Montmartre Nights (French: Les nuits de Montmartre) is a 1955 French crime film directed by Pierre Franchi and starring Jean-Marc Thibault, Louis Seigner and Geneviève Kervine.[1] The film was shot in Eastmancolor. It was based on a novel by Claude Orval.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.
Synopsis
Robert Verdier, a young petty criminal, makes a living swindling provincial visitors to the nightlife of Montmartre. However to the concern of Monique, his dancer girlfriend, he is increasingly drawn into more serious crime.
Main cast
- Jean-Marc Thibault as Robert Verdier
- Louis Seigner as Inspecteur Doirel
- Geneviève Kervine as Monique
- Jean Marchat as Mureau
- Albert Dinan as Francis
- Daniel Cauchy as Julien
- Bernard Lajarrige as L'inspecteur Bailly
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.