56 Rue Pigalle is a 1949 French crime drama film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Marie Déa and Aimé Clariond. It has been classified as a film noir.Spicer p.51 It was shot at the Victorine Studios and on location around Nice.
Synopsis Jean Vigneron, a famous yachtsman, is in love with Inès the wife of his best friend. They are blackmailed due to incriminating letters being stolen by a valet living in the Rue Pigalle. When he is found murdered suspicion inevitably points at Vigneron. He flees to the French Congo, until he is absolved by a surprise witness.
Cast Jacques Dumesnil as Jean Vigneron Marie Déa as Inès de Montalban Aimé Clariond as Ricardo de Montalban Raymond Cordy as Le chauffeur de taxi Janine Miller as Nadia, la chanteuse René Blancard as Lucien Bonnet Jean Geoffroy as Baruch Marco Villa as Fred Poulain Denyse Roux as Janis Lucien Callamand as Le procureur
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Bibliography Spicer, Andrew. European Film Noir. Manchester University Press, 2019.
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