Robert Mercier

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

#1Poison

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Gandin (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
Comedy

Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...

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#2The Respectful Prostitute

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Man in the garage (uncredited)

5.3 / 10
Drama

Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. The two only witnesses are Lizzie McKay, a prostitute from New York, and Sidney, a colored man. Fred decides to seduce Lizzie in order to make her give false evidence according to which Sidney has attempted to rape her. The uncle also puts pressure on the young woman. After much hesitation, Lizzie finally accepts but Sidney, who has nearly got lynched, takes refuge at her home...

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#3The Truth

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Un bistrot (uncredited)

7.6 / 10
DramaRomance

As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.

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#4Obsession

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Le bistrot (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.

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#5Bizarre, Bizarre

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m as un policier en civil (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
Comedy

A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.

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#6People of No Importance

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.9 / 10
Drama

During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is already married and is old enough to be Clothilde’s father. Things take a turn for the worse when Jean loses his job and his wife finds out about his affair. But Clothilde’s predicament is even more distressing...

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#7The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as The man with the water pitcher (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
CrimeComedyMystery

Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his acquired wealth. Before entering the service of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, he removes his vault in Alsace, steals two paintings of old masters, steals valuable gems and calls out to the police prefect to avoid his arrest. But this time he risks being seriously recognized. Lupin must once again use his fine intellect to deftly escape the situation.

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#8Crime and Punishment

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Drama

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

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#9Rhine Virgin

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as un agent

6.4 / 10
DramaCrime

Reported missing in 1940, Jacques Ledru comes back to Strasbourg as Martin Schmidt. He tracks down his wife Genevieve, but she's remarried and has taken the head of his shipping company. She and her husband will do anything to get rid of Jacques and keep his company.

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#10Sénéchal the Magnificent

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Le bagagiste de la gare (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
Comedy

Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?

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#11Follow That Man

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Agent (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
Crime

While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga. The second concerns the brutal broad daylight murder of innocent young Yvonne.

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#12The Love of a Woman

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
DramaRomance

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 for her independence after falling in love with an Italian engineer.

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#13Run Away Mr. Perle

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Un agent (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an authoritarian woman and her cousin, a parasite who poisons his existence. A Parisian notary writes to the hero to ask him to come and take possession of an inheritance. In Paris, Perle meets a pretty adventuress.

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