Five Red Tulips (French: Cinq tulipes rouges) is a 1949 French crime film directed by Jean Stelli and starring René Dary, Suzanne Dehelly and Raymond Bussières.Rège p.939 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city and across France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis During the Tour de France, five riders are murdered. Each body is left with a red tulip nearby. A journalist and a police inspector investigate and arrest the murderer at the race's conclusion at the Parc des Princes in Paris.
Cast René Dary as Pierre Lusanne Suzanne Dehelly as Colonelle Raymond Bussières as Albert 'La Puce' Jacquin Pierre-Louis as Charolles Robert Berri as Jacques Mauval Robert Le Fort as Basile Emilio Carrer as Gambarra Robert Blome as Jef Dooksen René Robert Luc Andrieux as Charles Brugeat Roger Bontemps as Un reporter Marian] Jean-Jacques Lécot Claude Larry Bob d'Arcy Jean Debray as Tonnelier Jean Nosserot as Fuseau Émile Genevois as Robert Coussolle] Orgaert Marcel Loche René Hell Edith Guarini Annette Poivre as Annette Jacquin Jean Brochard as L'inspecteur-chef Honoré Ricoul Albert Broquin as Un mécano Maguy Horiot Frédéric Mariotti as Un inspecteur Jacques Mattler as Le directeur de la P.J. Fernand Mithouard as Max Everkampf Marcelle Rexiane as La caissière René Stern as Le maître d'hôtel
See also List of films about bicycles and cycling
References
Bibliography Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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