Deux hommes dans Manhattan (1959)
e regisseur/scenarist/acteur/cameraman Jean-Pierre Melville betuigt in deze film zijn langdurige liefde voor het misdaadgenre en Amerika. Hijzelf en Pierre Grasset spelen twee journalisten die in Manhattan onderzoek doen naar de verdwijning van een diplomaat van de VN, de Franse verzetsstrijder en rokkenjager Fèvre-Berthier. De personages gaan in zwart-wit over het scherm, soms in duisternis, soms helder verlicht door neon, soms vergezeld van harde jazzy klanken, soms van stilte, soms in lange beelden, soms gefragmenteerd. Deze uiterlijke tegenstrijdigheden blijken een inhoudelijk equivalent te hebben. Moeten de journalisten de waarheid breed uitmeten of juist in de doofpot stoppen?
Regiseur: Jean-Pierre Melville
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Jean-Pierre Melville as Moreau |
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Pierre Grasset as Pierre Delmas |
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Christiane Eudes as Anne Fèvre-Berthier |
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Ginger Hall as Judith Nelson |
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Jean Darcante as Rouvier |
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Paula Dehelly as Mme. Fèvre-Berthier |
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Colette Fleury as The Secretary |
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Monique Hennessy as Gloria |
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Billy Kearns as Security man at Ridgewood Tavern |
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Jean-Pierre Darras as |
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Jean Lara as Aubert |
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Michèle Bailly as Bessie Reed (as Michele Bailly) |
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Glenda Leigh as The Singer |
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Nancy Delorme as |
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Carole Sands as |
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Gloria Kayser as Une Fille |
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Barbara Hall as |
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Monica Ford as |
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Billy Beck as Le Partenaire de Judith Nelson sur Scène |
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Deya Kent as |
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Yannick Philouze as Secretary (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean-Pierre Melville | Director |
| Writing | Jean-Pierre Melville | Writer |
| Production | Florence Melville | Producer |
| Editing | Monique Bonnot | Editor |
| Production | Alain Térouanne | Producer |
| Sound | Christian Chevallier | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Daniel Guéret | Production Design |
| Sound | Martial Solal | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Yannick Andrei | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Nicolas Hayer | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Charles L. Bitsch | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Michael Shrayer | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Florence Melville | Presenter |
| Art | Roger Bar | Set Dresser |
| Production | Philippe Schwab | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | George Balland | Property Master |
| Camera | Charles L. Bitsch | Camera Operator |
| Art | Martine Sachot | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Jacques Carrère | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jacques Gallois | Sound |
| Camera | Guy André | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jacques Lang | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Françoise Bonnot | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Claude Beaugé | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Paul Bonneau | Conductor |
| Sound | Urbain Loiseau | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Bernard Hulin | Musician |
| Sound | Albert Raisner | Musician |
| Directing | Ghislaine Du Sire | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Raymond Aupée | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Marcel Corvaisier | Sound Assistant |
