Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

620 • LEFRANC, GUY
1925 playing a supporting role in Knock, ou Le Triomphe
de la Médecine (René Hervil). Seen in about eighty
movies, including such classics as Le Million (René Clair,
1931), Le Crime de Monsieur Lange / USA: The Crime
of Monsieur Lange (Jean Renoir, 1935), and Gueule
d’Amour (Jean Grémillon, 1937), he was also a novelist.
Some of his books were brought to the screen
(1940 Les Musiciens du Ciel, also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor; 1959 Rue des Prairies /
Mio fi glio / USA: Rue de Paris, Denys de La Patellière,
France / Italy). Autobiographies: 1947 Le Film de ma
Vie, 1938–1940 (Gallimard); 1973 Le Film de ma Vie,
1939–1973 (Editions France-Empire). Other books:
1973 L’Aveugle ébloui (Editions France-Empire); 1978
Le Train du Far West (Garnier Frères).
Filmography
1942 Opéra-Musette (co-director with Claude
Renoir; also actor)
LEFRANC, GUY (October 21, 1919, Paris, France–
February 1, 1994, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines,
France)
A former clapman (1938 Quai des Brumes / USA: Port of
Shadows, Marcel Carné) and assistant editor, he was an
assistant director for seven years (1945 Paméla, Pierre
de Hérain; 1946 Un Ami viendra ce Soir / USA: A Friend
Will Come Tonight, Raymond Bernard; Adieu Chérie,
Raymond Bernard; Tombé du Ciel, Emile-Edwin Reinert;
1947 La Colère des Dieux, Carl Lamac; Le Destin s’amuse,
Emile-Edwin Reinert; Monsieur Vincent, Maurice Cloche;
1948 Le Destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin, Guillaume
Radot; 1949 Pattes blanches / UK and USA: White Paws,
Jean Grémillon; 1950 L’Invité du Mardi, Jacques Deval; La
Soif des Hommes / USA: Thirst of Men, Serge de Poligny;
1951 Journal d’un Curé de Campagne / USA: Diary of a
Country Priest, Robert Bresson; Sans laisser d’Adresse,
Jean-Paul Le Chanois). Other credits (as technical adviser
and adapter): 1957 Donnez-moi ma Chance / Piège
à Filles (Léonide Moguy).
Filmography
1950 Le Pique-Nique tragique ou Les Malheurs de
Marguerite (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1951 Knock / UK and USA: Dr. Knock
Une Histoire d’Amour / UK: Young Love / USA:
Love Story
1952 L’Homme de ma Vie / L’uomo della mia vita / UK:
The Man in My Life (France / Italy)
Elle et moi (also co-adapter)
1953 Capitaine Pantoufl e
Le Guignol de Paris (short)
1955 Le Fil à la Patte
Chantage / USA: The Lowest Crime
1956 La Bande à Papa
Fernand Cow-Boy
1957 Bonjour la Chance / La ironia del dinero (codirector
with Edgard Neville; France / Spain;
shot in 1954–1955)
1958 La Moucharde / USA: Why Women Sin (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)
Suivez-moi jeune Homme (also co-adapter)
1961 Cause toujours, mon Lapin / USA: Keep Talking,
Baby (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist)
1962 Le Caporal épinglé / UK: The Vanishing Corporal
/ USA: The Elusive Corporal (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter; co-director with Jean Renoir)
Conduite à gauche
1964 Laissez tirer les Tireurs / Lasciate sparare . . . chi
ci sa fare (France / Italy)
1966 Les Malabars sont au Parfum (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
Sale Temps pour les Mouches / Commissaire San
Antonio / UK: Next Time, I’ll Kill You
1968 Salut, Berthe! (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
Béru et ces Dames / UK: Warning, Male Sex in
Danger (also editor)
1969 L’Auvergnat et l’Autobus (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1970 Et qu’ça saute! (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1962 L’Inspecteur Leclerc enquête (episode “Haute
Fidélité”)
1974 L’Implantation
1975 Le Secret des Dieux (6 52')
Marie-Antoinette (4 90')
1977 Désiré Lafarge (episode “Désiré Lafarge suit le
Mouvement”)
1978 La Filière (TV miniseries)
1980 Commissaire Moulin (episode “Le Diable a
aussi des Ailes”)
L’Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet (also coscreenwriter)
Julien Fontanes, Magistrat (episodes “Un Cou
de Taureau,” “Les Mauvais Chiens”)