They Were Five (1952)
Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.
Director: Jack Pinoteau
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Jean Carmet as Jean - le postier |
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Jean Gaven as Marcel - le boxeur |
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Michel Jourdan as Roger Courtois - l'acteur |
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Jean-Claude Pascal as Philippe |
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Arlette Merry as Valérie - La soeur de Roger, chanteuse de cabaret |
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Louis de Funès as Albert, le régisseur |
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François Martin as André Lamberay |
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Nicole Besnard as Simone - l'amie de Jean |
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Irène Hilda as Fabienne Dorée |
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Marcel André as Le commissaire |
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Robert Dalban as Dufau - le manager |
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Paul Mesnier as |
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Jean Ozenne as |
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Charles Fawcett as |
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André Versini as Serge - l'imprésario de Roger |
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Jean Marchat as Fredo - un patron de cabaret louche |
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Georgette Anys as (uncredited) |
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Roland Carey as (uncredited) |
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René Hell as (uncredited) |
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Guy Henry as (uncredited) |
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Hilda Bernard as (uncredited) |
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René Pascal as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jack Pinoteau | Director |
| Camera | Jacques Lemare | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Pierre Laroche | Writer |
| Editing | Marguerite Beaugé | Editor |
| Writing | Michel Jourdan | Writer |
| Art | Jacques Colombier | Production Design |
| Sound | Georges Van Parys | Music |
| Production | Robert Jallès | Producer |
