Le Couteau sous la gorge (1955)
Directed by Jacques Séverac
Crime / Thriller
aka: Cut throat
Le Couteau sous la gorge (1955)
Film Synopsis
In Marseilles, the son of Dr Hourtain is kidnapped and a ransom is demanded. When the child is not returned after the ransom has been paid, Hourtain enlists the aid of a gangster, Paco le Maltais, whose life he once saved. Paco realises that by assisting Hourtain he risks being arrested for a bank robbery he has just participated in. Meanwhile, the kidnap is being investigated by the police, led by Commissioner Lussac. Through his underworld contacts, Paco discovers that the child is being held by Le Chinois, one of his former accomplices...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Jacques Séverac
- Script: Jacques Séverac, André Tabet
- Cinematographer: Jean Isnard
- Music: André Theurer
- Cast: Jean Servais (Marc Hourtin), Madeleine Robinson (Mado), Jean Chevrier (Pacos le Maltais), Yves Deniaud (Le commissaire Lussac), Michèle Cordoue (Nora), Henri San Juan (Rolf Holzer dit 'Le chinois'), Claude Bertrand (Machecoul), Antoine Bourseiller (Un inspecteur), Yves Brainville (Inspecteur Aubier), Jean-Henri Chambois (Deville), Paul Demange (Barenti), Micheline Gary (Simone Hourtin), Charles Lemontier (Le proviseur), Annie Roudier (Madame Chauvinet), René Sarvil (Fredo), Patrice Séverac (Patrice Hourtin), Julien Verdier (Silios), Don Ziegler (Brigar), André Andrès (Un serveur du cabaret), Albert Augier (Inspecteur Courtin)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 90 min
- Aka: Cut throat ; The Knife to the Throat
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