Le Couteau sous la gorge (1955)
Dir: Jacques Séverac Crime / Thriller
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Overview
Le Couteau sous la gorge is a French thriller film first released in 1955,
directed by Jacques Séverac.
The film stars Jean Servais, Jean Chevrier, Madeleine Robinson and Michèle Cordoue.
It has also been released under the title: The Knife to the Throat.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
In Marseilles, the son of Dr Hourtain is kidnapped and a ransom is demanded. When
the child is not returned after the ransom has been paid, Hourtain enlists the aid of
a gangster, Paco le Maltais, whose life he once saved. Paco realises that
by assisting Hourtain he risks being arrested for a bank robbery he has just participated
in. Meanwhile, the kidnap is being investigated by the police, led by Commissioner
Lussac. Through his underworld contacts, Paco discovers that the child is
being held by Le Chinois, one of his former accomplices...
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