Jacques François films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 9 films on Boxlist

Known for The Day of the Jackal, Sorcerer and The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob.

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Starring Jacques François

The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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Sorcerer
1977 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin)...
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only...
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Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Félix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he returns to his caravan only to find his girlfriend Josette about to leave him. When he comes...
The Toy
1976 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment...
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The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products...
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the present, with often drastic consequences. Godefroy de Montmirail travels to today to recover...
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The Discord
1978 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000...
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by...

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