La Soupe à la grimace (1954)
Directed by Jean Sacha

Drama

Film Synopsis

Beneath the scorching sun of the tropics, the engineer Frank Keany is in charge of operations at a uranium mine in Barranca.  His foreman discretely informs him that in the course of blowing up a quartz vein he has discovered a rich deposit of gold.  The mine is visited by its owner, Moïra Worden, who has a dangerous rival in her ex-husband Karl, a ruthless adventurer who runs another mine.  Fearing an attack from her husband, Moïra issues her workers with rifles...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean Sacha
  • Script: Jacques Berland, Terry Stewart (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Marcel Weiss
  • Music: Jean Wiener
  • Cast: Georges Marchal (Frank Keany), Maria Mauban (Moïra Worden), Dominique Wilms (Ingrid), Noël Roquevert (Donegal Reed), Christiane Lénier (Careen), Grégoire Aslan (Karl Worden), Maurice Teynac (Dr. Curtiss), Jean-Jacques Delbo (Godby), Jérôme Goulven (Le lieutenant), Jacques Denoël (Le journaliste), Henry Djanik (Pépito), Serge Nadaud (Le docteur), Leopoldo Francés (Le noir), Martial Rèbe (Le secrétaire de Worden), Alfred Goulin, Jean Gautrat
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 90 min

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