Summary
La Valse du gorille is a French crime film first released in 1959,
directed by Bernard Borderie.
The film is based on a novel by Antoine-Louis Dominique and stars Charles Vanel, Jess Hahn, Ursula Herwig and Roger Hanin.
It has also been released under the title: Gorilla’s Waltz.
Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.
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Credits
- Director: Bernard Borderie
- Script: Bernard Borderie, Antoine-Louis Dominique (novel), Jacques Robert
- Photo: Claude Renoir
- Music: Jean Leccia
- Cast: Charles Vanel (Berthomieu dit ’Le Vieux’), Jess Hahn (Ted the Hook), Ursula Herwig (Luise Keibl), Roger Hanin (Géo Paquet, dit ’Le Gorille’), Wolfgang Preiss (Otto Lohn), Michel Thomass (Boris Almazian), Viktor Tacik (Keibel), Yves Barsacq (Berthier), Micheline Gary (La blonde), Claude Vernier (Rosberg), René Havard (Le chimiste), Jean Juillard (Le délégué français), Ton Kuyl (Wilhelm), Lutz Gabor (Frantz), Pierre Collet (Bergère)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 100 min; B&W
- Aka: Gorilla’s Waltz
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