Jack Buchanan
Le Major Marmaduke Thompson
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Major Thompson is a crusty, middle-aged English officer, retired and widowed and living in Paris, who tries to adjust to the French way of life. He falls in love with frivolous but alluring Martine, and then marries her. The question is, will their child be raised as a proper Englishman, or a swinging Frenchman? [2] [3]
The French, They Are a Funny Race: Directed by Preston Sturges. With Jack Buchanan, Martine Carol, Noël-Noël, Totti Truman Taylor. Major Thompson, an Englishman living in France, comments in his memoirs on the peculiarities of his French wife and friends.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Preston Sturges
- 1955-12-09
The French, They Are A Funny Race (1955) D. Preston Sturges; w/Jack Buchanan (Full Movie) Half Forgotten Movies. 291 subscribers. 106. 12K views 2 years ago. This is Preston Sturges's...
- 81 min
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- Half Forgotten Movies
The French, They Are a Funny Race: Directed by Rod Amateau. With Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Danielle Aubry, Steve Franken. Maynard is smitten with Francoise, and to compete with the similarly smitten Chatsworth Maynard trades in his sweatshirt and jazz sides for a sport coat and tie, but will he agree to shave off his beatnik beard?
- (31)
- Comedy, Family
- Rod Amateau
- 1960-05-31
Acknowledged as the foremost satirist of his time, Preston Sturges enjoyed his greatest vogue between 1940 and 1944, when his pungent wit and frenetic slapstick exploded on such targets as Tammany Hall politics, advertising, American fertility rites, hero and mother worship.
- Preston Sturges
A retired English officer living in Paris combats his beautiful, frivilous wife over the best way to raise their child.
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