Café de Paris
1938 Comedy / Thriller / Crime   

 

Credits
  • Director: Yves Mirande
  • Script: Yves Mirande
  • Photo: Robert Juillard, Christian Matras
  • Music: Armand Bernard, Georges Van Parys
  • Cast: Jules Berry (Fleury), Jacques Baumer (Le commissaire de police), Pierre Brasseur (Le Rec), Julien Carette (Le journaliste), Marcel Carpentier (Le premier traficant d’armes), Véra Korène (Geneviève Lambert), Jean Coquelin (Le second traficant d’armes), Arthur Devère (Le monsieur de Rouen), Maurice Escande (Le marquis de Perelli), Roger Gaillard (Le substitut), Jacques Grétillat (Lambert), Janine Guise (Mlle Aurillac), Florence Marly (Estelle)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 83 min; B&W

 
Summary
One evening, a man is murdered whilst celebrating with an assortment of friends and acquaintances at the Café de Paris.  Although everyone had a motive to kill the dead man, an unscrupulous journalist, it soon becomes clear that none of them could possibly have done it...

Review
The inimitable Jules Berry gives one of his most deliciously unrestrained performances in this off-the-wall comedy thriller.  Intelligent, witty and loaded with suspense, this is a hugely entertaining blend of whodunnit à l’anglaise and policier à la française.

© James Travers 2003



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