La Nuit blanche (1948)
Directed by Richard Pottier

Drama

Film Synopsis

It is her addiction to winning that leads a female star of a Parisian nightclub to send a young test pilot to his death.  Not long after the accident, she is attracted to one of the spectators attending her performance.  He is a strangely seductive man, alluring and yet hard to fathom.  As she head off to Venice for a singing engagement, the stranger follows her.  It turns out that he is the father of the test pilot...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Richard Pottier
  • Script: Jacques Natanson, Yvan Noé (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Robert Lefebvre
  • Music: Joe Hajos
  • Cast: Pierre Brasseur (Pierre Taverny), Claude Farell (Cécilia), Jimmy Gaillard (Inspecteur Legrand), Jacques Dacqmine (Jacques Davenne), Pierre Larquey (Emile), Arlette Merry (Jasmine), André Brunot (Lestrade), Jean Charpini (L couturier), Jacqueline Duc, Henry Murray, Johannes Steiner, Siegfried Steiner
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 92 min

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