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Writing

Jean Manse

Career

Active from 1934 to 1963, with a break from 1940 to 1952, busiest in 1956 and 1959 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Law Is the Law
The Law Is the Law
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jean Manse Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.6, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.0, average 4.7
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 2
  • Mistaken Identity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

4 titles · average score 64
My Wife's Husband
My Wife's Husband (1963)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Good King Dagobert
Good King Dagobert (1963)

Writer

The Changing of the Guard
The Changing of the Guard (1962)

Screenplay

Dynamite Jack
Dynamite Jack (1961)

Screenplay

1950s

16 titles · average score 62
The Cow and I
The Cow and I (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

Gangster Boss
Gangster Boss (1959)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

The Woman's Confidant
The Woman's Confidant (1959)

Screenplay

The Law Is the Law
The Law Is the Law (1958)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

Don Juan
Don Juan (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Honoré de Marseille
Honoré de Marseille (1956)

Screenplay

Fernandel the Dressmaker
Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

The Sheep Has Five Legs
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
GoodWatch score 61

Lyricist

The Most Wanted Man
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Three Feet in a Bed
Three Feet in a Bed (1950)

Dialogue

Caught in the Foreign Legion
Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950)

Dialogue

1940s

1 title
Simple-Minded
Simple-Minded (1942)

as Principal private secretary (uncredited)

1930s

4 titles
Berlingot and Company
Berlingot and Company (1939)

Writer

Ernest the Rebel
Ernest the Rebel (1938)

Writer

Ignace
Ignace (1937)

Original Story, Screenplay

Navy Blue
Navy Blue (1934)

Screenplay, Writer