Femmes de Paris (1953)
Professor Charles Buisson, astronomer and Nobel Prize winner, has just discovered a nova. He informs the other observatories by telephone. Just as he thinks one of them is calling back, he finds himself on the line with a young woman threatening suicide at the Ruban Bleu cabaret, if her lover hasn't joined her by midnight. Intrigued, the professor decides to go and prevent the unfortunate woman from committing suicide. One of his students, who earns her living as an understudy in a knife act, helps him in his investigation, while the school principal and a policeman suspect him of being a prankster or even of selling drugs. For the scientist, it's an opportunity to discover a world of music-hall that he'd never known before: "I thought I knew the sky chart by heart, but there's one planet that was totally unknown to me: Earth. I'll be back!
Director: Jean Boyer
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Michel Simon as Professor Charles Buisson |
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Brigitte Auber as Gisèle, student of Buisson |
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Henri Génès as Lucien Mosca, boss of Ruban Bleu |
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Germaine Kerjean as Mrs. Rédéri |
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Anne Campion as The determined trafficker |
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Philippe Mareuil as Pierre-Dominique, aka 'Pépé' |
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Robert Lombard as Maurice, Buisson's assistant |
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Georges Galley as Patrice |
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Suzanne Norbert as Mrs. Buisson |
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Gaby Basset as Henriette, washroom attendant |
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Micheline Dax as The indecisive snob |
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Leila Lampi as Russian Princess |
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Janine Clairville as Woman from Paris |
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Nadine Tallier as Poupette, presenter of the show |
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Annick Tanguy as Woman from Paris |
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Liane Morice as Woman from Paris |
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Nikitine as Woman from Paris |
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Liliane Montevecchi as Woman from Paris |
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Jacqueline Ventura as Woman from Paris |
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Gisèle Fréry as Woman from Paris |
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Nicole Rimbaud as Cloakroom attendant |
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Janine Caire as Florist |
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Bernard Lajarrige as Inspector Corbin |
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Robert Lamoureux as Self |
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Patachou as Self |
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Ray Ventura as Self |
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Jean-Marc Thibault as Self |
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Roger Pierre as Self |
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Les Quat'Jeudis as Self |
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Jacques Grello as Narrator |
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Françoise Alban as Magda, the pregnant dancer (uncredited) |
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Jack Ary as Cowboy (uncredited) |
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Danièle Delorme as Young female client of Ruban Bleu (uncredited) |
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Sophie Desmarets as Self (uncredited) |
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Sacha Distel as Self (uncredited) |
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Pierre Duncan as Policeman at Quai des Orfèvres (uncredited) |
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Bob Ingarao as Arsène the toothless (uncredited) |
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Dominique Marcas as Woman with stomach ache (uncredited) |
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Michel Seldow as Police officer (uncredited) |
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Henri Serre as Young customer of Ruban Bleu (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean Boyer | Director |
