Jean Lara

Acting

Jean Lara

Born 1922-09-22 · Dijon, France

Jean Lara (born Jean Joseph Marie Usandivaras; 20 September 1922 - 3 April 2010) is a French actor and director.

Acting credits

The Margin poster
6.1

A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.

The Margin

1976

Witness in the City poster
6.3

Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.

Witness in the City

1959

Devil in the Flesh poster
6.2

In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. Marthe then begins a tempestuous affair with 17-year-old François, with whom she had a dalliance before marrying Jacques. Jealous François struggles with the fact that Marthe is married, while she tries to prove her devotion to her young, hotheaded lover. Things become even more complex when Marthe becomes pregnant with Jacques' baby.

Devil in the Flesh

1947

Operation Abduction poster
6.5

The Secret Service abducts a "rocket scientist" to better protect him against gangsters acting for Chinese agents.

Operation Abduction

1958

Diamond Rush poster
5.3

Traumatized by the War of Algeria and by the accidental death of his wife and his son, Manu left the right road. His last caper was the attack of the Antwerp-Tangiers Express, carrying a precious cargo of industrial diamonds. But the whole affair was bungled and all of his accomplices got shot. The only survivor of this disaster, Manu now finds refuge in the mountain house of Lucia, the widow of a smuggler who lives alone there with her little boy.

Diamond Rush

1969

Operation Double Cross poster
5.0

In Barcelona, secret agent Antoine Donadieu thwarts the plans of a Nazi scientist.

Operation Double Cross

1965

Mr. Orchid poster
6.5

In the Charente, during the Nazi occupation, 51-year-old apparent pacifist Edouard Martin is in fact the leader of a resistance network, using his hobby of orchid growing to hide radio equipment.

Mr. Orchid

1946

The Last Vacation poster
6.8

A schoolboy remembers his last holiday in the big house of his family in the country, before it was sold.

The Last Vacation

1948

The Iron Mask poster
5.9

The story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the identical twin of the King of France, Louis XIV.

The Iron Mask

1962

L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées poster
8.0

After a Parisian haute couture house is robbed and jewels stolen, Commissaire Legrand leads the investigation. His suspicions fall on Linda, the great couturier. He decides to follow her to Nice to present her next collection.

L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées

1957

That Night poster
5.8

Jean, who is the artistic director of a fashion magazine, is married to a very pretty cover girl, Sylvie. They both work for André Reverdy, a very cynical man, who openly covets Sylvie.

That Night

1958

King on Horseback poster
6.0

Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by King Louis XV, the Duke of Saint-Sever takes offense at it and challenges Henri to a duel. However, while they fight, a group of Austrian soldiers appear suddenly and the two rivals instantly unite to repel their enemies. Unfortunately, Saint-Sever is mortally wounded and, feeling he is about to die, he entreats his new friend to offer protection to Toinon, his natural daughter, whose life is being threatened...

King on Horseback

1958

Relax Yourself Darling poster
5.7

Hélène and François are a perfect couple happily married for twelve years. But Hélène discovers psychoanalysis via a very handsome Dr. Kougloff, and he convinces her that the apparent well-balanced nature of her husband is in fact a cover for horrible tragedies.

Relax Yourself Darling

1964

Minuit... Champs-Elysées poster
8.0

A burglar, Bob Duchemin, is charged with murder following a mysterious settling of accounts. Suspicion also falls on the manager of a cabaret on the Champs-Elysées, as well as the owner of the establishment, Enrico. But Bob is also found guilty and sentenced to twenty years' hard labor. Soon abandoned by his fiancée, Lili, Bob learns that she has become Enrico's mistress, one of the attractions at the Tipico. The young singer's affair quickly makes her an international star. For his part, Bob escapes and seeks revenge. He meets a young pure freak who dissuades him from carrying out his murder plans. Bob kills Enrico anyway, but in self-defense. Afterwards, having been found innocent, he will be able to "remake his life" with the pure young girl.

Minuit... Champs-Elysées

1954

Too Many Lovers poster
6.0

The charming Lulu, a cabaret singer and dancer, has no shortage of admirers. When she decides to get married, she sets her heart on Robert, a young industrialist, but he is already married. Disappointed, she sets out in search of the ideal man.

Too Many Lovers

1957

La République nous appelle poster
10.0

The story of the ascent of the Aiguille de la République by mountaineers Jacques Fromentin and Michel Bastien. The Aiguille de la République, in the Mont-Blanc massif, culminates at an altitude of 3,305 meters among the Aiguilles de Chamonix group of summits. In the Fontainebleau forest, children learn mountaineering techniques on the bouldering climbing site. In 1954, rock climbing was also practiced in the Chamonix valley. The Montenvers train crosses the viaduct taking tourists or athletes to the Mer de Glace viewpoint. The two climbers take an approach step and reach the Envers des Aiguilles refuge. They then climb this steep and smooth wall, progressing along the ridge. On the platform, a rope throw allows them to climb up and sit at the top to dominate the panorama. Then the return: abseiling from the summit block.

La République nous appelle

1954

Two Men in Manhattan poster
6.4

Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.

Two Men in Manhattan

1959

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée poster
5.7

Sophie, viscountess of Valrude, believes herself being a widow since her husband disappeared in the Amazon.

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée

1976

Requiem pour un caïd poster
6.3

Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has three women working for him, including Eva and Jeannette, and is currently "conditioning" a charming, naive Orly employee, with whom he poses as an honorable businessman. Inspector Delille's plan is to arrest Jo for some crime and, while he's being held at the P.J., to delve into his other criminal activities and confound him.

Requiem pour un caïd

1964

A Legitimate Defense poster
6.0

Two friends from the last war, Pierrot, a bar owner, and Gustave, a police inspector, are in contact with a notorious gang of racketeers in Montmartre. Tired of putting up with Albert the King's demands, Pierrot kills the gangster during a bar brawl. His first instinct is to flee, but on Gustave's advice, he turns himself in to the law. All things considered, he'll be safer in prison than exposed to the reprisals of the "underworld". Pierrot goes to trial. He was acquitted as having acted in self-defense. But his release leaves him open to the vengeance of Bob, one of Albert's accomplices. Pierrot narrowly escapes an ambush, but is finally able to rid himself of the threat hanging over him, thanks to the friendship of Inspector Gustave, and finally reunites with the companion of his life, Dora, who has never stopped trembling for him.

A Legitimate Defense

1958

Every Minute Counts poster
8.0

The Leroy factory manager, Sorel, is a gambler with debts, playing double-game. He enjoys the advantages of his social situation and the confidence shown him by his boss, Leroy.

Every Minute Counts

1960

Do It Again Callaghan poster
4.7

Slim Callaghan investigates the theft of the famous Upper Sangha diamonds. Disguised as a Salvation Army auxiliary, he boards a luxury yacht where a transvestite party is being held. During an illusionist's trick, Callaghan manages to steal the precious diamonds, but the thief escapes.

Do It Again Callaghan

1961

This Desired Body poster
6.2

A man falls in love with Lina , a hot girl with a racy past who creates a sensation among the workers.

This Desired Body

1959

Police Judiciaire poster
6.1

The detectives of the Paris Judicial Police, based at the Quai des Orfèvres, are mobilized by four criminal cases. A double murder, perpetrated in a hotel on the Place de Clichy, intrigues the investigators. The owner and a little maid were murdered in cold blood.

Police Judiciaire

1957

Behind the camera