''The Suspects'' (French: ''Les Suspects'') is a 1957 French
crime
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thriller film
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directed by
Jean Dréville
Jean Dréville (20 September 1906 – 5 March 1997) was a French film director. He directed more than 40 films between 1928 and 1969.
Selected filmography
* ''Autour de L'Argent'' (1928)
* '' A Man of Gold'' (1934)
* '' The Chess Player'' ...
and starring
Charles Vanel
Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, ...
,
Anne Vernon and
Jacques Morel.
[Glâtre p.92] It was shot at the
Neuilly Studios in
Paris
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and
on location around the city. Footage was also shot off the coast of
Monaco
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Maurice Colasson.
Cast
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Charles Vanel
Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, ...
as Commissaire Perrache
*
Anne Vernon as Lucette Vignon
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Jacques Morel as Inspecteur Paul Duchamp
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Maurice Teynac as Kurt Topfer
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Henri Crémieux
Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896 – 10 May 1980) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1930 and 1980.
Selected filmography
External links
*
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1896 births
1980 deaths
Male ac ...
as Saab Astérich
*
Yves Massard
Yves Massard (1923–1996) was a German-born French film actor.Labanyi & Pavlović p.382
Filmography
References
Bibliography
* Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
External links
*
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as Inspecteur Louis Vignon
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Robert Porte as Koskah
*
Marcelle Arnold
Marcelle Arnold (4 May 1917 – 31 March 2010) was a French film, stage and television actress.Turk p.441
Selected filmography
* ''Dédée d'Anvers'' (1948) - Magda - la prostituée au perroquet
* ''All Roads Lead to Rome'' (1949) - Hermine
* ...
as Lynda
*
Berthe Tissen
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as Mme. Astérich
*
Edmond Ardisson
Edmond Ardisson (23 October 1904, in Marseille – 30 November 1983, in Jouarre) was a French
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** French language, which originated in France, and i ...
as Linda
*
Roger Bontemps as L'officier de marine
*
Jean-Paul Coquelin as Un technicien sud-tunisien
*
René Havard as Un technicien sud-tunisien
*
Germaine de France as Mme Perrache
*
André Numès Fils as L'archiviste
*
Philippe Olive as Le journaliste
*
Grégoire Aslan
Grégoire Aslan (born Krikor Kaloust Aslanian; 28 March 1908 – 8 January 1982) was a Swiss-Armenian actor and musician.
Early life
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as Inspecteur Ben Hamman
*
René Blancard
René Blancard (12 March 1897 – 5 November 1965) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1922 and 1965.
Selected filmography
* ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) - Bras-Rouge
* ''Montmartre'' (1925) - Frédéric Charanço ...
as Inspecteur Rentier
*
Geneviève Morel as La dame au cinéma
*
Jean Dréville
Jean Dréville (20 September 1906 – 5 March 1997) was a French film director. He directed more than 40 films between 1928 and 1969.
Selected filmography
* ''Autour de L'Argent'' (1928)
* '' A Man of Gold'' (1934)
* '' The Chess Player'' ...
as Le commentateur
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
* Glâtre, Patrick. ''Jean Dréville, cinéaste''. Creaphis editions, 2006
External links
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1957 films
French crime films
1957 crime films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Dréville
French black-and-white films
1950s French films
Films shot in Paris
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