La Menace (1960)
Directed by Gérard Oury

Comedy / Drama
aka: The Menace

Film Synopsis

Josépha is bored with her life in a dull provincial town.  She lives with her uncle and looks on in envy at the gang of young people who drive past her house on their motorcycles.  She would do almost anything to join the gang, even give false testimony that will have an innocent man convicted of the rape and murder of a young woman...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Gérard Oury
  • Script: Frédéric Dard (novel)
  • Music: André Hossein
  • Cast: Robert Hossein (Savary), Marie-José Nat (Josépha), Paolo Stoppa (Cousin), Robert Dalban (L'inspecteur), André Cellier (Le commissaire), Gérard Oury (Le docteur), Elsa Martinelli (Lucile), Alice Sapritch (La cliente), Corinne Charrette (Minouche), Joëlle LaTour (Sylvie), Martine Messager (Pierrette), Philippe Caster (Stephan), Philippe Forquet (Patrick), Michel Gonzalès (Philippe), Bernard Murat (Jean-Louis), Henri Tisot (Jérôme), Noël Darzal
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 80 min
  • Aka: The Menace

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