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Les félins
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Director:
René Clément
Writers:
René Clément
Pascal Jardin (dialogue)
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Release Date:
November 1964 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller See more »
Tagline:
The Women of the "Joy House" Allowed Him Every Freedom...Except the Freedom to Leave! See more »
Plot:
French filmmaker Rene Clement presents Alan Delon as a petty criminal on the run from the underground... See more » | Add synopsis »
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All Together | Review
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French Producer Bar Dies
 (From WENN. 3 February 2009, 4:20 AM, PST)
On DVD: "Joy House," "The Witman Boys"
 (From IFC. 12 August 2008, 7:49 AM, PDT)
User Reviews:
As good as an hitchcock ! See more (16 total) »

Cast

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Jane Fonda ... Melinda

Alain Delon ... Marc
Lola Albright ... Barbara

Sorrell Booke ... Harry
Carl Studer ... Loftus
André Oumansky ... Vincent
Arthur Howard ... Father Nielson

George Gaynes
Annette Poivre ... Employee
Berett Arcaya ... Diana
Marc Mazza ... The Corsican
Jacques Bézard ... Napoleon
Jean-Pierre Honoré ... Schneider
Georges Douking ... Clochard (as Douking)
Del Negro ... Mick (as Negro)
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Directed by
René Clément 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
René Clément 
Pascal Jardin  dialogue
Pascal Jardin  screenplay
Day Keene  novel "Joy House"
Charles Williams  dialogue
Charles Williams  screenplay

Produced by
Jacques Bar .... producer
 
Original Music by
Lalo Schifrin 
 
Cinematography by
Henri Decaë 
 
Film Editing by
Fedora Zincone 
 
Production Design by
Jean André 
 
Costume Design by
Pierre Balmain 
 
Makeup Department
Alex Archambault .... hair stylist
Aïda Carange .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Léon Sanz .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Costa-Gavras .... assistant director
Bernard Paul .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Robert André .... assistant decorator
Eugène Roman .... assistant decorator
 
Sound Department
Antoine Bonfanti .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Alain Douarinou .... camera operator
Victor Rodrigue .... still photographer
 
Editorial Department
Catherine Gascuel .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Michel Choquet .... general manager
Yvette Vérité .... script girl
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Les félins" - France (original title)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
France
Language:
French | English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:18 (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Cours Saleya, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, FranceSee more »
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)See more »

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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the car with two people goes over the cliff in the convertible, you can clearly see that only one person (the driver) is in the car.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Filmmaking on the Riviera (1964)See more »
Soundtrack:
Theme From Joy House (Just Call Me Love Bird)See more »

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11 out of 23 people found the following review useful.
As good as an hitchcock !, 6 June 2003
Author: fred-ze-bug from Marseille, France

I have read someone talking about rené clair - hahaha ! The director is rené clement and he's made lot of classic, lot of wonderful movies as "jeux interdits", "la bataille du rail", "plein soleil" and this one, in the middle of the french cinema golden age. People talking about rené clair instead of rene clement could not be reliable at all - or john huston and john ford are the same person. Brainless often speaks like brainfull... So, here we go, Delon needs to hide and these 2 women accept to hide him from police in their beautiful house - but, what u see is not what is real, like Hitchcock used to do to fool his audience, and soon you'll learn, as the poor delon learns, that these charming ladies are worse than the police... Women here are pretty modern, and men are toys for them, toys u can tear apart, toys u can leave in a room til u need them, men slaves to their desire and will. And what was at the beginning just a hide and seek with the police become a nightmare and a jail for a man totally under control of 2 women - like women had been toys for men for centuries... And this is the modern part of the movie, the raising power of women in the world and the unability for men to take back the control of their lives. Delon is handsome as the devil, but a devil ruined by women, with no escape, and what was only a runaway movie becomes a nightmare movie - watch it til the end ! Without hesitation --> 9/10

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