Summary
The Parisian police are pleased with themselves when they manage to
arrest the notorious gangster Le Fondu. But the crook has no
intention of being brought to justice. In his escape, Le Fondu
kills the police inspector who is pursuing him and is once more at
liberty. The dead cop᾿s best friend, Inspector Vardier, swears
that he will do everything he can to capture Le Fondu and see him
punished, although at present he has no idea where he is
hiding. That same day, Vardier meets his new assistant,
Gilbert Barot, a young inspector with a very different temperament to his own. Whilst he is not at all happy to work with Barot, Vardier
is attracted to his beautiful wife, Lucie, and plans to make her his
next amorous conquest. Vardier begins his search for Le Fondu by
visiting his nephew, Lucien Donati, nicknamed Le Niçois.
Meanwhile, Le Fondu is hiding in a friend᾿s cellar as he prepares his
next robbery. He takes as his mistress Cri-Cri, his friend᾿s
daughter who works as a stripper in a cabaret. Exercising his
customary guile, Vardier tricks Donati into revealing his uncle᾿s
hiding place, but Le Fondu has one last surprise...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Pierre Chenal
- Script: Paul Andréota, Pierre Chenal, Jean Ferry, Auguste Le Breton (novel)
- Photo: Marcel Grignon
- Music: Michel Legrand
- Cast: Charles Vanel (Léonce Pozzi), Bella Darvi (Cri Cri), Danik Patisson (Lucie Barot), Michel Piccoli (L’inspecteur Vardier), François Guérin (L’inspecteur Gilbert Barot), Marcel Mouloudji (Lucien Donati), Jean Brochard (Le commissaire Brevet), Georges Vitray (L’inspecteur Albert taillis, de la P.J.), Alfred Goulin (Le gendarme), Albert Dinan (Emile)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 82 min; B&W
- Aka: Sinners of Paris
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