1960, Film: “Le Capitan”

The French-Italian cloak and dagger film "Le Capitan" (English title: "Captain Blood") premieres on 5 October 1960 in France. Directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli and Lise Delamare, the film is based on the novel "Le Capitan" (1907) by Michel Zevaco.

Synopsis

France 1616, King Louis XIII (Christian Fourcade) is only 15 and the power-hungry regent Concino Concini (Arnoldo Foà) is trying to take the seat of government right out from underneath him. The king turns to François de Capestang (Jean Marais), a noble swordsman to help him. François gets shot by Concini but he is ultimately saved by Gisèle d'Angoulême (Elsa Martinelli)...

Jean Marais as "Le Capitan" François de Capestang

Elsa Martinelli as Gisèle d'Angoulême and Jean Marais as "Le Capitan" François de Capestang

Jean Marais as "Le Capitan" François de Capestang and Bourvil as Cogolin

Main cast

• Jean Marais as François de Capestang, aka Le Capitan
• Bourvil as Cogolin
• Elsa Martinelli as Gisèle d'Angoulême
• Arnoldo Foà as Concino Concini
• Pierrette Bruno as Giuseppa
• Annie Anderson as Béatrice de Beaufort
• Guy Delorme as Rinaldo
• Christian Fourcade as King Louis XIII
• Jacqueline Porel as Léonora Galigaï
• Raphaël Patorni as le duc Charles d'Angoulême
• Robert Porte as le duc de Rohan
• Lise Delamare as Marie de Médicis
• Edmond Beauchamp as le gouverneur de la Province
• Piéral as Lorenzo
• Jean Berger as Luynes
• Jean-Paul Coquelin as Monsieur de Vitry

Annie Anderson as Béatrice de Beaufort
and Elsa Martinelli as Gisèle d'Angoulême

Bourvil as Cogolin and Pierrette Bruno as Giuseppa

Lise Delamare as Marie de Médicis and Arnoldo Foà as Concino Concini

Trivia

• Michel Zevaco's novel was also used in the 1946 film "Le Capitan" by director Robert Vernay starring Pierre Renoir, Jean Tissier, Lise Delamare and Sophie Desmarets.
• The English title "Captain Blood" was also used for the 1935 film by Michael Curtiz featuring Errol Flynn as Peter Blood.

Piéral as Lorenzo, Jacqueline Porel as Léonora Galigaï and
Arnoldo Foà as Concino Concini

"Le Capitan" Trailer

1966, Film: “Le Saint prend l'affût”

The French-Italian film "Le Saint prend l'affût" (English: "The Saint Lies in Wait") is released 26 October 1966 in France. The film directed by Christian-Jaque and written by Jean Ferry is based on the character created by Leslie Charteris. Main stars are Jean Marais as Simon Templar alias “Le Saint”, Jess Hahn as Hoppy Uniatz and Danièle Evenou as Sophie Chartier.

Synopsis

Oscar Chartier (Henri Virlojeux) plays a dangerous double game by selling secret plans to the German and American secret services, to ensure a comfortable future for his daughter, Sophie (Danièle Evenou). But the plans are fake and Chartier decides to get help from his good friend Simon Templar (Jean Marais)...

Jean Marais as Simon Templar alias "The Saint"

Henri Virlojeux as Oscar Chartier alias "Oscar le Tortureux"

Jess Hahn as Hoppy Uniatz and Jean Marais as Simon Templar

Danièle Evenou as Sophie Chartier

Dario Moreno as Slimane

Jean Yanne as Mueller-Strasse

Danièle Evenou as Sophie Chartier and Jean Marais as Simon Templar

Jacques Marbeuf and Maria Broverhoff as American secret agents

Trivia

Stunt arranger Gil Delamare, doubling for Jean Marais, was killed during a car stunt with a Renault Caravelle 1100 S.

Gil Delamare at the wheel of the Renault Caravelle 1100 S, moments before the accident

Main cast

• Jean Marais as Simon Templar alias "The Saint"
• Raffaella Carrà as Anita Pavone
• Jess Hahn as Hoppy Uniatz
• Jean Yanne as Mueller-Strasse, German secret agent
• Danièle Evenou as Sophie Chartier
• Henri Virlojeux as Oscar Chartier alias "Oscar le Tortureux"
• Sylvain as Hans, German secret agent
• Dario Moreno as Slimane
• Henri Guégan as German secret agent
• Tiberio Murgia as Tonio Catoni
• Claudio Gora as Joe Colosimo
• Nerio Bernardi as Cesare Pavone, the Commandatore
• Ettore Bevilacqua as Gringo
• Carlo Piscane as Cameleoni
• Hélène Dieudonné as Herminie
• Daniel Crohem as Colonel Wade
• Reinhardt Kolldehoff as Schmutz, German secret agent
• Roger Carel as the professor
• Siegfried Rauch as Johnny K.W. Mest
• Jacques Marbeuf as American secret agent
• Maria Broverhoff as Monica, American secret agent
• Katia Christina as Mary

1963, Film: “L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret”

The 4the September, 1963, the French-Italian film “L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret” premieres in France. The film, directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, stars Jean Marais, Geneviève Page, Maurice Teynac, Jean Galland and Gaia Germani. In the UK the film was released under the title "How to Be a Spy Without Even Trying" and in the USA as "The Reluctant Spy".

Synopsis

One day leaving his flat Stanislas Dubois (Jean Marais), the manager of an advertising agency, meets Ursula Keller (Geneviève Page) delivering a painting by Cézanne to one of his neighbours. Ursula invites Stanislas to dinner but, in the restaurant, he mistakingly takes the coat of another man, the British spy Martin (Fred Fisher). When Martin is poisoned Stanislas is arrested...

Jean Marais as Stanislas Dubois

Geneviève Page as Ursula Keller

Geneviève Page and Jean Marais

Jean Marais and Geneviève Page

Sample Clip

1964, Film: Fantômas

On November 4, 1964, Fantômas premiered in France. Directed by André Hunebelle, this French film is loosely based on the fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). Starring Jean Marais in a double role as the master villain Fantômas and journalist Jérome Fandor, Louis de Funès as commissaire Paul Juve and Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn the girlfriend of Jérôme Fandor.

Synopsis

Fantômas, a man of many disguises, can impersonate anyone using very realistic masks. In this first of three films he is unhappy with journalist Fandor, because of a fictitious interview the journalist wrote about him...

Jean Marais as Fantômas

Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn and Jean Marais as Jérome Fandor

Louis de Funès as Paul Juve and Jean Marais as Jérome Fandor

Main Cast

• Jean Marais as Fantômas and Jérome Fandor
• Louis de Funès as Paul Juve
• Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn
• Jacques Dynam as Michel Bertrand
• Robert Dalban as The manager of the newspaper
• Marie-Hélène Arnaud as Lady Maud Beltham