Movies adapted from Marcel Aymé

Many movies were adapted from Marcel Aymé's works.

The street without a name (La rue sans nom, Pierre Chenal, 1933 - 1h22 - B&W)

    Cast: Constant Rémy
                    Gabriel Galno
                    Pola Illéry
                    Robert Le Vigan
                    Paul Azaïs

The Man Who Walked Through Walls (Le Passe-Muraille / Garou-Garou, le passe-muraille, Jean Boyer, 1951 - 1h25)

    Cast:  Bourvil
                     Gérard Oury
                     Raymond Souplex
                      Marcelle Arnold
                    Joan Greenwood

A civil servant who can walk through the walls falls in love with a girl and pretends to be a thief. Arrested, he manages to escape , confesses his love and discovers he has lost his gift.

In parallel, the producer made an English version (Mr Peek-a-boo) Cast Bourvil, Joan Greenwood, Marcelle Arnold, Polyne Williams and Charles Jarrell.
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The Beautiful Picture (La belle image, Claude Heymann, 1951)

    Cast   Junie Astor ..............................  La Sarrazine
                      Françoise Christophe ............  Renée Cérusier
                      Suzanne Flon ..........................  Lucienne Chenal
                      Pierre Larquey ..........................Uncle Antonin
                      Franck Villard ..........................  Raoul Cérusier/Raoul Colbert

The Table of Corpses (La table aux crevés, H. Verneuil - 1952 - B&W)

    Cast    Nicolas Amato ......................... the policeman
                        Andrex .....................................  Frédéric Gari
                        Edmond Ardisson ................... Cugue
                        Arnaudy ...................................  Miloin
                        Antonin Berval ........................  the Gari father
                        Marcel Charvey ......................  Rambarde
                        Edouard Delmont ..................  Capucet
                        Fernandel ...............................  Urbain Coindet
                        Manuel Gary ...........................  Felicien Berger
                        René Génin ............................  the priest
                        Jenny Hélia ............................  Cornette
                        Marthe Marty ..........................  Heloise Miloin
                        Maria Mauban .......................  Jeanne Gari
                        Max Mouron ...........................  Corne
                        Fernand Sardou ....................  Forgeral
                        Mado Stelli .............................  Louise
                        Henri Vilbert ...........................  Victor

Across Paris (La traversée de Paris, Claude Autant-Lara - 1956 - B&W)

    Cast   Jean Gabin ...............................   Grandgil
                      Bourvil .......................................   Marcel Martin
                     Jeannette Batti ..........................   Mariette
                      Georgette Anys .........................  tenant of the Belotte café
                      Robert Arnoux ..........................   Marchandot
                      Laurence Badie .......................   the waitress
                      Myno Burney ............................   Mss Marchandot
                      Germaine Delbat
                      Monette Dinay .........................    Mss Jambier
                      Jean Dunot ................................. tenant of the Belotte café
                      Bernard La Jarrige ..................    a policeman
                     Jacques Morin .........................     the boss of the restaurant
                       Hubert de Lapparent
                      Jean Verner ..............................      the motorcycle policeman
                     Hugues Wanner

The Schoolboy Way (Le chemin des écoliers, Michel Boisrond - 1959 - B&W)

Cast Françoise Arnoul .................    Yvette
                 Bourvil ...................................   Charles Michaud
                 Jean-Claude Brialy ..............   Paul Tiercelin
                 Jean Brochard .....................   Coutellier
                 Lise Delamare .....................   Lucette
                 Alain Delon ..........................    Antoine Michaud
                 Paulette Dubost ..................     Hélène Michaud
                 Madeleine LeBeau .............     Flora
                 Micheline Luccioni
                 Sandra Milo .........................     Olga
                 Pierre Mondy .......................     Lulu
                 Lino Ventura ........................     Tiercelin

The Green Mare (La Jument Verte, C. Autant-Lara - 1959 - color)

    Cast      Amédée .....................  Ernest
                         Guy Bertil ...................  Toucheur
                         Francis Blanche ........  Ferdinand Haudouin
                         Bourvil ........................  Honoré Haudouin
                         Julien Carette ............  Philibert
                         Marie Déa .................  Anaïs Maloret
                         Martine Havet ...........  Clotilde
                         Valérie Lagrange .....  Juliette Haudouin
                        Marie Mergey ...........  Adelaide
                         Sandra Milo ..............  Marguerite Maloret
                         Nicole Mirel .... ........... Aline
                         François Nocher ......  Noel Maloret
                         Mireille Perrey ..........  Mme Haudouin
                         Yves Robert ..............  Zèphe Maloret
                         Claude Sainlouis .....  Noël Maloret
                         Georges Wilson ......  Jules Haudouin
                         Achille Zavatta .........  Déodat
 

The Sorceress (La Vouivre, Georges Wilson - 1989 - color)

    Cast     Jean Carmet .............  Requiem
                        Jacques Dufilho ........  Urbain
                         Suzanne Flon ...........  Louise Muselier
                         Kathy Kriegel
                         Paola Lanzi
                         Jean-Jacques Moreau
                         Macha Méril
                         Laurence Treil
                          Lambert Wilson ....  Arsene Muselier
 

Uranus (Claude Berri, 1990 - 1h40 - color)

    Cast  Gérard Depardieu
                      Michel Blanc
                     Jean-Pierre Marielle
                     Danielle Lebrun
                     Philippe Noiret
                    Gérard Desarthe
                     Fabrice  Luchini
                     Michel Galabru
                     Daniel Prévost