''Lawless Roads'' (French: ''Chemins sans loi'') is a 1947 French

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directed by

Guillaume Radot Guillaume Radot (1911–1977) was a French screenwriter, film producer, producer and film director.Klossner p.64 Selected filmography * ''The Wolf of the Malveneurs'' (1943) * ''Lawless Roads'' (1947) * ''The Wolf (1949 film), The Wolf'' (1949) * ...

and starring

Ginette Leclerc Ginette Leclerc (born Geneviève Lucie Menut; February 9, 1912 – January 2, 1992) was a French film actress. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1932 and 1978. Her last TV appearance was in 1981. She was born in Ile-de-France, France ...

Jean Murat Jean Murat (13 July 1888, in Périgueux – 5 January 1968, in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella. Selected filmography * ''Sex'' (1920) * ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti * '' Carme ...

and

Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 189 ...

.Rège p.849 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Marcel Magniez Marcel Magniez (born 1888) was a French art director who designed the sets for around forty film productions from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Soister p.281 Selected filmography * '' Parisian Pleasures'' (1927) * '' My Aunts and I'' (1937 ...

Synopsis

Inès, a

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has a relationship with a landowner but he abandons her. Pregnant she falls in with a gang of

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, and brings up her daughter Dolorès amongst them.

Cast

as Inès *

as Florent Lemercier *

as Hélène *

Madeleine Rousset Madeleine may refer to: Common meanings * Madeleine (name), also Madeline, a feminine given name *Madeleine (cake), a traditional sweet cake from France * Mary Magdalene, also called the Madeleine Arts and entertainment * ''Madelein'' (1919 ...

as Dolorès * José Conrad as L'Araignée *

Michel Barbey Michel Barbey (1927-) is a French stage, film, and television actor known for his comic roles. He starred in the 1950 film ''Dominique''.Goble p.346 Selected filmography * ''Lawless Roads'' (1947) * ''Rendezvous in July'' (1949) * '' The Wolf'' ...

as Petit-Plon *

Jean Clarieux Jean Clarieux (April 3, 1911 – February 11, 1970) was a French film and television actor. Generally a supporting actor appearing in smaller parts, he played a more substantial role in René Clément's 1946 resistance film '' The Battle of the Ra ...

as Dem * Alfred Baillou as Julien, le bossu *

Grégoire Gromoff Grégoire is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname / Family name *Alexandre Grégoire (1922–2001), Haitian painter * Augustus Gregoire (1936–1972), Dominican cricketer *Christine Gregoire (born 1947), ...

as La Douceur *

Albert Dagnant Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

Claudine Dupuis Claudine Dupuis (born Andrée Esther Chaloum; 1 May 1924 in Paris – 26 May 1991 in Lisieux) was a French actress. She starred as the "garrulous prostitute Manon" in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Quai des Orfèvres'' in 1947. Other films incl ...

Jacqueline François Jacqueline may refer to: People * Jacqueline (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jacqueline Moore (born 1964), ring name "Jacqueline", American professional wrestler Arts and entertainment * ''Jacqueline'' (1923 film), ...

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References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1947 films French drama films 1947 drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Guillaume Radot Fictional representations of Romani people French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films shot at Billancourt Studios Films scored by Maurice Thiriet {{1940s-France-film-stub