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unusual facts about Lino Ventura



Alphonse Boudard

1965: La Métamorphose des cloportes (The Metamorphosis of woodlice) (adaptation and dialogue with Michel Audiard and Albert Simonin) - Director: Pierre Granier Deferre, with Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Irina Demick, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Geret Maurice Biraud, Francoise Rosay

Jean Chamoux

He nevertheless took photographs of such various figures as Blaise Cendrars, Jean Cocteau, Paul Fort, Lino Ventura, Habib Bourguiba or Madame René Coty in their homes, and was regarded as a first rank photographer in fashion and industry.

L'emmerdeur

Directed by Édouard Molinaro and co-starring Lino Ventura, Caroline Cellier, and Jean-Pierre Darras, L'emmerdeur is an adaptation of Francis Veber's 1971 play Le contrat.

Le Diable et les Dix Commandements

The cast list includes several famous French actors: Fernandel, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Lino Ventura, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Aznavour, and a very young Alain Delon, but according to Bosley Crowther only one from seven episodes tickled him, in which play Louis de Funes and Jean-Claude Brialy.

Touchez pas au grisbi

Touchez pas au grisbi (French for "Don't touch the loot") is a 1954 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura, Dora Doll, Delia Scala, René Dary, and Miss America 1946, Marilyn Buferd.


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