As an actor he became popular as Albert de Morcerf in a version of The Count of Monte Cristo (1954), fame and adulation followed with his Francois in Head Against the Wall (1959).
As a director he became famous with anarcho-pictures, brilliant cynic comedies. His preferred actors in all decades were Michel Serrault and Jean Poiret - till the late 80s they were his leading stars.
When Jeanne Moreau appeared in Le miraculé (1987), many other leading French screen-stars followed. IMDb Mini Biography By: Bio
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