''Lucky Jo'' is a 1964 French

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directed by

Michel Deville Michel Deville (13 April 1931 – 16 February 2023) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level o ...

and starring

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and

Christiane Minazzoli Christiane Judith Yvette Minazzoli (11 July 1931 – 2 November 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1931 births 2014 deaths French ...

.Parish p.64

Cast

as Christopher "Lucky Jo" Jowett *

as Le commissaire Loudéac *

Georges Wilson Georges Wilson (né Willson, ; 16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French actor and director of stage and screen. He was a significant figure in French theatre during the latter 20th-century, serving as director of the Theatre Nation ...

as Simon Archambaut *

as Adeline Archambaut *

Jean-Pierre Darras Jean-Pierre Darras (1927–1999) was a French actor. Filmography 1927 births 1999 deaths Deaths from cancer in France French film directors French monarchists Male actors from Paris People from Val-de-Marne Male actors from Île-de ...

as Napo * André Cellier as Gabriel Farkas *

Christian Barbier Christian Barbier (28 June 1924 – 3 November 2009) was a French film and television actor. Barbier was born at Saint-Ouen, Seine (currently Seine-Saint-Denis), France. During his career (1964 to 1997), he specialized in drama rather th ...

as Le commissaire Odile *

Claude Brasseur Claude Brasseur (; 15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor. Life and career Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of E ...

as Loudéac Junior *

Françoise Arnoul Françoise Arnoul (born Françoise Annette Marie Mathilde Gautsch; 3 June 1931 – 20 July 2021) was a French actress who achieved popularity during the 1950s. Early life Born in Constantine, French Algeria, the daughter of stage actres ...

as Mimi Perrin *

Anouk Ferjac Anouk Ferjac (born 25 May 1932) is a French actress. She has appeared in 100 films and television shows between 1946 and 2000. Selected filmography * '' City of Hope'' (1948) * '' Scandal on the Champs-Élysées'' (1949) * '' Justice Is Done'' ...

as The woman at the bar

References

Bibliography

* Parish, Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

* 1964 films 1960s crime comedy films 1960s French-language films French black-and-white films Films directed by Michel Deville Films scored by Georges Delerue French crime comedy films 1960s French films French-language crime comedy films {{1960s-France-film-stub