Les grandes manoeuvres (The Grand Maneuver) (1955)
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Rene Clair's Grand Maneuver was originally titled Les Grandes Manoeuvres, which should surprise no one. Gerard Phillipe plays a dashing dragoons officer, vintage 1913, who wagers his friends that he can make the next woman who enters the room fall in love with him. In strides drop-dead gorgeous… More Rene Clair's Grand Maneuver was originally titled Les Grandes Manoeuvres, which should surprise no one. Gerard Phillipe plays a dashing dragoons officer, vintage 1913, who wagers his friends that he can make the next woman who enters the room fall in love with him. In strides drop-dead gorgeous Michele Morgan, and the rest writes itself. Phillipe plans a slow seduction and a quick goodbye; Morgan, need we say, is no "goodbye girl." For all its lavish sets and meticulously detailed period costumers, Grand Maneuver is at base the old American farce Sailor Beware with a French accent. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- René Clair
- Written By
- René Clair, Jerome Geronimi
- Genres
- Romance, Art House & International, Comedy, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 25, 1955 Limited
- Studio
- United Motion Pictures Organization
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Cast
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Michèle Morgan
as Marie Louise Riviera
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Gérard Philipe
as Lt. Armand de la Verne
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Jean Desailly
as Victor Duverger
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Pierre Dux
as Colonel
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Jacques Fabbri
as Armand's Batman
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Yves Robert
as Felix Leroy
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Brigitte Bardot
as Lucie
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Simone Valère
as Gisele
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Jacques François
as Rudolph
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Lise Delamare
as Jeanne
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Jacqueline Maillan
as Juliette
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Magali Noël
as Therese
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Catherine Anouilh
as Alice
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Raymond Cordy
as Photographer
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Oliver Hussenot
as Prefect
