''Don't Tempt the Devil'' (french: Les Bonnes Causes, it, Il delitto Dupré) is a 1963 French-Italian
crime film written and directed by
Christian-Jaque and starring
Bourvil
André Robert Raimbourg (; 27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis ...
,
Marina Vlady
Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress.
Biography
Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the ac ...
,
Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to:
People
* Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's books
* Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress
* Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter
* Virna Dias (born 1971), Brazilian reti ...
and
Pierre Brasseur
Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
Biography
The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur, the latter a cousin of Albert Brasseur; his grandfather, Jules B ...
. It is based on the novel ''Les Bonnes Causes'' by
Jean Laborde
Jean Laborde (16 October 1805 in Auch - 27 December 1878 in Mantasoa, Madagascar) was an adventurer and early industrialist in Madagascar. He became the chief engineer of the Merina monarchy, supervising the creation of a modern manufacturing cent ...
.
Plot
Cast
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Marina Vlady
Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress.
Biography
Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the ac ...
as Catherine Dupré
*
Bourvil
André Robert Raimbourg (; 27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis ...
as juge Albert Gaudet
*
Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to:
People
* Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's books
* Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress
* Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter
* Virna Dias (born 1971), Brazilian reti ...
as Gina Bianchi
*
Pierre Brasseur
Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
Biography
The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur, the latter a cousin of Albert Brasseur; his grandfather, Jules B ...
as Mr. Charles Cassidi
*
Umberto Orsini
Umberto Orsini (born 2 April 1934, in Novara) is an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Born in Novara, Orsini gave up his career as notary to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In the late 1950s, he emerged ...
as Mr. Philliet
*
Jacques Mauclair
Jacques Mauclair (12 January 1919 – 21 December 2001) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1950 and 2000. He was born in Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,00 ...
as Georges Boisset
*
Hubert Deschamps
Hubert Deschamps (13 September 1923 – 29 December 1998) was a French actor.
He was the son of the museum curator Paul Deschamps (1888–1974) and uncle of the French stage director Jérôme Deschamps.
Selected filmography
* ''The Strol ...
as Dr. Mermet
* Raymond Devime as Inspector Véricel
*
Jacques Monod
Jacques Lucien Monod (February 9, 1910 – May 31, 1976) was a French biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of e ...
as Magnin
* Robert Vidalin as président du tribunal
* Marcel Cuvelier as Morin
*
Gilbert Gil
Gilbert Gil (September 9, 1913 – August 25, 1988) was a French film actor. He also directed a single film '' Criminal Brigade'' in 1947.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.47
Partial filmography
* ''Mayerling'' (1936) - Un étudiant (uncredited)
* ''Les gr ...
as Garat
*
Frédéric Pottecher as Himself
*
José Luis de Vilallonga
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
as Paul Dupré
* Mony Dalmès as Marjorie
* Hubert Noël as Catherine's Lover
*
Bernard Musson
Bernard Musson (1925–2010) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* '' It Happened in Paris'' (1952)
* '' The Slave'' (1953)
* '' On Trial'' (1954)
* '' Flesh and the Woman'' (1954)
* '' Bonjour sourire'' (1956)
* ''Les Truands'' (1956)
* ...
as Robert
*
Jean-Loup Philippe
Jean-Loup Philippe (born 24 March 1936) is a French actor, writer and director of film and theatre He is best known for his role in Jean Rollin's 1975 horror classic ''Lèvres de sang''.Richey, Jeremy (February 8, 2009) He had collaborated will ...
as Gina's Ex-fiancé
*
Daniel Lecourtois
Daniel Lecourtois (25 January 1902 – 16 January 1985) was a French film actor.Hayward p.250 He appeared in more than sixty films and television series during his career. In his later career he often played authority figures.
Partial filmography ...
as Lawyer
*
Robert Berri
Robert Berri (16 December 1912 – 22 November 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1979.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1912 births
1989 deaths
French male film actors
Male ...
as Inspector
References
External links
*
''Don't Tempt the Devil''at
Variety Distribution
Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company.
It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward.
History
Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...
French crime films
Italian crime films
Films directed by Christian-Jaque
1960s French-language films
1960s French films
1960s Italian films
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