René Wheeler

René Wheeler

René Wheeler (8 February 1912 - 11 December 2000) was a French screenwriter and film director. He co-wrote the story of the film A Cage of Nightingales (1945) with Georges Chaperot, for which they both received an Academy Award nomination in 1947. Their story would later serve as an inspiration for the hugely successful film The Chorus (2004). Wheeler also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1955 heist film Rififi. Source: Article "René Wheeler" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: René Wheeler
  • Popularity: 1.71
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1912-02-08
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • 1955
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    Rififi

    Rififi

    7.813 1955 HD

    Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend...

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  • 1949
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    Jour de Fête

    Jour de Fête

    7.1 1949 HD

    Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local...

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  • 1946
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    Alert Nights

    Alert Nights

    1 1946 HD

    Hélène, a young waitress working in a bar frequented by German soldiers, saves the life of Pierre, a Resistance fighter. Her jealous...

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  • 1939
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    The Five Cents of Lavarede

    The Five Cents of Lavarede

    5.3 1939 HD

    Some try to travel around the world with a time constraint, but Lavarède has to perform an even harder task than Phineas Fogg. His assignment...

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  • 1954
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    Castles in Spain

    Castles in Spain

    4 1954 HD

    When the seductive Frenchwoman Geneviève Dupré, secretary to a Spanish businessman, travels to Madrid to announce the death of her boss...

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  • 1962
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    Crime Does Not Pay

    Crime Does Not Pay

    5.1 1962 HD

    Husband try to kill his wife with a help of the plan he saw in a film. But reality is not a film.

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  • 1947
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    Danger of Death

    Danger of Death

    5.4 1947 HD

    Loiseau the pharmacist mistakenly mixes potassium cyanide into a batch of cough syrup and sells five bottles. With horror he discovers his mistake...

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  • 1952
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    Fan-Fan the Tulip

    Fan-Fan the Tulip

    6.743 1952 HD

    Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as...

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  • 1950
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    The First Weapons

    The First Weapons

    5.7 1950 HD

    A sensitive teen-age boy survives the brutalities of a country training school.

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  • 1957
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    Reproduction interdite

    Reproduction interdite

    6.3 1957 HD

    An art dealer in dire straits, after being ripped off by two crooks, one of whom owns a genuine painting by Gauguin while the other is an expert...

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  • 1956
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    Forgive Our Trespasses

    Forgive Our Trespasses

    5 1956 HD

    In a port area of ​​France, clashes between a gang of young delinquents and a tribe of gypsies.

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  • 1955
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    The Wicked Go to Hell

    The Wicked Go to Hell

    6.2 1955 HD

    Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the...

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  • 1963
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    Chicken Soup

    Chicken Soup

    1 1963 HD

    The fiancée of a gangster who has been shot by the police takes an entire police station hostage, armed with a revolver and a bottle of...

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  • 1960
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    Towards Ecstasy

    Towards Ecstasy

    1 1960 HD

    Catherine married Jérôme, a wealthy landowner living in North Africa, from a bourgeois but noxious background. While living in total...

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  • 2004
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    The Chorus

    The Chorus

    7.724 2004 HD

    In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.

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  • 1954
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    Castles in Spain

    Castles in Spain

    4 1954 HD

    When the seductive Frenchwoman Geneviève Dupré, secretary to a Spanish businessman, travels to Madrid to announce the death of her boss...

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  • 1954
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    Theodora, Slave Empress

    Theodora, Slave Empress

    5.8 1954 HD

    Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide...

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  • 1952
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    The Seven Deadly Sins

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    6 1952 HD

    A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.

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  • 1946
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    The Faceless Enemy

    The Faceless Enemy

    1 1946 HD

    Professor Artus, a scientist specializing in artificial life, wants to try an experiment on an automaton; he is entrusted with a death row inmate....

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  • 1947
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    The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

    The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

    6.6 1947 HD

    On the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and incidentally a poacher - lives out of wedlock...

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  • 1953
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    Midnight... Quai de Bercy

    Midnight... Quai de Bercy

    6.5 1953 HD

    Having recently moved into her new apartment, Irène Cazenave, the widow of a well-known police officer, is forced by one of her husband's...

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  • 1956
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    Bold Adventure

    Bold Adventure

    5.4 1956 HD

    In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to enter the service of Ferdinand Alvare de Toledo,...

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  • 1970
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    Peace in the Fields

    Peace in the Fields

    5.8 1970 HD

    This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category...

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  • 1957
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    Young Girls Beware

    Young Girls Beware

    5.3 1957 HD

    Raven, a mobster just released from prison, settles the score by murdering Mendetta and her partner, who had turned him in. Having taken over...

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  • 1960
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    Towards Ecstasy

    Towards Ecstasy

    1 1960 HD

    Catherine married Jérôme, a wealthy landowner living in North Africa, from a bourgeois but noxious background. While living in total...

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  • 1950
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    L'homme de joie

    L'homme de joie

    1 1950 HD

    A boudoir adventure during which the seductive Madame Jolivet, shocked by the behavior of her husband who appears with an actress, calls on the...

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  • 1953
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    The Love of a Woman

    The Love of a Woman

    6.821 1953 HD

    Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence of the local population but she will have to fight...

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  • 1953
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    The Love of a Woman

    The Love of a Woman

    6.821 1953 HD

    Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence of the local population but she will have to fight...

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  • 1943
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    A Star to the Sun

    A Star to the Sun

    1 1943 HD

    Martine, who has become a major star of the song in Paris, wants to return to visit her hometown. Confronted with Merlerault, a very haughty and...

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  • 1948
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    The Loves of Colette

    The Loves of Colette

    7.5 1948 HD

    François, a young student at a provincial college, likes Colette, the daughter of the headmaster. Turlot his colleague, who commits suicide,...

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  • 1951
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    Utopia

    Utopia

    5.6 1951 HD

    Stan and Ollie are marooned on an atoll. This was their last film together.

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  • 1970
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    7.9 1970 HD

    Arsène Lupin is a French TV show which was co-produced with German, Canadian, Belgian, Dutch, Swiss, Italian and Austrian TV stations. It was...

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  • 1970
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    7.9 1970 HD

    Arsène Lupin is a French TV show which was co-produced with German, Canadian, Belgian, Dutch, Swiss, Italian and Austrian TV stations. It was...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    TV mini series. An adaptation of Eugene Sue's popular novel.

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    During World War One, in a small rural French village far away from the front, a gamekeeper and his wife take in children displaced by the war.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

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