Les Trois font la paire (1957) - film review

Crime / Comedy

Summary

Jojo’s ambition is to become a gangster but to be admitted into a gang he has to prove himself by committing a daring act. To that end, he kills someone in broad daylight, not knowing that his victim is an actor who is playing a scene in a film. The murder is caught on film, leading Commissaire Bernard to think that the killer will be easy to find. Sure enough, Bernard soon makes his arrest, a clown from a circus, but then he faces an almost insurmountable problem. The clown has an identical twin, who is also a clown with the same circus. Both men claim to be innocent...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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Credits

Director: Sacha Guitry, Clément Duhour
Script: Sacha Guitry
Photo: Philippe Agostini
Music: Hubert Rostaing
Cast: Michel Simon (Commissaire Bernard), Sophie Desmarets (Titine), Philippe Nicaud (Jojo), Jean Rigaux (Marcel Bornier, le comédien), Clément Duhour (M. Jean), Christian Méry (Ernest), Darry Cowl (Henri Valpreux, le metteur en scène), Gilbert Bokanowski (M. Duval), Pauline Carton (Eveline), André Chanu (Agostini), Robert Dalban (Inspecteur Walter), Jane Marken (Georgette Bornier), André Numès Fils (Le Secrétaire), Fernand Bellan (Inspecteur Ravaud), Henry Djanik (Bébert), Jacques Famery (Un clown), Émile Genevois (Dumont), Yvonne Hébert (Madame Walter), Jeff Patnicelli (Inspecteur Goulot), Julien Carette (Léon, le patron du bistrot), Sacha Guitry (En personne)
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: ; B&W
Aka: Three Make a Pair

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