Monsieur Grégoire Escapes
1946 film
- 20 November 1946 (1946-11-20)
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Monsieur Grégoire Escapes (French: Monsieur Grégoire s'évade) is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Bernard Blier, Yvette Lebon and Jules Berry.[1] [2] It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert.
Synopsis
Insurance clerk Alex Grégoire lives a quite existence with his wife Angèle, his great passion in life being crossword puzzles. After he wins a crossword competition, he is propelled into a series of adventures involving a celebrated jewel thief.
Cast
- Bernard Blier as Alex Grégoire
- Yvette Lebon as Angèle Grégoire
- Jules Berry as Charles Tuffal
- Aimé Clariond as M. Berny
- Georges Grey as Albert Rochot
- Gaby André as Colette
- Georges Gosset as Albert Rochot
- Julien Maffre as Milo Manche Vide
- Marcel Pérès as Chauvignot, l'aîné
- Gustave Gallet as M. Croche
- Pierre Labry as L'aubergiste
- Paul Faivre as Le protecteur de Bella Mey
- Lily Fayol as Bella-May
- Joe Alex as Jeff, le domestique de couleur de Tuffal
- Suzy Willy as Mme Boudu, la concierge
- Claude Magnier as Claude
- Lina Roxa as La bonne de Berny
- Elisa Ruis as Lina d'Arribal
- Alexandre Rignault as Paulo, le lutteur
- Roland Avellis as Julot
- Pierre Moncorbier as Un policier
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- Monsieur Grégoire Escapes at IMDb
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Films directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman
- If You Return (1938)
- Prince of My Heart (1938)
- Marseille My Loves (1940)
- The Chain Breaker (1941)
- The Law of Spring (1942)
- Don't Shout It from the Rooftops (1943)
- Adventure is Just Around the Corner (1944)
- 120, Gare Street (1946)
- Monsieur Grégoire Escapes (1946)
- The Three Cousins (1947)
- The Diamond of the Cent (1948)
- If It Makes You Happy (1948)
- The Woman I Murdered (1948)
- The Red Angel (1949)
- Heart-on-the-Sea (1950)
- Dakota 308 (1951)
- Her Last Christmas (1952)
- Tourments (1954)
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