A Man Walks in the City (1950)
Overview
Le Havre, France, in 1949. In a town that still shows the scars of war, several friends meet up in Albert's café. One of them, Laurent, has lost his job on the docks and his marriage to Madeleine is falling apart. He knows that his wife wants to start an affair with friend, Jean Sauviot. Jean is a lonely man who is attracted to Madeleine but doesn't want to commit himself to the wife of a friend. On the day that Madeleine tells her husband that she is seeing Jean, Laurent goes looking for Jean to find an explanation. Arriving on the docks in the evening, he attacks an American sailor who looks like Jean, but the man fights back and runs away after killing Laurent accidentally. Madeleine thinks that Laurent was killed by Jean and believes that she can start a new life with her lover. The police have other ideas...
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 0.0853 |
Directed By
Marcello Pagliero
Crew
Marcello Pagliero
Nicolas Hayer
Jean Jansion
Pierre Cholot
Maurice Colasson
Marcello Pagliero
Sacha Gordine
TOP CAST
Ginette Leclerc
Madeleine
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Jean Sauviot
Yves Deniaud
Albert
Dora Doll
Girl
Grégoire Aslan
Ambilares
André Valmy
Commissioner
Fréhel
Buck's wife
Robert Dalban
Laurent
Sylvie Deniau
Madeleine's sister
Christiane Lénier
Georgette
Maryse Paillet
'Tantine'
Fabien Loris
Dago
Pierre Léaud
Organizer
Grégoire Gromoff
Olen
Jérôme Goulven
Muller
Joé Davray
(uncredited)
René Pascal
(uncredited)
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