Jean Gabin

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.

Dir. Jean Renoir · With Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.

Dir. Marcel Carné · With Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan

An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

Dir. Henri Verneuil · With Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

Dir. Marcel Carné · With Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Jules Berry

Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.

Dir. Claude Autant-Lara · With Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès

During World War II, an innkeeper vows to abstain from alcohol for the sake of his family. Years later, as they thrive in Normandy, his resolve is tested by a charming advertising professional who loves to drink.

Dir. Henri Verneuil · With Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.

Dir. Max Ophüls · With Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud

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.

Dir. Jean Renoir · With Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix

Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.

Dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre · With Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy

Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.

Dir. Henri Verneuil · With Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval

Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.

Dir. Jacques Becker · With Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, René Dary

Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.

Dir. Julien Duvivier · With Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio

A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.

Dir. José Giovanni · With Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Mimsy Farmer

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Dir. Jean-Paul Le Chanois · With Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Béatrice Altariba

Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.

Dir. Jean Delannoy · With Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot

"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.

Dir. Gilles Grangier · With Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

Dir. Jean Renoir · With Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux

An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.

Dir. Denys de La Patellière · With Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès, Dominique Davray

Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...

Dir. Georges Lautner · With Jean Gabin, Dany Carrel, André Pousse