Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky

Drama
aka: No Pockets in a Shroud

Film Synopsis

A journalist on the payroll of a major newspaper, Michel Dolannes is forced to resign when his employer refuses to allow him to write what he knows to be the truth.  With the support a young woman named Mira and an old friend Jo he creates his own newspaper, financed by snobs and society women.  Once he has found a printer, Dolannes starts to publish articles which previously would have been suppressed, articles denouncing sporting scandals and corrupt politicians of all persuasions.   But in his crusade to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, Dolannes makes some very dangerous enemies...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky
  • Script: Horace McCoy (novel), Jean-Pierre Mocky, Alain Moury
  • Cinematographer: Marcel Weiss
  • Music: Paul De Senneville, Olivier Toussaint
  • Cast: Jean Carmet (Comissaire Bude), Michel Constantin (Culli), Michel Galabru (Thomas), Daniel Gélin (Laurence), Michael Lonsdale (Raymond), Jean-Pierre Marielle (Le docteur Carlille), Jean-Pierre Mocky (Michel Dolannes), Martine Sarcey (Madame Mardène), Michel Serrault (Justin Blesh), Myriam Mézières (Mira Barnowski), Francis Blanche (Nathaël Grissom), Christian Duvaleix (Jo), Jess Hahn (Walter), Sylvia Kristel (Avril), Alan Adair (David), Betty Beckers (Madame Carlille), Robert Berri (Le militant communiste), Jacques Duby (Eckmann), Samson Fainsilber (Gonzague), Pierre Gualdi (Ferdinand Blesh)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 125 min
  • Aka: No Pockets in a Shroud

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