Monsieur Ripois (1954)
André Ripois, un français exilé à Londres, est un Don Juan. Sa femme Catherine, lasse de ses infidélités, part pour Édimbourg pour préparer son divorce. Pendant ce temps, André, entre plusieurs liaisons opportunistes, s'éprend de Patricia, une amie de sa femme, et, pour la séduire, utilise de nombreux stratagèmes, il va jusqu'à simuler son suicide par défenestration, mais il tombe accidentellement et reste paralysé à vie. Catherine s'imagine, comme Patricia, qu'il a tenté de se suicider à cause d'elle et renonce au divorce. Ripois devient, malgré lui, le « fidèle prisonnier » de sa femme.
Directeur: René Clément
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Gérard Philipe as André Ripois |
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Valerie Hobson as Catherine Ripois |
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Joan Greenwood as Norah |
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Margaret Johnston as Anne |
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Natasha Parry as Patricia |
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Germaine Montero as Marcelle |
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Mona Washbourne as Landlady |
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Percy Marmont as Catherine's Father (uncredited) |
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Diana Decker as Diana (uncredited) |
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Bill Shine as Pub Barman (uncredited) |
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Eric Pohlmann as Boarding House Proprietor (uncredited) |
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Martin Benson as Art (uncredited) |
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Mae Bacon as Mrs. Rose (uncredited) |
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Margot Field as Doris Braddock (uncredited) |
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Harry Towb as Stewart (uncredited) |
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Gerald Campion as Harry (uncredited) |
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Judith Nelmes as Marcelle, 2nd Landlady (uncredited) |
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Arthur Howard as Priest (uncredited) |
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Eileen Way as Miss Wilson, 1st Landlady (uncredited) |
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Beryl Cooke as Kind Typist (uncredited) |
| Directing | René Clément | Director |
| Camera | Cyril Stanborough | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Johanna Harwood | Continuity |
| Art | Freda Pearson | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Connie Reeve | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Cecil Mason | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Vernon Messenger | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eileen Bates | Hairdresser |
| Production | Léopold Schlosberg | Production Manager |
| Camera | Freddie Francis | Camera Operator |
| Production | Vincent Permane | Production Manager |
| Writing | Hugh Mills | Writer |
| Writing | Louis Hémon | Writer |
| Editing | Françoise Javet | Editor |
| Writing | Raymond Queneau | Writer |
| Camera | Oswald Morris | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Roman Vlad | Original Music Composer |