''In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes'' (French: ''À la manière de Sherlock Holmes'') is a 1956 French
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Henri Lepage and starring
Henri Vilbert
Henri Vilbert (6 April 1904 – 20 April 1997) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films from 1921 to 1982.
Filmography
References
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1904 births
1997 deaths
20th- ...
,
Claude Sylvain
Claude Sylvain (1930–2005) was a French actor and singer.Powrie p.257 After appearing in films of the 1950s, playing in a mixture of female lead role, lead and supporting roles, she switched to appear as a performer in cabaret where she met her ...
and
Michel Ardan
''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' (french: De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil ...
.
[Palmer p.288]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Raymond Nègre
Raymond Nègre was a French art director active in the film industry during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.Hayward p.241
Selected filmography
* '' My First Love'' (1945)
* '' Resistance'' (1945)
* '' Not So Stupid'' (1946)
* '' Women's Games'' (1946 ...
.
Synopsis
A
Paris
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ian businessman travelling in
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
is implicated in a case of theft and murder.
Cast
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Henri Vilbert
Henri Vilbert (6 April 1904 – 20 April 1997) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films from 1921 to 1982.
Filmography
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vilbert, Henri
1904 births
1997 deaths
20th- ...
as Henri Lombard
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Claude Sylvain
Claude Sylvain (1930–2005) was a French actor and singer.Powrie p.257 After appearing in films of the 1950s, playing in a mixture of female lead role, lead and supporting roles, she switched to appear as a performer in cabaret where she met her ...
as Viviane Deroches
*
Michel Ardan
''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' (french: De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil ...
as Louis Gamay
*
Robert Dalban
Robert Dalban (born Gaston Barré; 19 July 1903, in Celles-sur-Belle, Deux-Sèvres – 3 April 1987, in Paris) was a French actor. His work included stage acting, roles in TV shows and dubbing American stars. Moreover, he was a fixture in Frenc ...
as Commissaire Sanois
*
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Jean-Pierre Kérien (15 March 1912 – 9 April 1984) was a French film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1937 and 1979.
Filmography
References
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1912 births
1984 deaths
French male film actors
20th-century Fr ...
as Marval
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Jacques Dynam
Jacques Dynam (30 December 1923 – 12 November 2004) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1942 and 2004, among which the ''Fantomas'' saga.
Selected filmography
* ''La symphonie fantastique'' (1942) - (uncre ...
as Assistant
*
Georgette Anys
Georgette Anys (15 July 1909 – 4 March 1993) was a French film and television actress. A character actress, she appeared mainly in French productions, but also some American films which were shot in Europe including Alfred Hitchcock's ''To Catch ...
as La femme de ménage
*
Charles Lemontier
Charles Lemontier (1894–1965) was a French film actor.Aping p.76
Selected filmography
* ''Street Without a Name'' (1934)
* ''Judex'' (1934)
* ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935)
* '' Rigolboche'' (1936)
* '' You Can't Fool Antoinette'' (1936)
* '' ...
as Leblond
*
Paul Lambret as Chan
*
Charles Rigoulot as l'inspecteur Barbier
References
Bibliography
*Palmer, Tim. ''Tales of the Underworld: Jean-Pierre Melville and the 1950s French Cinema''. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003.
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1956 films
1956 crime films
French crime films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Henri Lepage
Films set in Normandy
1950s French films
French black-and-white films
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