Wicked City (1949)
Hans le marin (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 35min
- Crime, Drama
- 31 Aug 1949 (France)
- Movie
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Maria Montez | ... |
Dolores - l'entraîneuse
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Jean-Pierre Aumont | ... |
Eric Martin, alias Hans Norben
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Lilli Palmer | ... |
Tania - la gitane
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Marcel Dalio | ... |
Aimé - un nervi
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Pierre Bertin | ... |
Le monsieur sérieux
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Roger Blin | ... |
Emilio
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Grégoire Aslan | ... |
Le Brésilien
(as Coco Aslan)
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Frédéric O'Brady | ... |
Le chef des gitans
(as O'Brady)
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Jean-Marie Simon | ... |
Le petit Pierrot
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Lita Recio | ... |
La patronne
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Catherine Damet | ... |
Suzy - une entraîneuse
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Jean Roy | ... |
Victor - un nervi
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Kosta Alex |
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Charles Fawcett |
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Roger Hubert |
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Lawson Mooney |
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Roland Toutain | ... |
Le rabatteur
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Thérèse Aspar | ... |
(uncredited)
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Marc Doelnitz | ... |
Petit rôle (uncredited)
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Jacqueline Guelis | ... |
(uncredited)
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Georges Hubert | ... |
L'inspecteur (uncredited)
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Georges Jamin | ... |
Le commissaire (uncredited)
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Claude Malfrayt | ... |
Petit rôle (uncredited)
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Colette Mareuil | ... |
Petit rôle (uncredited)
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Directed by
François Villiers |
Written by
Michel Arnaud | ... | (scenario) |
Jean-Pierre Aumont | ... | (dialogue) |
Marcel Cravenne | ... | (scenario) |
Edouard Peisson | ... | (novel) |
François Villiers | ... | (scenario) |
Produced by
Pierre Baguenard | ... | producer |
Claude Clert | ... | producer |
André Sarrut | ... | producer |
Music by
Joseph Kosma |
Cinematography by
Jean Bourgoin | ||
Raymond Voinquel |
Editing by
Henri Taverna |
Production Design by
Jean d'Eaubonne |
Production Management
Claude Clert | ... | production manager |
Sacha Kamenka | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
Tony Leenhardt | ... | sound |
Additional Crew
Marcel Cravenne | ... | supervisor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Discina (1948) (France) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1951) (United States) (theatrical) (English language version)
- Associated British-Pathé (1950) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Pallas Filmverleih (1951) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Éditions René Chateau (2009) (France) (DVD)
- Cosmic Publishing (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
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Other Companies
- Motion Pictures Sales Corp. (releasing agent: USA)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
After his freighter pulls into Marseille, Canadian seaman Eric Martin falls in love with Dolores, a cabaret girl (American version of a prostitute in the French version) at the "Kitcat" Club, and she agrees to wait for him. Leaving to return to his ship, Eric is stabbed by two thieves, Aimé and Victor, who take his money and papers and warn Dolores to say nothing. He wakes up in a hospital, with his ship gone, and is unable to give the police any useful information. He searches for Dolores, and Aimé sees him thrown out of the "Kitcat" and warns Dolores to get out of town. He gets work as a tourist guide and meets gypsy fortune teller Tania at the "Kitcat." One night they encounter Aimé and Victor; there is a fight and Victor is killed. Tanis, in love with Eric, hides him at a gypsy camp, but he is still obsessed with Dolores. Pierrot get false papers for him, as Hans Marin, and tries again to find Dolores. The police have released Aimé on the condition that he find Eric. His ship returns to port and Eric decides to sail, but sees Dolores pass by in a car. He finds Dolores at the "Kitcat" with a new boy friend, and she is furious when Eric interferes. Aimé tips off the police that Eric is at the club, and Dolores refuses to leave with him as he escapes ahead of the police. Later, Dolores finds Eric at her apartment, drunk and disillusioned after finally realizing that he was just another client to her. He says he is there to kill her.
Written by Les Adams |
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Trivia | Along with 'The Man on the Eiffel Tower', this was the first French-US production following the war. See more » |