Trois télégrammes (1950)
Directed by Henri Decoin

Drama
aka: Paris Incident

Film Synopsis

Antoine Letourneur, 14, is delighted when he is taken on as a telegram delivery boy at the Panthéon post office.  He is even more pleased with himself when he finds he must take a message to Herriot, an important politician.  But in his haste he drives his bike into a lorry.  When he comes to his senses, he realises that the bag he was carrying has disappeared.  He struggles in vain to find the vital message.  Then, seeing his distress, several people come to his aid: a little girl named Amélie, a police inspector, a school headmaster...  In no time at all, everyone in Paris seems to be looking for the lost telegram...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Henri Decoin
  • Script: Henri Decoin, Alex Joffé
  • Cinematographer: Nicolas Hayer
  • Music: Joseph Kosma
  • Cast: Gérard Gervais (Antoine Letourneur), Pierrette Simonet (Amélie), Olivier Hussenot (Le commissaire de police), Christian Fourcade (Un petit garçon), Henri Crémieux (Le directeur de l'école), Jacques Tarride (M. Grandjean), Germaine Michel (La bouquetière), Henri Marchand (Joseph), Flore Falvey (Harmonica Player), Jean Berton (Edouard), Léon Berton (Le curé), Jacqueline Carlier (La mère d'Arthur), Claudy Chapeland (Arthur), Jean Clarieux (Le capitaine des pompiers), André Darnay (Le receveur de la poste), Émile Genevois (Le concierge), Madeleine Gérôme (Mme Grandjean), René Hell (Le facteur), Marcel Loche (Le boucher), Yette Lucas (Une passante)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 80 min
  • Aka: Paris Incident

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