Gérard Oury

Ace of Aces

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1982, France, Germany

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Jo Chevalier is a former pilot of the French Air Force during WWI who became the trainer of the French national boxing team, qualified for the Olympic games of 1936. But Jo is reluctant to go as he ha...

Umbrella Coup

Release Date and Country: 1980, France

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Grégoire Lecompte, an actor without success, living mostly out of small advertisement has a meeting for a role of hitman in a comedy. But because of a misunderstanding, he ends up being employed by re...

The Escape

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1978, France

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Pierre Richard, Victor Lanoux, Raymond Bussières...

Movie or TV Series Plot: In his comedic roles, Pierre Richard always appears as a clumsy hero who can cause major disasters. In this film, he plays lawyer Jean-Philippe Duroc, who leaves Paris to visit his client in prison, M...

Delusions of Grandeur

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1971, France, Italy, Spain

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Louis de Funes, Yves Montand, Karin Schubert...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Don Salluste is minister of finance for the Spanish crown. Greedy and vain, he uses his function to increase his fortune. Naturally he is despised by the whole population. However, as the Queen accuse...

The Brain

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1969, France

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven...

Movie or TV Series Plot: In 1967 the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is moved from France to Belgium. The secret funds of the organization are therefore to be transferred from Paris to Brussel by...

The Big Runaround

Comedy/War

Release Date and Country: 1966, France

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Louis de Funes, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy...

Movie or TV Series Plot: A plane full of British airmen accidentally gets over occupied Paris and is shot down. Each of them then asks a civilian for help. So a room painter, an opera conductor, a beautiful blonde and a brave...

The Sucker

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1965, France, Italy

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Louis de Funes, Venantino Venantini, José Luis de Villalonga...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Antoine Marechal (André Bourvil) is trusting good guy who accidentally collides with a gangster Saroyan (Louis de Funes). As forgiveness offers Saroyan to Antonie paid trip by Cadillac of his American...