Death on the Run (1936 film)
1936 film
- Jules Berry
- Michel Simon
- Marie Glory
Production
company
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Films Roger Richebé
Release date
- 20 November 1936 (1936-11-20)
Running time
Death on the Run (French: Le mort en fuite) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Jules Berry, Michel Simon and Marie Glory.[1] It was made at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Jean d'Eaubonne. It was remade two years later in Britain as Break the News starring Jack Buchanan and Maurice Chevalier. In 1954 the film was remade in France.
Synopsis
Two struggling actors decide to attract publicity by pretending that one has murdered the other, but things soon get out of hand.
Cast
- Jules Berry as Hector Trignol
- Michel Simon as Achille Baluchet
- Marie Glory as Myrra
- Fernande Albany as Olga Stefany
- Gaston Mauger as Le directeur du théâtre
- Gabrielle Fontan as La concierge
- Paul Gury as Ivan
- Claire Gérard as Madame Irma
- Paul Faivre as Le gardien
- Jean Diéner
- Hugues de Bagratide as Le juge de Sergarie
- Georges Paulais as Un policier
- Pierre Mindaist
- Marcel Vibert as L'avocat
- Eddy Debray as La médecin aliéniste
- Robert Ozanne as Le reporter
- André Siméon as Un agent
References
- ^ Nowell-Smith p.246
Bibliography
- Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, 1997.
External links
- Death on the Run at IMDb
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Films directed by André Berthomieu
- Not So Stupid (1928)
- The Ladies in the Green Hats (1929)
- The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1929)
- Rapacity (1930)
- My Friend Victor (1931
- Make a Living (1931)
- My Heart and Its Millions (1931)
- Coquecigrole (1931)
- Barranco, Ltd (1932)
- The Crime of Bouif (1933)
- Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman (1933)
- Broken Wings (1933)
- The Ideal Woman (1934)
- L'Aristo (1934)
- N'Aimer que toi (1934)
- Jim the Crook (1935)
- The Secret of Polichinelle (1936)
- The Flame (1936)
- The Lover of Madame Vidal (1936)
- Death on the Run (1936)
- Chaste Susanne (1937)
- The Girl in the Taxi (1937)
- The Gateway Streak (1937)
- The New Rich (1938)
- The Train for Venice (1938)
- The Woman of Monte Carlo (1938)
- Unknown of Monte Carlo (1939)
- Deputy Eusèbe (1939)
- Dédé la Musique (1940)
- The Snow on the Footsteps (1942)
- Promise to a Stranger (1942)
- The Crossroads (1942)
- The Secret of Madame Clapain (1943)
- The Angel of the Night (1944)
- My First Love (1945)
- My First Love (1945)
- Gringalet (1946)
- Not So Stupid (1946)
- Loves, Delights and Organs (1947)
- Four Knaves (1947)
- White as Snow (1948)
- The Shadow (1948)
- The Firemen's Ball (1948)
- The Heart on the Sleeve (1948)
- The Nude Woman (1949)
- The Chocolate Girl (1950)
- King Pandora (1950)
- Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman (1950)
- Pigalle-Saint-Germain-de-Prés (1950)
- The King of Camelots (1951)
- Chacun son tour (1951)
- Never Two Without Three (1951)
- Au cabaret, un soir (1951)
- Hello... I love you (1952)
- The Last Robin Hood (1952)
- Three Men and a Piano (1953)
- Wonderful Mentality (1953)
- The Eye Behind the Scenes (1953)
- His Father's Portrait (1953)
- Death on the Run (1954)
- Scènes de ménage (1954)
- Caf' Conc' (1954)
- Four Days in Paris (1955)
- The Duratons (1955)
- La Joyeuse Prison (1956)
- Love in Jamaica (1957)
- Five Million in Cash (1957)
- A Legitimate Defense (1958)
- Sacred Youth (1958)
- Le Rondon (1960)
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