''Yours Truly, Blake'' (French: ''Votre dévoué Blake'') is a 1954 French
comedy
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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
Jean Laviron
Jean Laviron (26 April 1915, in Paris – 15 February 1987, in Fresneaux-Montchevreuil) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Filmography Director
* 1951 : '' Un amour de parapluie''
* 1951 : '' Come Down, Someone Wants You''
* 1953 ...
and
Jerome Epstein
Jerome M. Epstein (born March 15, 1937) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate as a Republican from 1972 to 1974 and later went to federal prison for pirating millions of dollars worth of fuel oil.
Born in New Brunswick, Eps ...
and starring
Eddie Constantine
Eddie Constantine (born Edward Israël Constantinowsky; October 29, 1917 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France. He became well-known to film audiences for his portrayal of se ...
,
Danielle Godet
Danielle Godet (1927–2009) was a French stage and film actress.Lloyd p.78
Partial filmography
* '' The Man Without a Name'' (1943) - Une figurante
* ''The Idiot'' (1946)
* '' Man About Town'' (1947) - Une spectatrice
* ''Ploum, ploum, tra-la-l ...
and
Simone Paris
Simone Paris (1909–1985) was a French stage and film actress.Turk p.441
Selected filmography
* ''Nine Bachelors'' (1939)
* '' The Martyr of Bougival'' (1949)
* ''Je l'ai été trois fois'' (1952)
* ''Run Away Mr. Perle'' (1952)
* '' The Moment o ...
.
[Marie p.20] The film's sets were designed by
Robert Clavel
Robert Clavel (1912–1991) was a French art director.Hayward p.245
Selected filmography
* '' All Roads Lead to Rome'' (1949)
* '' Tuesday's Guest'' (1950)
* ''Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (1950)
* '' The Paris Waltz'' (1950)
* '' Passion'' (1951)
* ...
.
Plot
While spending a night out in Paris an American airline pilot gets entangled with a beautiful nightclub performer and soon finds himself under suspicion of murder.
Cast
*
Eddie Constantine
Eddie Constantine (born Edward Israël Constantinowsky; October 29, 1917 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France. He became well-known to film audiences for his portrayal of se ...
as Larry Blake - un pilote de ligne américain
*
Danielle Godet
Danielle Godet (1927–2009) was a French stage and film actress.Lloyd p.78
Partial filmography
* '' The Man Without a Name'' (1943) - Une figurante
* ''The Idiot'' (1946)
* '' Man About Town'' (1947) - Une spectatrice
* ''Ploum, ploum, tra-la-l ...
as Michèle Marley aka Marion Miller
*
Simone Paris
Simone Paris (1909–1985) was a French stage and film actress.Turk p.441
Selected filmography
* ''Nine Bachelors'' (1939)
* '' The Martyr of Bougival'' (1949)
* ''Je l'ai été trois fois'' (1952)
* ''Run Away Mr. Perle'' (1952)
* '' The Moment o ...
as Elyane de Broussac
*
Gil Delamare
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* Gil Island (disambiguation), one of several islands by that name
* Gil, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
* Hil, Azerbaijan, also spelled ''Gil, a village in Azerbaijan
* Hiloba, also spelled ''Gil, ...
as Georges
*
Colette Deréal
Colette Deréal (; born Colette Denise de Glarélial; 22 September 1927 – 12 April 1988) was a French actress and singer.
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Deréal was born in Saint-Cyr-l'École, Seine-et-Oise (now Yvelines), France. In 1961, D ...
as Stella
*
Dora Doll
Dora Doll (born Dorothea Hermina Feinberg; 19 May 1922 – 15 November 2015) was a French actress.
Career
One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Manon'' (1949). She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's ...
as Isabelle
*
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 Gaston
*
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 L'inspecteur Tessier
*
Henri Cogan Henri Cogan (13 September 1914 in Paris – 23 September 2003 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French actor and stuntman.
Biography
Before Henri Cogan became a fight choreographer for European action films he proved his expertise in hand-to-hand comb ...
as Sam
*
Jack Ary
Jack Ary (1919–1974) was a French film and television actor.Arnaud p.278
Selected filmography
* ''My Wife Is Formidable'' (1951) - Un pensionnaire de l'hôtel (uncredited)
* ''Massacre in Lace'' (1952) - Un danseur (uncredited)
* ''Monsieur Le ...
as L'inspecteur Brevan
*
Marcel Charvey
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* Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel
* Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder
* Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ...
as Laurent
*
Henry Belly
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People
* Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portuga ...
as L'assistant
*
Maurice Chevit
Maurice Chevit (31 October 1923 – 2 July 2012) was a French actor.
Maurice Chevit made his theatrical début just after the Second World War, and made his first screen appearance in 1946 in René Clément's film ''Le Père tranquille''. In ...
as Un complice
*
Robert Hirsch as Saganoff
*
Bob Ingarao
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*Bob (surname) ...
as Le premier complice
*
Palmyre Levasseur
Palmyre Levasseur (24 December 1888 – 4 August 1963) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Aping p.234
Selected filmography
* ''Culprit (1937 film), Culprit'' (1937)
* ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938)
* ''The Mondesir Heir'' (1940)
* ' ...
as La concierge de Michèle
*
Yette Lucas as La bistrote
*
Roger Vincent
Roger Vincent (1878–1959) was a French actor who acted in over 100 movies over five decades.
Selected filmography
* ''The Stairs Without End '' (1943)
* ''The White Waltz'' (1943)
* ''Her Final Role'' (1946)
* '' The Murderer is Not Guilty'' ...
as Le portier
References
Bibliography
* Michel Marie. ''The French New Wave: An Artistic School''. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
External links
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1950s crime comedy films
French crime comedy films
1954 films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Laviron
Films set in Paris
1954 comedy films
French black-and-white films
1950s French films
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