''Midnight Witness'' (French: ''Le témoin de minuit'') is a 1953 French

crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definiti ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Dimitri Kirsanoff Dimitri Kirsanoff (, né Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan, Маркус Давид Зусманович Каплан; 6 March 1899 – 11 February 1957) was a Russian-French early film-maker working in France, sometimes considered part of the F ...

and starring

Henri Guisol Henri Guisol (12 October 1904 – 11 May 1994) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1980. He enjoyed a career in French ''mystery fiction, who done its'' and film noir. Filmography References External ...

, Claude May and Catherine Erard. Phillips p.110 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Jean Douarinou.

Location shooting Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. When filmmaking professionals refer to shooting "on location", they are ...

took place around

Louveciennes Louveciennes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles (city), V ...

Cast

as Jacques Montet * Claude May as Madame Montet * Catherine Erard as Muriel * Raymond Pellegrin as Roger Noël * Roland Alexandre as L'aviateur * María Riquelme as Mimi * Marcel Josz as L'inspecteur de police *

Jean Hébey Jean Hébey (1916–1992) was a French Algerian film actor.Capua p.163 Selected filmography * ''Le bébé de l'escadron'' (1935) * ''Bichon'' (1936) - Jacques Fontanges * ''Les grands'' (1936) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936) - Fil-de-fer / Sli ...

as Filmont - l'éditeur * Raymond Girard as Le marquis * Germaine Reuver as Léone - la bonne *

André Numès Fils André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, ...

as L'agent de police *

Guy Favières Guy Favières (June 1, 1876- March 30, 1963) was an actor in France who had theatrical roles and appeared in numerous films. He performed in ''Lilac Time'' and ''Sleeping Partners'' and was part of a show that toured the United States with Sarah ...

as Le jardinier * Louis Lions as Le docteur *

Bernard Musson Bernard Musson (1925–2010) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' The Real Culprit'' (1951) * '' It Happened in Paris'' (1952) * '' Midnight Witness'' (1953) * '' The Slave'' (1953) * '' On Trial'' (1954) * '' Flesh and the Woman'' (195 ...

as Le pharmacien

References

Bibliography

* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. * Phillips, Alastair. ''Rififi: French Film Guide''. I.B.Tauris, 2009. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1953 films French crime films 1950 crime films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff French black-and-white films 1950s French films Films with screenplays by René Barjavel {{1950s-France-film-stub