Bedevilled (1955)

Nightclub singer fleeing the scene of a murder is protected by a young man who is studying for the priest hood.

Director:

Mitchell Leisen

Writers:

Jo Eisinger (screenplay), Jo Eisinger (story)

Stars:

Anne Baxter, Steve Forrest, Simone Renant

Cast

Credited cast:
Anne Baxter	...	Monica Johnson
Steve Forrest	...	Gregory Fitzgerald
Simone Renant	...	Francesca
Maurice Teynac	...	Trevelle
Robert Christopher	...	Tony Lugacetti
Joseph Tomelty	...	Father Cunningham
Victor Francen	...	Father Du Rocher
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raymond Bussières	...	Concierge
Ina De La Haye	...	Mama Lugacetti
Jacques Hilling	...	Taxi Driver
Olivier Hussenot	...	Remy Hotel Manager
Jean Ozenne	...	Priest in Seminar

Storyline

Nightclub singer fleeing the scene of a murder is protected by a young man who is studying for the priest hood.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | priest | singer | taxi | paris france

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 April 1955 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nachts auf den Boulevards

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Monica Johnson: [to Gregory Fitzgerald] I interfere with you no longer.

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Connections

Featured in 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955)

User Reviews

Act of contrition

It seems that Mitchell Leisen was in love with France and Paris and the results were often excellent ("arise ,my love" "midnight" ).In other movies he displays the same Francophilia ,even if the stories do not take place there :"Frenchman's creek " , "Hold back the dawn" .

"Bedevilled" (the ludicrous French title is "Boulevard De Paris"!),sadly is not in the same league as the works I mention above. He couldn't capture the Parisian zeitgeist and the chemistry between Ann Baxter and Steve Forrest is nonexistent.It takes a lot of imagination to believe that they are eaten with desire and that the would be future priest has to fight to stay chaste .The story is muddled and worthless ,the kind of story an average viewer has been told and told and told.

For the French audience ,there are some of our actors: Victor Francen as a priest was already used by Leisen in "hold back the dawn"(he reads the famous lines of the statue of liberty,a gift from France to the USA!) ;Simone Renant as an ambiguous clothes designer and fashion businesswoman Forrest meets on the plane ;Maurice Teynac is the villain and Raymond Bussières the concierge.

Leisen's wit and his good sense of humor have metamorphosed into an annoying and very unsatisfying lack of weight or consequence and into what we have got to call bigotry.