Quai du Point-du-Jour (1960) Directed by Jean Faurez
Crime / Drama
aka: Port of Point-du-Jour
Film Synopsis
A 40-something worker at a Renault factory, Emile Dupont leads a quiet
bachelor life. One night, he is awoken by a series of
gunshots. From his front door, Emile sees gangsters robbing a bar
on the street corner. Suddenly, a young woman with a baby enters his
house, looking for a hiding place. Emile allows the woman,
Madeleine, to stay and she tells him her sad story. Having fallen
out with her parents, she had a child with a man who later abandoned
her to join a criminal gang. With Madeleine safely hidden away at his
mother's house in the country, Emile makes contact with Monsieur
Pierre, the gangster boss of the Pigalle area. Through him, Emile
hopes to obtain the names of the gangsters and hence find the father of
Madeleine's child. But the gangsters are not the sentimental kind
and intend finding Madeleine so that they can extort money from her...
Script: Raymond Bussières, Jacques Celhay, Jean Faurez
Cinematographer: Jean Tournier
Music: Georges Van Parys
Cast: Dany Carrel (Madeleine),
Raymond Bussières (Émile Dupont),
Annette Poivre (Mirabelle),
Philippe Lemaire (André aka 'Dédé'),
Bernard La Jarrige (Robert - un gendarme),
Yves Massard (François),
Robert Dalban (Dominique),
Sophie Sel (Sophie),
Alice Tissot (La concierge),
Sylvie (Mme. Dupont),
Paul Frankeur (M. Pierre),
Pierre Collet,
Jean Daurand,
Bob Ingarao,
D. Goldenberg,
Jacques Fayet,
Robert Allan,
Paul Uny,
Lucien Hubert,
Edmond Ardisson
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 100 min
Aka:Port of Point-du-Jour
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