Speaking of Murder
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Speaking of Murder | |
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Directed by | Gilles Grangier |
Screenplay by | Michel Audiard Gilles Grangier Auguste Le Breton |
Based on | a novel by Auguste Le Breton |
Produced by | Jacques Bar Alain Poiré |
Starring | Jean Gabin |
Cinematography | Louis Page |
Edited by | Christian Gaudin Jacqueline Sadoul |
Music by | Denis Kieffer |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Speaking of Murder is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin. The original French title is Le rouge est mis, which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton.
Plot[]
Louis Bertain (Gabin) is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer.
Cast[]
- Jean Gabin as Louis Bertain / Louis le Blond
- Paul Frankeur as Frédo
- Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre Bertain
- Lino Ventura as Pepito
- Annie Girardot as Hélène
- Albert Dinan as Inspector Pluvier
- Antonin Berval as Zé
- Jean-Pierre Mocky as Pierre
- Thomy Bourdelle as Inspector
- Serge Lecointe as Bébert
References[]
External links[]
- Speaking of Murder at IMDb
- Speaking of Murder at AllMovie
- Speaking of Murder at “Cinema-francais“ (French)
- Speaking of Murder movie review at The New York Times Last accessed: July 3, 2014.
Categories:
- 1957 films
- French-language films
- 1950s crime thriller films
- French black-and-white films
- Film noir
- French films
- French crime thriller films
- Films set in Paris
- Gangster films
- Films about organized crime in France
- Films based on French novels
- Films based on works by Auguste Le Breton
- Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
- 1950s French film stubs
- Crime thriller film stubs