Summary
After the war, Pierre Roubier returns home, optimistic about the future, only to find his wife in bed
with another man. In a moment of madness, Pierre shoots his
wife’s lover dead. Arrested and tried for the murder, Pierre is
given a light sentence on account of his impressive military
record. A few years later, Pierre is once again a free man and he
goes to Portugal to start a new life. He finds work as a taxi
driver and one of his first clients is the young and wealthy widow
Kathleen Dinver. She has just arrived from London after an
inquest into the mysterious death of her husband. Because they
both have something they would like to forget, Pierre and Kathleen feel
able to confide in one another and they begin to fall in love.
Pierre soon discovers that Kathleen is being followed by Inspector
Lewis of Scotland Yard. Lewis is convinced that Kathleen had
something to do with her husband’s death...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Henri Verneuil
- Script: Jacques Companéez, Joseph Kessel (novel), Marcel Rivet
- Photo: Roger Hubert
- Music: Lucien Legrand
- Cast: Daniel Gélin (Pierre Roubier), Françoise Arnoul (Kathleen Dinver), Trevor Howard (Inspector Lewis), Marcel Dalio (Porfirio), Amalia Rodrigues (Amalia), Jacques Moulières (Manuel), Ginette Leclerc (Maria), Georges Chamarat (L’avocat), Betty Stockfeld (Maisie), Jaime Santos, Aram Stephan, Huguette Montreal (Françoise), Reggie Nalder (Le maître d’hôtel/Hotel Manager), Jean Ozenne (Lord Dicson), Albert Préjean, Carlos José Teixeira
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 123 min; B&W
- Aka: Lovers’ Net; The Lovers of Lisbon
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