U.S. and France
France in American Film - 1960's
GOODBYE AGAIN
1961
Director: Anatole Litvak.
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins.
Location: Paris (various locations).
Notes: Filmed on location.
PARIS BLUES
1961
Director: Martin Ritt.
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong.
Location: Paris (various locations).
Notes: Filmed on location.
TENDER IS THE NIGHT
1962
Director: Henry King.
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Joan Fontaine.
Location: The Riviera.
Notes: Filmed on location.
THE LONGEST DAY
1962
Director: Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald.
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Mel Ferrer, Sean Connery.
Location: Normandy (Omaha Beach; Utah Beach; Pointe du Hoc; Sainte-Mere-Eglise; Caen; Bayeux; Ouistreham).
Notes: Filmed on location. Kommandantur scenes were shot at the Chateau de Chantilly (Oise).
GIGOT
1962
Director: Gene Kelly.
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Katherine Kath, Gabrielle Dorziat.
Location: Paris (various locations).
Notes: Filmed on location.
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
1962
Director: Vincente Minnelli.
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb.
Location: Paris; Normandy.
IRMA LA DOUCE
1963
Director: Billy Wilder.
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon.
Location: Paris (Les Halles district).
Notes: Mostly filmed in studio, on a set designed by Alexandre Trauner. Only exterior shots were filmed on location.
CHARADE
1963
Director: Stanley Donen.
Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy.
Location: Megeve (ski resort in the French Alps); Paris (various locations, including: Les Halles district at night; the Palais Royal and Comedie Francaise; the Mortuary; the metro; the American Express bureau; the Bateaux-Mouche on the Seine; the Port de la Tournelle; the UNESCO building; the stamp market and Guignol puppet theatre on the Champs-Elysees; the American Embassy on Place de la Concorde).
Notes: Filmed entirely on location.
PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES
1964
Director: Richard Quine.
Cast: William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Gregoire Aslan.
Location: Hotel du Cap in Antibes (Riviera); Paris (various locations, notably Orly Airport and the Eiffel Tower).
Notes: Filmed on location.
THE TRAIN
1965
Director: John Frankenheimer.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon.
Location: Paris (various locations, notably the Jeu de Paume Museum); Normandy.
THUNDERBALL
1965
Director: Terence Young.
Cast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi.
Location: Paris and vicinity.
Notes: The opening sequence takes place in France and was filmed at the Chateau d’Anet (Eure-et-Loir). The SPECTRE headquarters are located on Avenue d’Eylau (Paris 16e).
WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT?
1965
Director: Clive Donner.
Cast: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress.
Location: Paris and vicinity.
Notes: Filmed on location, particularly at the Chateau de Chaumontel and in Luzarches (Ile de France).
THE GREAT RACE
1965
Director: Blake Edwards.
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear at the end of the film.
BOEING BOEING
1965
Director: John Rich.
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Dany Saval.
Location: Paris.
IS PARIS BURNING?
1966
Director: Rene Clement.
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer; Leslie Caron, Alain Delon, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Gert Frobe, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Robert Stack, Orson Welles.
Location: Paris (various locations, including: the Hotel Meurice; the City Hall; the Catacombs; the Eiffel Tower; the Invalides; the Pont Alexandre III; Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral; the Champs-Elyses; the Place de la Concorde; the Bois de Boulogne).
Notes: Filmed entirely on location.
HOW TO STEAL A MILLION
1966
Director: William Wyler.
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Eli Wallach.
Location: Paris; Neuilly-sur-Seine (Ile de France).
Notes: Filmed on location.
TWO FOR THE ROAD
1967
Director: Stanley Donen.
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Claude Dauphin.
Location: Paris; Chantilly (Oise); the Riviera (Nice; Saint-Tropez; La Colle sur Loup; Beauvallon).
Notes: Filmed on location.