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Jacques Bar (12 September 1921, Châteauroux – 19 January 2009, Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French film producer who made more than 80 films. [1]

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  1. Saperstein, Pat (3 February 2009). "French producer Jacques Bar dies". Variety. Retrieved 20 August 2017.