Writing

Pierre Maudru

Born — Died

1892-04-24 — 1992-03-01

Place of birth

Asnières, Seine [now Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine], France

Known for

Writing

Credits

12 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Contessa's Secret poster
8.0

The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.

The Contessa's Secret

1954

Fric-frac en dentelles poster
7.5

Peter Simon, a famous American writer, deserts his girlfriend Eva to live incognito at a small Normandy inn. Eva shams her own murder for revenge. Meanwhile, a young reporter, Françoise, has tracked Peter down. The news of the crime quickly spreads and, believing Peter to be the murderer, the village is in an uproar. Despite misadventures galore, everything turns out right and Peter takes Françoise on their honeymoon.

Fric-frac en dentelles

1957

La treizième enquête de Grey poster
9.0

Grey, an elite detective, has the mission to investigate the assassination, in Paris, of a great Hollywood star. There is no real motive, and yet the suspects are numerous. The investigation promises to be long and difficult.

La treizième enquête de Grey

1937

La treizième enquête de Grey poster
9.0

Grey, an elite detective, has the mission to investigate the assassination, in Paris, of a great Hollywood star. There is no real motive, and yet the suspects are numerous. The investigation promises to be long and difficult.

La treizième enquête de Grey

1937

Grey contre X poster
9.0

Grey conducts a triple murder investigation, the last murder committed gives him some clues to the murderer and that the victim may have known his killer. He devises a plan to identify the guilty party, who is a scary psycho and he is captured.

Grey contre X

1940

Hot Frustrations poster
3.7

Seduced by a Don Juan working for a gang of pimps, a young girl ends up in a brothel.

Hot Frustrations

1965

Atlantic poster
6.5

A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.

Atlantic

1930

My Heart and Its Millions poster
7.0

Franck Crighton is a millionaire who is fed up with his hectic life. To have a bit of peace and quiet he has found the winning formula, passing himself off as Guillaume Aribeau, his own secretary. Under the cover of this modest condition Franck can both lead a freewheeling life and find true love.

My Heart and Its Millions

1931

Le défenseur poster
9.0

A wealthy financier fatally wounds himself while handling a dagger. Before dying, he leaves a private letter to his lawyer accusing his wife. It is the financier's son who becomes the suspect. In love with the young woman, the lawyer is torn between duty and love.

Le défenseur

1930

Tourments poster
5.9

Little Jean-Claude was adopted by former singer Jacques Duffot and his wife Anne-Marie. The child's mother, Simone, is determined to take him back, happily advised by the director of a private agency. They persuade Anne-Marie that Jacques is the legitimate father. Distraught, the young woman leaves home. Jacques resumes his singing career, but Jean-Claude refuses to accept the separation and fries him to death. The couple reconcile at his bedside, while Simone tiptoes away.

Tourments

1954

Marie of the Isles poster
4.0

In 1635, Jacques du Parquet, the nephew of the well known explorer Belain d'Esnambic, enters a tavern in Dieppe, and falls in love with the daughter of the bartender, Marie Bonnard. He knows his noble family would disapprove such a marriage; besides, he is nominated for the post of governor in Martinica. He promised never to forget Marie, but as time goes by, she will accept to marry a rich and unscrupulous man, Monsieur de Saint-André. When her husband is appointed to serve in Martinica as General Commissioner, Marie demands to go with him. At her arrival, all sorts of trouble arrive: pirates take action against travelers and goods, rotten deals set the two officers against each other, and finally jealousy settles to make things worse.

Marie of the Isles

1960

No artwork available
7.0

The daughter of the austere professor Smithson, during a walk on skis, loses her balance, revealing her underwear. An indiscreet photographed the scene. Smithson demands that his daughter marry this man, but who is he? He luckily turns out to be the young man she loves.

Miss Helyett

1933