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La Traversée de Paris ("The trip across Paris") is a 1956 French comedy-drama directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Jean Gabin, Bourvil and Louis de Funès. [3] It is set in occupied Paris in 1942 and tells the story of two men who defy the curfew to deliver pork for the black market.
Clement (Gabin), a condemned murderer literally minutes away from the guillotine, is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb hit the French jail that holds him. During his escape he steals the uniform and identification papers of a dead French soldier. He then hides from the law by joining the Free French Forces in French Equatorial Africa. Clement's ...
Gas-Oil is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset and Ginette Leclerc. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location at a variety of places. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
The film has a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews. [9] Matt Fagerholm of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three and a half stars. [10] Joe Friar of The Victoria Advocate awarded the film three stars. [11] Alex Saveliev of Film Threat rated the film a 3 out of 10. [5] Kate Erbland of IndieWire graded the film a C. [8]
The film was retitled The Counterfeiters of Paris for English-speaking countries. [1] Le cave se rebiffe is the second in the Max le Menteur trilogy, following Touchez pas au grisbi and preceding Les tontons flingueurs. The film trilogy is an adaptation of three novels written by Albert Simonin.
The New York Times called it "meandering, stilted and extremely flat melodrama" which "spurts to life towards the end" when Gabin meets George Raft and "the two men lock eyeballs like two king cobras" with "a chilling authenticity". [5] The film was a moderate success at the French box office. [1]
The film stars Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud and Michèle Morgan. [1] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Finistère in Brittany including at Brest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Trauner. It was distributed in France by the Paris subsidiary of the German Tobis Film company.
The Gentleman from Epsom (French: Le Gentleman d'Epsom) is a 1962 French–Italian comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson and Frank Villard. [1] The film was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris .