''The Fugitive'' (French: ''Le fugitif'') is a 1947 French

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directed by

Robert Bibal Robert Bibal (1900–1973) was a French film director and screenwriter.Goble p.694 Selected filmography * ''The Mad Night'' (1932) * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1932) * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) * '' My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1949) * '' Little ...

and starring

René Dary René Dary (19 July 1905 – 6 October 1974) was a French film actor.Witt & Temple p.150 Dary began his career as a child actor. Selected filmography * '' The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) * '' S.O.S. Sahara'' (1938) * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) * ...

Jean Debucourt Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1958. Selected filmography * '' The Little Thing'' (1923) * ''Jean Chouan'' (1926) * ''Madame Récami ...

and

Madeleine Robinson Madeleine Robinson (born Madeleine Svoboda; 5 November 1917 – 1 August 2004) was a French actress. She was born to a French mother and Czech father near Paris. She was orphaned at the age of 14, and worked to support herself and her two younge ...

.Rège p.99 The film's sets were designed by the

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Jacques Krauss.

Synopsis

Wrongly convicted of a crime he did not commit, a man escapes from prison and goes in search of the real culprit. His hunt takes him to

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

where his former girlfriend is now living, married to a doctor.

Cast

as Fred *

as Le docteur Jacques Bréville *

as Simone *

Alfred Adam Alfred Roger Adam (4 April 1908 – 7 May 1982) was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles. Selected filmography *''Speedway'' (1929) - Doctor (uncredited) *'' La Kermesse Héroïque'' (1935) - Jose ...

as Bank *

Albert Dinan Albert Dinan (27 March 1902 – 3 July 1976) was a French film actor.Goble p.347 He appeared in more than ninety films and television series during his career. Selected filmography * ''Bric à Brac et compagnie'' (1932) - Jean Verly * ''Lunegard ...

as Mac Gregg * Arlette Merry as Deanna *

Pierre Dudan Pierre Dudan (1916–1984) was a Russian-born Swiss actor and singer. He was born in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Swiss father. He married four times. Selected filmography * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) * ''The Lyons ...

as Un trappeur *

Philippe Hersent Philippe Hersent (26 July 1912 – 30 December 1982) was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1930 to 1978. Filmography References External links * 1912 births 1982 deaths French male film actors {{Franc ...

as Pole *

Georges Lannes Georges Lannes (27 October 1895 – 8 July 1983) was a French film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during his career including '' André Cornélis'' (1927).Goble p.50 Selected filmography * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' ...

as Lechartier

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1947 drama films French drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Robert Bibal French black-and-white films Films set in Canada 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub fr:Le Fugitif (film, 1947)