The Counterfeiters of Paris
(1961)
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
(1961)
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| Jean Gabin | ... |
Ferdinand Maréchal dit 'Le Dabe'
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Martine Carol | ... |
Solange Mideau
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Françoise Rosay | ... |
Madame Pauline
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Bernard Blier | ... |
Charles Lepicard
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Franck Villard | ... |
Eric Masson
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Maurice Biraud | ... |
Robert Mideau
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Antoine Balpêtré | ... |
Lucas Malvoisin
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Ginette Leclerc | ... |
Léa Lepicard
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| Gérard Buhr | ... |
L'inspecteur de police Martin
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Robert Dalban | ... |
L'inspecteur Maffeux - de la Brigade des Moeurs
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Albert Dinan | ... |
Le commissaire Rémy
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Heinrich Gretler | ... |
Tauchmann
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Charles Bouillaud | ... |
Un graveur
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Hélène Dieudonné | ... |
La concierge
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Clara Gansard | ... |
Georgette
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"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Holland Forint, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 Forint notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them. Written by Baldinotto da Pistoia
A view of the mythical world of post war French rifraf... A world of washouts, Ladies with principles and Aristocrats.
The plot is deftly built and the actors seem to be playing their own role.
This world is now dead...it is no longer good to show how to fool the police but it's so refreshing to delve in this mythical past and take a big laugh.