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Nuits Rouges
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Georges Franju
| producer = Raymond Froment
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| screenplay = Jacques Champreaux
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| music = Georges Franju
| cinematography = Guido Renzo Bertoni
| editing = Gilbert Natot
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| runtime = 105 minutes
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'Nuits Rouges' is a 1974 French-Italian crime and thriller film directed by Georges Franju. The film was released in the U.S. in an English-dubbed version by New Line Cinema under the title 'Shadowman' in 1975.
Cast
* Gayle Hunnicutt as La femme
* Jacques Champreux as L'homme sans visage
* Josephine Chaplin as Martine Leduc
* Ugo Pagliai as Paul de Borrego
* Gert Froebe as Le commissaire Sorbier
Production
'Nuits Rouges' was filmed in 1973.Ince, 2005. p. 58 The film is a 100-minute theatrical version of a film originally commissioned for television. The budget for the film was so modest that Franju had to film all interiors of the film on a studio set.Ince, 2005. p.59
Release
'Nuits Rouges' was released on November 20, 1974, in France.
Reception
'Nuits Rouges' received mixed and even mocking reviews from French critics on its release.Ince, 2005. p.60-61 'Nuits Rouges' was released on DVD in the United Kingdom as part of Eureka's Masters of Cinema series along with another film by Georges Franju, 'Judex' (1963) in 2008.
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