''Death on the Run'' (French: ''Le mort en fuite'') is a 1936 French

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directed by

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and starring

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, Michel Simon and

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.Nowell-Smith p.246 It was made at the

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. The film's sets were designed by Jean d'Eaubonne. It was remade two years later in Britain as ''

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'' starring Jack Buchanan and

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. In 1954 the film was remade in France.

Synopsis

Two struggling actors decide to attract publicity by pretending that one has murdered the other, but things soon get out of hand.

Cast

as Hector Trignol * Michel Simon as Achille Baluchet *

as Myrra *

Fernande Albany Fernande Françoise Raoult, known professionally as Fernande Albany (22 December 1889, Lison – 25 November 1966, Paris), was a French actress in theatre and film. Career Albany appeared in many of the films of Georges Méliès. Her work ...

as Olga Stefany *

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as Le directeur du théâtre * Gabrielle Fontan as La concierge * Paul Gury as Ivan *

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as Madame Irma *

Paul Faivre Paul Faivre (3 March 1886 – 5 March 1973) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''The House Opposite'' (1937) * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * ''The Count of Monte Crist ...

as Le gardien *

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* Hugues de Bagratide as Le juge de Sergarie * Georges Paulais as Un policier *

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as L'avocat *

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as La médecin aliéniste *

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as Le reporter *

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as Un agent

References

Bibliography

* Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. ''The Oxford History of World Cinema''. Oxford University Press, 1997.

External links

* 1936 comedy films French comedy films 1936 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by André Berthomieu French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub