''Women of Paris'' (French: ''Femmes de Paris'') is a 1953 French

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directed by Jean Boyer and starring

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and Henri Génès.Tsikounas p.68

Cast

as Professeur Charles Buisson *

as Gisèle * Henri Génès as Lucien Mosca *

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as Mme. Rédéri * Robert Lombard as Maurice *

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as Pierre-Dominique, dit 'Pépé' *

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as Patrice * Suzanne Norbert as Mme. Buisson *

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as Henriette *

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as La snob * Anne Campion ( fr) as La trafiquante * Leila Lampi as Une danseuse * Janine Clairville *

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as Poupette * Annick Tanguy *

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* Nikitine *

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* Jacky Lemoine * Gisèle Fréry *

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* Janine Caire * Bernard La Jarrige as Inspecteur Corbin *

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as Himself *

Patachou Henriette Ragon (10 June 1918 – 30 April 2015), better known as Patachou, was a French singer and actress. She was an Officier of the Légion d'honneur. Biography Early life Born in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, Henriette Ragon began her ...

as Herself *

Ray Ventura Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel. Career Ventura was born to ...

as Himself *

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* Roger Pierre * Les Quat'Jeudi *

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as (voice) * Françoise Alban as Petit rôle *

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 ...

as Le cow-boy * Danièle Delorme as Elle-même *

Sophie Desmarets Sophie Desmarets (1922–2012) was a French film actress.Davis p.145 Selected filmography * ''Battement de coeur'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Henriette Lefranc * ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942) - Gabrielle * ...

as Elle-même *

Sacha Distel Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, " Scoubidou" ...

as Un musicien *

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as Un policier * Bob Ingarao as Arsène l'édenté *

Dominique Marcas Dominique Marcas (8 August 1920 – 15 February 2022) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 140 films and television shows from 1950 to 2014. Marcas starred in the film '' Where Is Madame Catherine?'', which was entered into the Un Cer ...

* Michel Seldow *

Henri Serre Henri Serre (born 26 February 1931) is a French actor who is best known for his role as Jim, a "vivid, melancholy, and finally tragic figure" in François Truffaut's '' Jules and Jim''. Other appearances include ''The Fire Within'', ''Section spé ...

as Un client du night club

References

Bibliography

* Myriam Tsikounas. ''Imaginaires urbains du Paris romantique à nos jours''. Editions Le Manuscrit, 2011.

External links

* 1953 comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films 1953 films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Jean Boyer Films set in Paris French black-and-white films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub