A Certain Monsieur Jo
A Certain Monsieur Jo | |
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Directed by | René Jolivet |
Written by | René Jolivet |
Produced by | |
Starring | Michel Simon Geneviève Kervine Jacques Morel |
Cinematography | Nicolas Hayer |
Edited by | Suzanne Sandberg |
Music by | Joseph Kosma |
Production companies | A.T.I.C.A. Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
Distributed by | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
A Certain Monsieur Jo (French: Un certain Monsieur Jo) is a 1958 French crime film directed by René Jolivet and starring Michel Simon, Geneviève Kervine and Jacques Morel.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director .
Synopsis[]
A former gangster now happily retired and running an inn on the banks of the river Marne, is pulled back into his former life when a pair of kidnappers bring a girl they have taken to his inn and demands he shelter them.
Cast[]
- Michel Simon as Joseph 'Jo' Guardini
- Geneviève Kervine as Simone Couturier
- Jacques Morel as Inspecteur Loriot
- Raymond Bussières as Louis
- as Alfred Léonard
- as Yvette Lemarchand
- Roger Legris as L'aveugle
- Gabrielle Fontan as Mme. Michel
- Gina Manès as Lolo
- as Mado
- as Villequin
- Jean Daurand as Le cafetier
- as Le boulanger livreur
- Jack Ary as Charlot
- as Commissaire Leclerc
References[]
- ^ Rège p.541
Bibliography[]
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1958 films
- French-language films
- 1958 crime films
- French crime films
- French films
- Films directed by René Jolivet
- French black-and-white films
- Films scored by Joseph Kosma
- 1950s French film stubs