René Hell
Date of birth: 1891-05-01
Place of birth: Orbec, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: René Jules Legendre
Biography
Movie Credits
Et ta sœur…
1958-09-24
Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he
Happy Go Lucky
1946-05-15
After lovers fight, the boy leaves for the Riviera. On her way to rejoin him, the girl meets a disti
Special Mission
1946-03-08
The exploits of Chief Police Inspector Chabrier, first before the invasion of France in May 1940 as
Gringalet
1946-11-20
A wealthy man has two sons,one of them is legitimate,the other is not.The first offspring has had a
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
1946-10-30
Superintendent Thomas is investigating a cabaret owner with suspicious actions.
Martin Roumagnac
1946-12-18
The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To
Mirror
1947-05-02
Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac;
The Figurehead
1948-06-16
At sea, sailors have got to make do with what they have. François is in love with.... the figurehead
L'Ombre
1948-06-23
Suspected of murder, a man disappears under mysterious conditions, which only increases the charges
Marie of the Port
1950-02-27
Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciate
After Love
1948-01-22
Betrayed by his wife, a teacher proceeds to have an affair with a young and pretty student. The two
Cité de l'espérance
1948-10-27
The City of Hope is the place where left-behind artists subsist by scraping by. When one of them is
Mandrin (1ère époque) Le libérateur
1947-11-15
Around 1750, in the Dauphiné not far from the Swiss border, a cooper, tired of the injustices affect
The Cupboard Was Bare
1948-10-29
The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver
Les Nouveaux Maîtres
1950-05-10
Durand, a big industrialist, works with an international adventurer, Mr. Ernest, who covets Mrs. Dur
One Only Loves Once
1950-06-09
Although they have loved each other since childhood without admitting it, a surgeon and a young woma
Road Blocked
1948-01-21
Jacques Audoin falls in love with a pianist, Evelyne Clery, and marries her. In reality, he had want
Wear His Heart on His Sleeve
1949-06-28
Léon Ménard, the village verger, is a decent young man whose hobby is to play the accordion. One day
Bed for Two
1950-08-23
Robert Bobin has been an assistant accountant for twenty years now and, although meek and obedient,
Piège à hommes
1949-02-02
A gangster, arrested by the police, manages to escape during his transfer to Paris. He takes refuge
No Pity for Women
1950-08-30
The wealthy industrialist Alain de Narbois has disappeared. Michel Dunant, an idle man who passed by
Five Red Tulips
1949-03-23
During the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A jour
The Strollers
1950-11-25
Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead t
Mon ami le cambrioleur
1950-10-30
When Nadia, his unfaithful mistress, breaks up with him, Patrick Lambert decides to kill himself. Bu
Paris Incident
1950-11-02
Story is primarily based on the adventures of Antoine, a young telegraph messenger on his second nig
Mum's the Word
1960-04-26
Martin is a nurse in a private clinic in Paris. The victim of a serious concussion, an unidentified
Fugitive from Montreal
1950-11-17
Pierre Chambrac, a French industrialist, and Canadian Paul Laforêt, two former brothers in arms, mee
L'Homme aux mains d'argile
1949-06-03
The fictionalized life, and interpreted by himself, of the popular boxing champion Marcel Cerdan. Tr
The Unknown N° 13
1949-06-21
While investigating the world of Parisian tramps, journalist René Savary, himself disguised as a poo
The Red Angel
1949-07-01
L'Ange rouge is a cabaret run by a former mobster with his friend, a singer and dancer he brought ba
The Rear-Wheel Drive Gang
1950-11-24
The manager of a firm has a very unusual idea : asking his employees to pose as gangsters and to hol
Night Round
1949-09-09
During Christmas night, two police officers make their nocturnal rounds, in their round they meet tr
Mammy
1951-11-28
Mammy has a grandson she adores even though he is a good for nothing. One day Maurice disappears and
The Unexpected Voyager
1950-01-13
Marc, a photographer, works out of love to help Dany, a car thief, to get back on the right track: h
Rome Express
1950-01-18
A valuable painting has been stolen from an art gallery in Paris.. On a train travelling between Par
Without Leaving an Address
1951-01-17
A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left h
Sorceror
1950-01-27
A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothin
The House on the Dune
1952-02-29
A tough customs man, out to get a youth smuggling tobacco into France across the Belgium border, fal
Le crime du Bouif
1952-03-05
A poacher nicknamed "Le Bouif" is accused of having murdered his son-in-law, trainer of a horse stab
The Two Girls
1951-04-04
A famous singer disappears in a plane crash. Her two little girls are given a new home by their gran
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952-05-08
A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy part o
Carrot Top
1952-05-28
As the red headed boy writes in his school book, a family is a group living under the same roof who
Foyer perdu
1952-06-13
A brave and talkative wine merchant, Eugène Barbentin drives his son Pierrot out of the family home,
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951-05-18
Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail. One
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952-10-10
The inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing this e
Victor
1951-06-13
Secretly in love with Françoise, the companion of his best friend Marc, Victor decides to go to pris
Les Petites Cardinal
1951-06-22
Napoleon III, the Commune, the third Republic in the background. In the foreground, two pretty, tale
Sweet Madness
1951-07-04
Passing for crazy and locked up, the CEO of a company escapes from the asylum and claims that he is
The Real Guilty
1951-07-04
Inspector Dumont and his deputy Inspector Queneau investigate the murder of a young woman. They lear
Ils sont dans les vignes...
