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Death on the Run (1936 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Death on the Run' (French: 'Le mort en fuite') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Andr Berthomieu and starring Jules Berry, Michel Simon and Marie Glory.Nowell-Smith p.246 Two struggling actors decide to attract publicity by pretending that one has murdered the other, but things soon get out of hand.
It was made at the Neuilly Studios. The film's sets were designed by Jean d'Eaubonne. It was remade two years later in Britain as 'Break the News' starring Jack Buchanan and Maurice Chevalier. In 1954 the film was remade in France.
Cast
* Jules Berry as Hector Trignol
* Michel Simon as Achille Baluchet
* Marie Glory as Myrra
* Fernande Albany as Olga Stefany
* Gaston Mauger as Le directeur du thtre
* Gabrielle Fontan as La concierge
* Paul Gury as Ivan
* Claire Grard as Madame Irma
* Paul Faivre as Le gardien
* Jean Diner
* Hugues de Bagratide as Le juge de Sergarie
* Georges Paulais as Un policier
* Pierre Mindaist
* Marcel Vibert as L'avocat
* Eddy Debray as La mdecin aliniste
* Robert Ozanne as Le reporter
* Andr Simon as Un agent
References
Bibliography
* Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. 'The Oxford History of World Cinema'. Oxford University Press, 1997.
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