Summary
When he started out as a modest dockworker thirty years ago, François Cardinaud
could not have imagined that he would become one of the most powerful men on the island
of La Rochelle. Now, comfortably settled with a young family, he is surprised when
his wife, Marthe, suddenly disappears one Sunday morning. Hearing a rumour that
Marthe has run off with Mimile Babin, a former lover, a jealous François sets about
trying to find her. To that end, he allies himself with André Drouin, a smuggler
whose illegal activities have recently been denounced by Babin.
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Credits
- Director: Gilles Grangier
- Script: Michel Audiard, Gilles Grangier, based on the novel ‘Le Fils Cardinaud‘ by Georges Simenon
- Photo: André Thomas
- Music: Henri Verdun
- Cast: Jean Gabin (François Cardinaud), Paul Frankeur (Drouin), Claude Sylvain (Raymonde Babin), Georgette Anys (Titine Babin), José Quaglio (Mimile Babin), Paul Faivre (M. Cardinaud, père), Léonce Corne (Charles Mandine), Florelle (Sidonie Vauquier), Paul Azaïs (Alphonse, le patron des ’Charentes’), Cadet Rivers (Le patron du Robinson), Paul Oettly (Vauquier), Yolande Laffon (Isabelle Mandine), Julienne Paroli (Mme Cardinaud, mère)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 83 min; B&W
- Aka: Blood to the Head
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