Jacques Robert (27 June 1921 – 11 August 1997) was a French author, screenwriter and journalist.

Biography

Jacques Robert was born on 27 June 1921 in

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. He started his writing career as a journalist. In May 1945 Jacques Robert was the only Western journalist to descend into Hitler's bunker in

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During his career he wrote more than 40 books and novels. Around 20 of his novels have been adapted for cinema, notably '' The Long Teeth'' directed by Daniel Gélin, '' Marie-Octobre'' directed by

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and '' Someone Behind the Door'' with

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and Anthony Perkins. Jacques Robert was also a prolific screenwriter for film and television. He died in

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in 1997 at the age of 76.

Publications

* ''L'Invitation à la vie'' (1942) * ''Les Tragédiennes'' (1944) * ''Marie-Octobre'' (1948) * ''Les Dents longues'' (1950) * ''La Machination'' (1951) * ''Le Désordre et la Nuit'' (1955) * ''Une tragédie parisienne'' (1957) * ''Le Gigolo'' (1959) * ''Les Femmes du monde'' (1961) * ''L'Appartement des filles'' (1963) * ''Les Bonnes Âmes'' (1964) * ''Le Pétard du diable'' (1965) * ''Roulette russe'' (1966) * ''Le Dangereux Été'' (1968) * ''Rupture'' (1968) * ''La Dragée haute'' (1969) * ''Si ma mémoire est bonne. 1'' (1969) * ''Si ma mémoire est bonne. 2, Mon après-guerre'' (1969) * ''Terreur à Tarragone'' (1969) * ''Dictionnaire des Parisiens'' (1970) * ''Les Cadets de Saumur'' (1970) * ''Le Grand Serre'' (1971) * ''Les Grandes Orgues'' (1973) * ''À vous de jouer, Milord !'' (1974) * ''Les Gens de l'immeuble'' (1975) * ''Quelqu'un derrière la porte'' (1975) * ''Si ma mémoire est bonne. 3, Ma clé des champs'' (1976) * ''Les Démons de minuit'' (1977) * ''La Femme dans l'ombre'' (1979) * ''Les Invités'' (1982) * ''Le Méchant'' (1984) * ''Adieu (cher poison'' (1986) * ''L'Évasion d'Adolf Hitler'' (1989) * ''Si ma mémoire est bonne. 4, les Stars de mes nuits'' (1991)

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

* '' Madelon'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' Quand vient l'amour'' (1956) * '' Burning Fuse'' (1957) * '' The Mask of the Gorilla'' (1958, based on the novel ''Le Gorille vous salue bien'' by Antoine Dominique) * '' La Valse du Gorille'' (1959, based on the novel ''La Valse du Gorille'' by Antoine Dominique) * '' 125 Rue Montmartre'' (1959, based on the novel ''125, rue Montmartre'' by André Gillois) * '' Nathalie, Secret Agent'' (1959) * '' The Nina B. Affair'' (1961, based on the novel ''Affäre Nina B.'' by Johannes Mario Simmel) * '' The Black Monocle'' (1961, based on the novel ''Le Monocle noir'' by

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) * '' L'assassin est dans l'annuaire'' (1962, based on the novel ''Cet imbécile de Ludovic'' by Charles Exbrayat) * '' The Seventh Juror'' (1962, based on the novel ''Le Septième juré'' by Francis Didelot) * '' The Eye of the Monocle'' (1962, based on the ''Monocle noir'' novels by

) * '' Une blonde comme ça'' (1963, based on the novel ''Miss Shumway Waves a Wand'' by

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) * '' Maigret Sees Red'' (1963, based on the novel '' Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters'' by

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) * '' Mission to Venice'' (1964, based on the novel ''Mission To Venice'' by

) * '' The Monocle Laughs'' (1964, based on the ''Monocle noir'' novels by

) * '' Faites vos jeux, mesdames'' (1965) * '' Train d'enfer'' (1965, based on a novel by René Cambon) * '' Les Arnaud'' (1967) * ''Les Hommes'' (1973) * ''Docteur Justice'' (1975, based on the comics series ''Docteur Justice'' by Jean Ollivier and Carlo Raffaele Marcello) * '' Victims of Vice'' (1978, based on the ''Brigade mondaine'' novels by Michel Brice edited by Gérard de Villiers) * ''Champagne amer'' (1986)

Film adaptations

* '' The Long Teeth'' (1953, based on the novel ''Les Dents longues'') * '' Les Intrigantes'' (1954, based on the novel ''La Machination'') * '' Le désordre et la nuit'' (1958, based on the novel ''Le désordre et la nuit'') * '' Marie-Octobre'' (1959, based on the novel ''Marie-Octobre'') * '' The Gigolo'' (1960, based on the novel ''Le Gigolo'') * '' Girl's Apartment'' (1963, based on the novel ''L'Appartement des filles'') * '' To Commit a Murder'' (1967, based on the novel ''Peau d'espion'') * '' Someone Behind the Door'' (1971, based on the short story ''Quelqu'un derrière la porte'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robert, Jacques 1921 births 1997 deaths 20th-century French screenwriters French novelists French crime fiction writers 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French journalists Writers from Lyon