''One Step to Eternity'' (
French:''Bonnes à tuer'',
Italian
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:''Quattro donne nella notte'') is a 1954 French-Italian
thriller film
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directed by
Henri Decoin and starring
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer.
Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's g ...
,
Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.
Auclair was born to a Serbian fathe ...
and
Corinne Calvet
Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001), born Corinne Dibos, was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films. According to one obituary, she was promoted "as a combination of Dietrich and Rita Hayworth", but her person ...
.
[Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1'', p.293. Scarecrow Press, 2009.] It was shot at the
Boulogne Studios in
Paris
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. 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 ...
Jean d'Eaubonne
Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's ''La Ronde''.
Selected filmography
* '' The Polish Jew'' (1931)
* '' Love and Luck'' (1932)
* '' M ...
.
Plot
A French
newspaper editor
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
invites his wife, ex-wife, mistress and intended fiancée to his apartment, planning to murder one of them.
Cast
*
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer.
Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's g ...
as Constance Andrieux dite Poussy
*
Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.
Auclair was born to a Serbian fathe ...
as François Roques dit Larry
*
Corinne Calvet
Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001), born Corinne Dibos, was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films. According to one obituary, she was promoted "as a combination of Dietrich and Rita Hayworth", but her person ...
as Véra Volpone
*
Miriam Di San Servolo as Maggy Lang
*
Lyla Rocco as Cécile Germain-Thomas
*
Gérard Buhr
Gérard Buhr (8 May 19288 January 1988) was a French film and television actor.
Selected filmography
* ' (1950)
* ''Quai de Grenelle'' (1950) - Petit rôle (uncredited)
* '' Beware of Blondes'' (1950) - Un journaliste (uncredited)
* ''Monte Car ...
as William Jordan
*
Roberto Risso
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Life and career
Born Pietro Roberto Strub in Geneva, Risso joined the cinema industry when he was still a university student of architecture, playing a ...
as Mario Mirador
*
Gil Delamare
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as Forestier
*
Ky Duyen
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People
* Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011), South Vietnamese general and prime minister
* ...
as Bao, le serviteur
*
Émile Genevois
Émile Genevois (1 January 1918 – 19 September 1962) was a French film actor
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as Le postier
*
Jean Berton
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* Jea ...
as Un inspecteur
*
Jean Sylvère
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as L'aveugle
*
Jacques Jouanneau
Jacques Jouanneau (3 October 1926 – 19 July 2011) was a French actor. He was born in Angers, France.
Biography
Filmography
*1953: ''Capitaine Pantoufle'' - Le barman du Goéland (uncredited)
*1954: ''Les Intrigantes'' - Le Reporter (un ...
as Le flic
*
Raymond Gerome as Un client de la boîte
References
External links
*
1954 films
French thriller films
Italian thriller films
1950s thriller films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Henri Decoin
Films set in Paris
Films based on American novels
French black-and-white films
Italian black-and-white films
1950s Italian films
1950s French films
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