Adrien Cayla-Legrand
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 26, 1919
Place of Birth: Cassagnes-Bégonhès, Aveyron, France
Known For
The Day of the Jackal
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Any Number Can Win
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
Trouble Among Widows
When Guillaume Valmont dies in a car accident, the only thing he leaves his wife Isabelle is his pharmacy. She never loved her older husband and she regards his death as a deliverance. At the funeral, she meets Judith, widow too, and she soon realises that her husband had been leading a double life. A short while later, the pharmacy is broken into, but nothing is stolen. Police Inspector Laforêt is put in charge of the case. Isabelle becomes suspicious when Judith offers to buy the pharmacy.
The Night of the Generals
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.
Idiot in Paris
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'...
Les Culottes rouges
Antoine Rossi, a recidivist prisoner of war in Germany, manages to escape with the cowardly Fendard. Fendard does everything in his power to help him even though he is wounded, but Antoine tries to get rid of him as he boards the train to freedom.
Out of It
The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
Male Hunt
A few stories about marriage and its problems. Antoine is about to marry Gisèle. His friend Julien, an established bachelor, desperately tries to convince him not to do it, recounting his own painful experiences.
The Christmas Tree
A French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's every wish.
Filmography
as Le sosie de De Gaulle
as General de Gaulle
as Charles De Gaulle
as Charles de Gaulle
as Guest at the reception (uncredited)
as Vicar
as Stationmaster on the platform (uncredited)
as Retired participant (uncredited)
as Un fort des Halles
as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
as Un brigadier (sketch "Le Procès") (non crédité)
as L'invité chez Walter (uncredited)
as Un homme à l'enterrement(non crédité)
as Inspector (uncredited)
as Un badaud (segment "Le Gros Lot")
as Casino employee (uncredited)
as Un musicien de l'orchestre (uncredited)