This Man Is Dangerous (1953 film)

This Man Is Dangerous
This Man Is Dangerous
	Film poster
Directed by	Jean Sacha
Written by	Jacques Berland ; Marcel Duhamel
Based on	This Man Is Dangerous Peter Cheyney
Produced by	Georges Sénamaud
Starring	Eddie Constantine ; Colette Deréal ; Grégoire Aslan
Cinematography	Marcel Weiss
Edited by	Paulette Robert
Music by	Jean Marion
Production; companies	EDIC ; Les Films Lutétia ; Sonofilm
Distributed by	Sonofilm
Release date	22 November 1953
Running time	92 minutes
Country	France
Language	French/English

This Man Is Dangerous (French: Cet homme est dangereux) is a 1953 French thriller film directed by Jean Sacha and starring Eddie Constantine, Colette Deréal and Grégoire Aslan. It is an adaptation of Peter Cheyney's 1936 novel This Man Is Dangerous.^[2] It followed the film La môme vert-de-gris which had been Eddie Constantine's debut as Lemmy Caution and it was also successful at the box office.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

Synopsis[]

Lemmy Caution is assigned to neutralise the international crimininal network of villain Siégella (Grégoire Aslan ) as an undercover agent. In order to infiltrate the gang he pretends to be an escapee. During his covert investigations at the French Riviera he gets to know a beauty named Constance (Colette Deréal) who is associated with Mister Siégella. Lemmy can convince him that he would help to kidnap the rich American heiress Miranda Van Zelden (Claude Borelli). Once Lemmy has obtained enough proof to have Siégella convicted, he informs Interpol. After he has sent documents to Interpol, his cover is blown and he has to fight for his life.

Cast[]

Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution
Colette Deréal as Constance
Grégoire Aslan as Siegella
Claude Borelli as Miranda Van Zelden
Véra Norman as Susanne
Jacqueline Pierreux as Dora
as Johny
Guy Decomble as Jacques le Dingue
Luc Andrieux as Maurice
Henry Djanik as William Bosco
Émile Genevois as L'athlète
as L'entraîneuse
Michel Nastorg as Govas
as Pierrot les Cartes

References[]

^ Hal Erickson (2009). "Cet Homme est Dangereux was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ Goble p.82

Bibliography[]

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links[]

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[1] Hal Erickson (2009). "Cet Homme est Dangereux was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

[2] Goble p.82

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