped ... (Wikipedia)

Louis Bourdin, a humble subway puncher at the RATP, boastful but fearful, works at the station Quai de la Rapée. He is so fanatical of detective novels that he writes one himself.

At a reception hosted by the novelist Verate ( Jean Servais ), a blackmailer is murdered. During the investigation, it comes out that each of the various guests had good reasons to have killed him. (fr.wikipedia)

From a play by Victorien Sardou (bfi)

Marianne, a stage actress, has decided to give up her career in order to marry a wealthy nobleman, Marquis Antoine de Fontaines. As a wedding present Antoine gives his future wife a precious diamond necklace, which is coveted by a gang of crooks. Jean, one of them, is given the mission to approach Marianne and to steal the necklace from her. The only trouble is that when he meets her, she recognizes him as the man she once loved... (imdb)

A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier. (imdb)

Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer just back from Africa, visiting his old friends, the Pescara family. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder is committed. SOS begins to investigate...

A banker responsible for a financial crisis dies, and his death is covered up. (imdb)

A love affair which is anything but romantic. The negative of a fairy tale.