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Maurice Biraud is a Actor French born on 3 march 1922 at Paris (France)

Maurice Biraud

Maurice Biraud
Maurice Biraud participated to 71 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 9 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

Taxi for Tobruk, 1h35
Directed by Denys de La Patellière
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Politique, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Hardy Krüger, Charles Aznavour, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Germán Cobos, Roland Ménard
Roles François Gensac
Rating71% 3.5925153.5925153.5925153.5925153.592515
Le film commence par une présentation de la nuit du réveillon de Noël 1941 et comment les divers personnages du film la fêtent :
Any Number Can Win, 1h58
Directed by Costa-Gavras, Claude Pinoteau, Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes La provence, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Maurice Biraud, Viviane Romance, Henri Virlogeux, Jean Carmet
Roles Louis
Rating72% 3.6457653.6457653.6457653.6457653.645765
Charles comes out of prison after serving five years for attempted robbery. His wife wants him to go legit but he immediately starts making plans for robbing the gambling casino at Cannes.
Dandelions by the Roots, 1h35
Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Louis de Funès, Michel Serrault, Mireille Darc, Maurice Biraud, Francis Blanche, Venantino Venantini
Roles Jo Arengeot
Rating57% 2.8984352.8984352.8984352.8984352.898435
When he got out of prison, Jo (Maurice Biraud) finds out that his love "Rocky" (Mireille Darc) was cheating on him with Jockey Jack (Louis de Funès). To get his revenge he sends his man "Pommes-Chips" to kill Jockey. But accidentally Jockey kills "Pommes-Chips". He now has to hide the dead man, so he hides him in a big violin case belonging to his cousin Jerome (Michel Serrault). But inside the vest of the dead man are 3 future winning horse race numbers.
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Directed by Michel Audiard
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud, Roger Carel, Jean Carmet, Darry Cowl
Roles Herbert
Rating49% 2.4889152.4889152.4889152.4889152.488915
La « princesse » d'un bidonville de Champigny-sur-Marne, à l'aide de ses serviteurs dignes d'une cour des miracles recycle, dans une machine qui joue une samba, tous ceux qui lui tombent entre les mains. Leurs os servent ensuite parfois de « saintes reliques » aux autorités ecclésiastiques.
The Last Train, 1h35
Directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud, Régine, Nike Arrighi, Serge Marquand
Roles Maurice
Rating68% 3.441823.441823.441823.441823.44182
In May 1940 a packed train takes refugees from a French village near the Belgian border away from the advancing German forces.. On it are Julien, a short-sighted radio repairer, and his pregnant wife and daughter. The women are given priority in a carriage at the front while he has to scramble into a cattle truck at the rear. There he is struck by a mysterious and beautiful young woman on her own.
A Mouse with the Men, 1h30
Directed by Jacques Poitrenaud
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Louis de Funès, Dany Saval, Maurice Biraud, Gérard Lartigau, Jean Lefebvre, Robert Vattier
Roles Francis
Rating59% 2.9964952.9964952.9964952.9964952.996495
Deux cambrioleurs sont surpris par une fille de bonne famille qui leur impose sa collaboration...
Flic Story
Flic Story (1975)
, 1h50
Directed by Jacques Deray, Thierry Chabert
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger, Maurice Biraud, André Pousse
Roles Owner of the Saint-Appoline hotel
Rating68% 3.4416653.4416653.4416653.4416653.441665
Flic Story follows a nine-year pursuit of Emile Buisson through France during the 1940s and 1950s, and illustrates the pursuit as a battle of intellect, focusing on a growing rapport between Buisson and the protagonist Borniche. Deray's humanizing of the characters was a trait used in his other films, and was a popular counter-cliché concept in France during the 1970s.
The Counterfeiters of Paris, 1h38
Directed by Gilles Grangier
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Mob film, Crime
Themes Gangster films, Faux-monnayeur
Actors Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Martine Carol, Maurice Biraud, Franck Villard, Antoine Balpêtré
Roles Robert Mideau, aka 'le Cave'
Rating69% 3.4942653.4942653.4942653.4942653.494265
The character of Max disappears in the film adaptation of the work of Simonin, but the plot of this story and the central characters of "the Dabe" and "the Cave" remain the same.
Le Permis de conduire
Directed by Jean Girault
Genres Comedy
Actors Pascale Roberts, Jacques Jouanneau, Sandra Julien, Sébastien Floche, Maurice Biraud, Jacques Legras
Roles Le premier moniteur d'auto-école
Rating58% 2.9260252.9260252.9260252.9260252.926025
Michel Martenot travaille dans une grande banque et vit heureux avec son épouse et ses deux enfants, dans la lointaine banlieue ouest de Paris.