Danger of Death
| Danger of Death | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Gilles Grangier |
| Written by | Charles Exbrayat René Wheeler |
| Produced by | Paul Devriès Ferdinand Liffran Adrien Remaugé |
| Starring | Fernand Ledoux Georges Lannes Micheline Francey |
| Cinematography | Raymond Clunie |
| Edited by | Andrée Danis |
| Music by | Raymond Gallois-Montbrun |
Production companies | Les Prisonniers Associés Pathé |
| Distributed by | Pathé |
Release date | 17 December 1947 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Danger of Death (French: Danger de mort) is a 1947 French thriller film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Fernand Ledoux, Georges Lannes and Micheline Francey.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location around Sens. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roger Simon.
Synopsis[edit]
Distracted the night after his wife give births, a pharmacist in provincial France accidentally puts a dose of cyanide in a batch of medicine he is making up. Realising what he has done he goes out to prevent the five customers from taking the lethal concoction.
Cast[edit]
- Fernand Ledoux as Le pharmacien Adrien Loiseau
- Georges Lannes as Ceccaldi
- Micheline Francey as Flora
- Colette Richard as La jeune mariée
- Christine Hayrel as L'écuyère
- Mona Dol as Une commère
- Maurice Schutz as Le beau-père de Loiseau
- Jacky Pasquero as Ceccaldi fils
- Jean-Marc Lambert as Le jeune marié
- René Blancard as Philippe Chauvieux
- Charles Lavialle as Le receveur
- François Joux as Alfred Bouchard
- Jacques Emmanuel as Le mari de Flora
- Michel Rob as Jean-Baptiste Chauvieux
- Yvonne Yma as La marchande de journaux
References[edit]
- ^ Rège p.462
- ^ Kermabon p.304
- ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/5093/danger-de-mort
Bibliography[edit]
- Kermabon, Jacques. Pathé: premier empire du cinéma. Centre Georges Pompidou, 1994.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[edit]
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