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| Directed by | Christian Stengel |
| Written by | Yves Boisyvon Jacqueline Boisyvon Christian Stengel Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon |
| Produced by | Raymond Borderie Adrien Remaugé |
| Starring | Bernard Blier Sophie Desmarets Jacques Pills |
| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Edited by | Claude Ibéria |
| Music by | Francis Lopez Louiguy Jean Solar |
Production companies | Pathé Consortium Cinéma Général Films |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date | 21 November 1945 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Alone in the Night (French: Seul dans la nuit) is a 1945 French crime film directed by Christian Stengel, and starring Bernard Blier, Sophie Desmarets and Jacques Pills.
Synopsis
A series of murders are being perpetrated in Paris. Strangely, during each of the crimes, a signature song of a famous popular singer is heard, at first by an eccentric old man. The police inspector on his first case follows several leads around the entourage of the singer, and the daughter of a police commissioner through a radio show draws the chase through a nocturnal Paris, to a disused theatre where the assassin has lured his final victim.
Cast
- Bernard Blier : L'inspecteur Robert Pascal
- Sophie Desmarets : Thérèse Planquine, daughter of the commissaire
- Jacques Pills : Marny, alias : Jacques Sartory, a popular singer
- Jean Davy : Alain Dalbrey, Sartory's secretary
- Louis Salou : Mr Tolu, an eccentric old man
- Jacques Morel : Raymond Melor, the impersonator
- Marcel André : Police commissaire Planquine
- Jean Wall : Stéphane Marcheau, pianist and composer
- Robert Le Fort : Inspecteur Legal
- Annette Poivre : Mireille, short-hand typist
- Ginette Baudin : Liliane Roy, friend of Sartory
- André Wasley : Inspecteur Bernard
- Jacques Dynam : Hunter
- Nathalie Nattier : Louise Chabot, one of the victims
- Sylvaine Claudel : apprentice
- Ariane Muratore : Madame Lalorgue
- Odette Barancey : Odette, the Planquines's servant
- Luce Fabiole : Madame Henry
- Emile Riandreys : Deval, journalist
- Jacques Hélian and his orchestra
- Mercédès Brare
- Denise Benoît
- Léonce Corne
Background
The person originally chosen for the role of Jacques Sartory was André Claveau, but as he was still under a cloud due to his activities during the Occupation, the producers moved on to Jacques Jansen, known for opera and operetta, before finally casting Jacques Pills.[1]
The film recorded admissions in France of 2,844,119.[2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.
Bibliography
- Raymond Chirat : Catalogue des films français de long métrage. Films de fiction 1940-1950 (Editions Imprimerie Saint-Paul, S.A., Luxembourg 1981), N°684.
External links
- Alone in the Night at IMDb
- Affiche at the Unifrance Films website
References
- ↑ La Bonhomie façon Blier: Entretiens autour du film avec Jean-Philippe Guerand, Didier Griselain and Thibault Le Hégarat (documentary). Included with Pathé DVD/bluray issue P712753, 2022.
- ↑ French box office results for 1945 at Box Office Story