Jacques Robert

Writer

June 27, 1921 — August 11, 1997 (76 years)
Jacques Robert (June 27, 1921 – August 11, 1997) was a French author, screenwriter and journalist.

Jacques Robert was born on 27 June 1921 in Lyon, France. 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 Berlin, Germany.

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 Julien Duvivier and Someone Behind the Door with Charles Bronson and Anthony Perkins. Jacques Robert was also a prolific screenwriter for film and television.

He died in Rouen in 1997 at the age of 76.

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FreeMovies & Shows on Plex

  • Someone Behind the Door
    Someone Behind the Door

Known For

  • Someone Behind the Door
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    Someone Behind the Door
  • Marie-Octobre
    Marie-Octobre
  • The Seventh Juror
    The Seventh Juror
  • The Night Affair
    The Night Affair
  • The Eye of the Monocle
    The Eye of the Monocle
  • Maigret Sees Red
    Maigret Sees Red
  • The Scheming Women
    The Scheming Women
  • The Black Monocle
    The Black Monocle
  • 125 rue Montmartre
    125 rue Montmartre
  • The Monocle's Sour Laugh
    The Monocle's Sour Laugh
  • The Majordomo
    The Majordomo
  • The Mask of the Gorilla
    The Mask of the Gorilla
  • Girl's Apartment
    Girl's Apartment
  • The Arnauds
    The Arnauds
  • Secret Obsession
    Secret Obsession
  • Doctor Justice
    Doctor Justice
  • Love and the Frenchwoman
    Love and the Frenchwoman
  • Operation Double Cross
    Operation Double Cross
  • To Commit a Murder
    To Commit a Murder
  • Make Your Bets Ladies
    Make Your Bets Ladies

Filmography

1989
1975
Doctor Justice · as Screenplay
1973
1971
Someone Behind the Door · as NovelOn Plex
1967
To Commit a Murder · as Novel
1965
Train d'enfer · as Screenplay
1965
Fire at Will · as Screenplay
1964
1963
Girl's Apartment · as Novel
1963
1963
Miss Shumway Goes West · as Screenplay
1962
1962
1960
1960
1959
1959
1959
Marie-Octobre · as Novel
1958
1958
The Night Affair · as Novel
1957
1956
Defend My Love · as Screenplay
1956
1954
The Scheming Women · as Novel

2015
1975
Sunday meetings · as Self
1975
Apostrophes · as Self
1964

2008
The Mole · as Earlier Screenplay
1981
Wettlauf nach Bombay · as Dialogue
1980
Achtung Zoll! · as Dialogue
1978
Vice Squad · as Scenario Writer
1972
The Great Fire · as Adaptation
1967
The Arnauds · as Dialogue
1966
1965
The Majordomo · as Original Scenario
1964
The Monocle · as Adaptation
1963
Maigret Sees Red · as Adaptation
1962
Assassin in the Phonebook · as Adaptation
1961
The Black Monocle · as Dialogue
1961
The Nina B. Affair · as Dialogue
1959
Gorilla's Waltz · as Dialogue
1955
La Madelon · as Story
1953
The Long Teeth · as Book