Combret, Georges

(Maurice Combret / No­vember II, 1906, Paris, France - January 31, 1998, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France)

   He started out his professional career in the auto­mobile industry before switching to film production (almost ninety movies from 1949 La Ronde des Heu­res, as production manager, Alexandre Ryder, to 1980 Club porno pur Chattes enragées, Henri Sala). From 1974 to 1980, he financed about forty porn flicks. He also was a co-screenwriter (1956 Toute la Ville accuse, co-adapter only, also producer, Claude Boissol; 1964 La Vedovella, Silvio Siano, Italy; 1974 Quand les Filles se déchaînent / UK: Hot and Naked, Guy Maria; 1975 Le Commando des Chauds Lapins, Guy Pérol, shot in 1973; Hard Core Story / Un Sacré Zizi, Guy Maria; Les Karatéchattes, Guy Maria) and owned several movie theaters. A car knocked him over, and he succumbed to the aftereffects of the accident.

 Filmography

        ◘ Musique en Tête (co-director with Claude Or-val; also producer)

        ◘ Duel à Dakar (co-director with Claude Orval; also co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Tambour battant (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ La Pocharde (also producer)

        ◘ Raspoutine / UK: Rasputin (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer; France / Italy)

1955 ◘ La Castiglione / La contessa di Castiglione / USA: The Contessa's Secret (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

1960 ◘ Marie des Isles / I flibustieri della Martinica / USA: Marie of the Isles (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer; France / Italy)

1961 ◘ Les Fortiches (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Traite des Blanches / S 2 S base morte chiama Suniper / La tratta delle bianche / UK: I Am a Fugitive from a White Slave Gang / USA: Frustrations / Hot Frustrations (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer; France / Italy)

        ◘ Duello nel mondo / Duel dans le Monde / USA: Ring Around the World (co-director with Luigi Scattini; Italy / France)

        ◘ Le Feu de Dieu / UK: Fire of Love (also screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

        ◘ La Malédiction de Belphégor / La mortale trap-pola di Belfagor (co-director with Jean Maley; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, executive producer; France / Italy)

1974 ◘ Le Plumard en Folie / French video: Les Farfelous / Le Lit / UK: Bedmania / USA: Le Lit . . . Ze Bawdy Bed (co-director with Jacques Lemoine; France / Canada)