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Les branquignols
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les branquignols
Le cigare introuvable
1mn - Comedy
Three portly, white-face clowns wrangle over a cigar stub. One of them keeps it by hiding it in his mouth and similar ruses.
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Crainquebille
(3.6/5)
90mn - Drama
Jérôme Crainquebille, is an ageing vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in in Paris for over 40 years. One day, he is harassed by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protest…
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Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
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Branded Men
(3.1/5)
63mn - Romance, Western
Three hard-riding cowboys arrive in the lawless town of Steep Gulch and volunteer to become the new sheriffs, knowing full well that their predecessors were all gunned down by the ruthless Mace and his ga…
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The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
(3.1/5)
99mn - Action, Comedy, Western
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.
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Calino courtier en paratonnerres
5mn -
Calino goes politely around to three or four people from the bourgeois class, trying to sell them a lightning rod: but due to a factory defect, the apparatus attracts lightning instead of driving it away.
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Départ de cyclistes
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.
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The Battle Royal
10mn - Comedy
Plump and Runt are on opposite sides of a mountain feud. Then government revenue agents arrive and both families join together to run off the common enemy.
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Petit frère et petite sœur
(3/5)
1mn - Documentary, Family
In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.
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The King and the Jester
5mn - Comedy
French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).
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Barrabas
489mn - Crime
Rudolph Strelitz, known as 'Barrabas', is the leader of a brutal underground gang causing chaos and destruction in the lives of civilized people. A lawyer, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined to bring S…
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Brand of the Outlaws
(2.9/5)
60mn - Western
A drifting cowboy who saves a wounded sheriff finds himself framed for rustling and murder by the very gang he unknowingly helped. Now branded as an outlaw, he must clear his name and hunt down the corrup…
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Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
87mn - Family, Drama
The Marquis de la Seiglière returns to France once the Revolution is over. His possessions, which had been sold as material properties, had been purchased by Stamply, a farmer. The latter restores them to…
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Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
4mn - Comedy
Poor Eugénie! She's humpbacked and everyone wants to straighten her out, but when success finally comes, she's too tall not to cause disasters. To solve the problem, the help of a sword swallower is urgen…
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Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
1mn - Comedy
Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience.
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Léonce Loves Morels
(2.8/5)
14mn -
A photogenic Partie de campagne with Léonce looking for mushrooms! A nice prestation by Poupette Suzanne Le Bret and a nice little fantasy.
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Clancy Street Boys
(3/5)
66mn - Comedy
When a street-smart teenager's wealthy Texas uncle announces a visit, he must convince his gang to pose as the six siblings his late father bragged about having, leading to hilarious hijinks and unexpecte…
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Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
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The Oubliette
29mn - Drama, History
Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly …
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Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang
(3.2/5)
12mn - Action
In 1913 early French film pioneer Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset died abruptly at the age of 51. His filmography of about 60 titles includes all film genres but is today mostly lost. He was particularly intere…
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Related terms
les branquignols
les bravados
See also
les braqueuses
braqueurs
les barbouzes
les charlots
les bronzés
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