''Toi, le venin'' (aka: ''Blonde in a White Car''; US title: ''Nude in a White Car''; UK title: ''Night Is Not for Sleep'') is a 1959 French

mystery film A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, ...

directed and written by

Robert Hossein Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed Les Misérables (1982 film), the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in ''Vice and Virtue'', ''Le Casse'', ''Les U ...

, based on the novel ''C'est toi le venin...'' by

Frédéric Dard Frédéric Charles Antoine Dard (29 June 1921, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère, France – 6 June 2000, in Bonnefontaine, Fribourg, Switzerland)) also known under the pen name San-Antonio, was a French writer. Known as an author of crime fiction and a ...

. The music score was by

André Hossein André Aminollah Hossein, born Aminulla Huseynov, also known as Aminollah Hossein (; 1905, in Samarkand – 9 August 1983, in Paris) was a French composer of Iranian Azerbaijani origin and a tar soloist. Life and education His son, Robert Hosse ...

. The film tells the story of a young man who has affairs with two sisters.

Cast

as Pierre Menda *

Marina Vlady Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress. Biography Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the a ...

as Eva Lecain *

Odile Versois Odile Versois (born Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 15 June 1930 – 23 June 1980) was a French actress who appeared in 47 film and television productions between 1948 and 1980. Versois was the sister of actresses Marina Vlady, Hélène ...

as Hélène Lecain *

Héléna Manson Elena Eugenia Manson (18 August 1898 – 15 September 1994) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1925 and 1989. Selected filmography * '' The Vocation of André Carel'' (1925) – L'amoureuse de Cardan * ' ...

as Amélie *

Henri Arius Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor.Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Don't Shout It from the Rooftops'' (1943) * '' Jeannou'' (1 ...

as Titin (as Arius) * Bréols as Himself *

Charles Blavette Charles Blavette (24 June 1902 – 21 November 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * ''Jofroi'' (1934) – Antoine * '' Angèle'' (1934) – Tonin * ''Toni'' (1935) – Antonio ...

as L'inspecteur de police (as Blavette) * Isola Blondie as Himself *

Lucien Callamand Lucien Callamand born Lucien Marie Pascal Eugène Callamand (1 April 1888 in Marseille – 3 December 1968 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes) was one of the earliest French film actors whose career spanned six decades of French cinema. Between 1909 and 1 ...

as Julien - le jardinie * Paul Coppel as Himself *

Pascal Mazzotti Pasquale "Pascal" Mazzotti (16 December 1923 in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry – 19 June 2002 in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône) was a French actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is known for having played a role in '' Hibernatus' ...

as L'homme de la discothèque *

Henri Crémieux Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896 – 10 May 1980) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1930 to 1980. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cremieux, Henri 1896 births 1980 deaths Male actors from ...

as Le docteur

External links

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British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

''Toi, le venin''
at filmsdefrance.com 1959 films French black-and-white films Films based on French novels Films directed by Robert Hossein Films about sisters French mystery films 1950s French-language films 1950s French films 1950s mystery films Films scored by André Hossein French-language mystery films {{crime-drama-film-stub