Madeleine arrives in Paris looking for a job as an English teacher. She finds a room in a boarding house where she meets and takes interest in Pierre Ruffin, a quiet librarian, who actually lives a double life.
Complete credited cast: | |||
Jean Gabin | ... | Pierre Fernand Ruffin dit Monsieur Fernand | |
Madeleine Robinson | ... | Madeleine Marsan | |
Michel Barbey | ... | Dédé - un gangster | |
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Gaby Basset | ... | La prostituée |
Paul Bonifas | ... | Le commissaire principal (as Bonifas) | |
Robert Dalban | ... | L'inspecteur Dupré | |
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Suzanne Dantès | ... | Mademoiselle Mercier |
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Jean-Jacques Delbo | ... | Antoine Pérez |
Arthur Devère | ... | Le marinier | |
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Luce Fabiole | ... | La directrice du cours Sévigné |
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Fernand Gilbert | ... | Le bistro |
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Camille Guérini | ... | Monsieur Malafosse |
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Jacqueline Marbaux | ... | Madame de Lydia (as Jacqueline Marbot) |
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Geneviève Morel | ... | La bonne de l'hôtel |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Odette Barencey | ... | La cuisinière de la pension |
Madeleine arrives in Paris looking for a job as an English teacher. She finds a room in a boarding house where she meets and takes interest in Pierre Ruffin, a quiet librarian, who actually lives a double life.
Well, I have now seen all three films Gabin made with Georges Lacombe, and can say that this is the weakest. It's made weak by a story that stretches credulity to breaking point. Someone should have pointed out that the trades of librarian and gangster require completely different skill sets, aptitudes that cannot be imported from one to another. I can believe Gabin as a tough guy--he played one in Touchez pas au grisbi, to name one among many--but never as a mousy librarian. Madeleine Robinson is an actress I never especially warmed to, but she is capable here. This may be avoided.