Summary
Marie Paule lives for the moment in Cannes and has a regular place at
the casino, where she squanders what little remains of her money.
Her beauty may be fading but she is still attractive and knows that the
billionaire John Montasy has an eye on her. One day, she loses
all her money and ends up having to sell her jewels. The casino
manager, Mr Oscar, is interested to find out more about Marie
Paule. So she begins to tell him the story of her tremendous love
life, which started when she was a young girl living with her mother...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Robert Thomas
- Script: Félicien Marceau, Robert Thomas
- Photo: Roger Hubert
- Music: Raymond Le Sénéchal
- Cast: Marie Bell (Marie-Paule), Annie Girardot (Marie), Franchot Tone (John Montasy Jr), Claude Dauphin (M. Oscar), Sacha Distel (Roger), Félix Marten (Odilon), Jane Marken (Mme Alphonse), Bernard Blier (Joseph), Blanchette Brunoy (Angèle), Daniel Gélin (Raymond), Jean-Claude Brialy (Jacquot), Raymond Pellegrin (Armand), Christian Marquand (Lucien), Gérard Blain, Jean Tissier (Le barman)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 97 min; B&W
- Aka: Careless Love
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