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The Damned Lovers
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Wikipedia article
'The Damned Lovers' (French: 'Les amants maudits') is a 1952 French crime film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Robert Berri, Jacques Dynam and Ginette Baudin. A film noir it has been described as post-Liberation French Bonnie and Clyde story".Walker-Morrison p.44 It attracted audiences of around 1.1 million at the French domestic box office.Walker-Morrison p.224
Synopsis
A cafe waiter reads crime novels and dreams of being a somebody. In order to impress his girlfriend he steals a car and becomes a real-life gangster.
Cast
* Danile Roy as Jacky
* Robert Berri as Paul Morelli
* Denise Cardi as Maryse
* Jacques Dynam as Raoul
* Ren Ali as Giaccomidi
* Ginette Baudin as Tamara
* Georges Tourreil as Le directeur de la PJ
* Jean Lara as le directeur de Sport-Films
* Maurice Bnard as l'inspecteur Mavraux
* Marco Villa as Dd
* Milly Mathis as La marseillaise
* Yves Furet as Lo
References
Bibliography
*Walker-Morrison, Deborah. 'Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire'. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
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