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Crime Does Not Pay ()

Le crime ne paie pas (original title)
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A husband tries to kill his wife using the plan he saw in a film. But real life is not a film.

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Lucienne Marsais (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
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Dona Lucrezia (segment "Le masque")
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Gabrielle Fenayrou (segment "L'affaire Fenayrou")
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Teresa - la confidente (segment "Le masque")
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Jeanne Hugues (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
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Hélène (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
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Francesca Sabelli (segment "Le masque")
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Martin Fenayrou (segment "L'affaire Fenayrou")
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L'inquisiteur (segment "Le masque")
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Angelo Giraldi (segment "Le masque")
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Le docteur Mathieu (segment "L'affaire Fenayrou")
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Le valet chinois (segment "Le masque")
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Louis Aubert (segment "L'affaire Fenayrou")
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Clovis Hugues (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
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Ernest Vaughan (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
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Col. Roberts William (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
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Mme Lenormand (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
Marie Daëms ...
Clémence Bonnet (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
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Le barman du 'Blue Bar' (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
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Antonella - la servante (segment "Le masque")
Raymond Loyer ...
Philippe 'Pierre' Marsais (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
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M. Lenormand (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (as Franck Villard)
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Morin (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
Bruno Balp ...
Le garçon de café (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
Yves Brainville ...
Le juge (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
Jean Clarens ...
Le président des assises (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
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Mme Corbiou (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
Christian Lude ...
Le commissaire (segment "L'affaire Fenayrou")
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Le commissaire (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
Nicolas Vogel ...
Joseph Daime (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
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Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louis Saintève ...
Le garçon de café (segment "L'affaire Hugues")
Annick Allières ...
La femme de chambre (segment "L'homme de l'avenue") (uncredited)
Jack Ary ...
Un inspecteur (segment "L'homme de l'avenue") (uncredited)
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Un inspecteur au cinéma (segment "L'homme de l'avenue") (uncredited)
Claude Carliez ...
Le juge du duel (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (uncredited)
Gilbert Damien ...
(segment "L'homme de l'avenue") (uncredited)
Georges Demas ...
L'agent Duplantin (segment "L'homme de l'avenue") (uncredited)
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Un témoin de l'accident (segment "L'homme de l'avenue") (uncredited)
René Lefevre-Bel ...
Le domestique de Mme Lenormand (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (uncredited)
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L'employé de la morgue (segment "L'homme de l'avenue") (uncredited)
Renaud Mary ...
Mon. Lenormand (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Clerget, le détective (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (uncredited)
Laurence Morizot ...
Mireille Hugues (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (uncredited)
Marie Piere ...
Thérése (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (uncredited)
Patricia Renaud ...
Marianne Hugues (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (uncredited)
Pierre Roussel ...
Dreyfus (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (uncredited)
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Un spectateur du cinéma au prologue (segment "L'homme de l'avenue") (uncredited)

Directed by

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Gérard Oury

Written by

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Jean Aurenche ... (segment "The Mask")
 
Pierre Boileau ... (segment "The Fenayrou Case")
 
Pierre Bost ... (segment "The Mask")
 
Frédéric Dard ... (segment "The Man on the Avenue")
 
Paul Gordeaux ...
 
Henri Jeanson ... (segment "The Hugues Case")
 
Thomas Narcejac ... (segment "The Fenayrou Case")
 
Gérard Oury ...
 
Jacques Sigurd ... (segment "The Fenayrou Case")
 
Jean-Charles Tacchella ...
 
René Wheeler ... (segment "The Hugues Case")

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Gilbert Bokanowski ... producer

Music by

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Georges Delerue

Cinematography by

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Christian Matras

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Roger Dwyre
Raymond Lamy

Set Decoration by

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Georges Wakhévitch

Costume Design by

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Georges Wakhévitch

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Claude Carliez ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)

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Jean-Étienne Siry ... poster designer (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

After viewing an unusual film about murder and the irony of fate, a man deliberately steps in front of a slow-moving vehicle, planning to use the minor accident which should result as an alibi for his own wife's murder which he has already engineered. However, what actually occurs is a very different scenario about the "art" of murder. Written by alfiehitchie

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Taglines 24 International Stars and 4 Masters of Mystery Expose the Fascinating Passion of Murder See more »
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Also Known As
  • Il delitto non paga (Italy)
  • Crime Does Not Pay (United States)
  • Crime Does Not Pay (Canada, English title)
  • Crime Does Not Pay (World-wide, English title)
  • The Gentle Art of Murder (United Kingdom)
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  • 159 min
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Movie Connections Referenced in Episode #1.21 (1961). See more »

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