Roger Le Bon

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Roger Le Bon
Born(1891-09-29)29 September 1891
Died19 February 1956(1956-02-19) (aged 64)
Paris, France
OccupationProducer, Director
Years active1924 – 1953 (film)

Roger Le Bon (18911956) was a French film producer and director. Le Bon co-directed a number of French-language versions of films made by the German studio UFA. In 1932 he co-directed the crime thriller Narcotics . [1]

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  1. Youngkin p.465

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