1952-10-31
In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader
Passion
1951-09-21
An unhappy wife who has had a child by her lover lives a daily drama under the watchful eye of her h
Run Away Mr. Perle
1952-12-11
Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an aut
Piédalu à Paris
1951-10-12
Piedalu is an ordinary villager, who comes to the capital to present his financial plan to the Minis
Holiday for Henrietta
1952-12-17
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a co
Un trésor de femme
1953-02-11
Francois is engaged to Isabelle. While going to buy the engagement ring, he meets Sophie, who puts t
The Count of Bragelonne
1954-12-09
Raoul de Bragelonne must uphold his musketeer father's legacy in the face of court intrigues from Ca
Blood to the Head
1956-08-20
François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentme
Anatole chéri
1954-04-28
Anatole and his wife arrive in Deauville for the special care of their inherited aunt, Caroline. Car
Poison Ivy
1953-05-26
FBI Agent Lemmy Caution is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Ca
La Traversée de Paris
1956-10-26
Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied
Headlines of Destruction
1955-11-10
Released from prison after two years, Michel Gérard sets out to find his wife Alice. Alice, luxuriou
The Night Is Ours
1953-05-14
Alain Brécourt, a former pilot who distinguished himself during the war, meets Françoise Clozat, a t
A Bomb for a Dictator
1957-11-08
RY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to Fran
Le Crâneur
1955-05-10
A singer tries to rescue a man drawn into the drug trade.
This Pretty World
1957-09-27
Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of literature
Law of the Streets
1956-04-25
Yves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace" in P
Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959-11-11
At the end of the Great War, Arsène Lupin resumed his adventurous life. Theft of three paintings com
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954-03-17
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find t
Speaking of Murder
1957-04-12
Louis Bertain is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accom
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957-03-22
Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his
Dear Caroline
1951-02-28
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractiv
A Martian in Paris
1961-03-01
The title role in the French comedy-fantasy A Martian in Paris is filled by Darry Cowl. The higher-u
The Tricyclist
1957-12-04
Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine's tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine sh
Mimi Pinson
1958-07-22
Dany Robin plays the title character in the French comedy Mimi Pinson. The plot is strictly formula
Witness in the City
1959-05-06
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husb
The Story of Dr. Louise
1949-12-12
The struggle of a female doctor against superstition and healers.
The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961-09-27
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. H
Champions Juniors
1951-01-01
Even back in 1951, boys knew more about cars than their dads.
The Baron of the Locks
1960-04-13
The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventure
The Night Affair
1958-05-14
Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicte
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
1959-09-02
Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the r
Impasse of Two Angels
1948-10-03
Stage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis Antoine d
They Were Five
1952-01-23
Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now t
Mandrin (2ème époque) La Tragédie d'un siècle
1948-04-07
Around 1750, in the Dauphiné not far from the Swiss border, a cooper, tired of the injustices affect
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955-10-18
Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever
People in Luck
1963-04-26
A light French comedy of 5 segments.
The Strange Madame X
1951-05-24
Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more
Imperial Violets
1952-12-12
Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Monti
Tamango
1958-01-24
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slav
The Aristocrats
1955-10-12
A novel by Michel De Saint Pierre was the source for Les Aristocrates. Pierre Fresnay stars an aging
Carom Shots
1963-05-17
Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy t
The Old Guard
1960-09-02
Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside
Mademoiselle
1966-06-01
A sexually repressed school teacher releases her pent up passions in a series of shocking crimes.
Paris Blues
1961-09-27
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two America