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A Man Walks in the City
A Man Walks in the City

A Man Walks in the City

Genres

Drama

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Le Havre, France, in 1949. In a town that still shows the scars of war, several friends meet up in Albert's café. One of them, Laurent, has lost his job on the docks and his marriage to Madeleine is falling apart. He knows that his wife wants to start an affair with friend, Jean Sauviot. Jean is a lonely man who is attracted to Madeleine but doesn't want to commit himself to the wife of a friend. On the day that Madeleine tells her husband that she is seeing Jean, Laurent goes looking for Jean to find an explanation. Arriving on the docks in the evening, he attacks an American sailor who looks like Jean, but the man fights back and runs away after killing Laurent accidentally. Madeleine thinks that Laurent was killed by Jean and believes that she can start a new life with her lover. The police have other ideas...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

22 March 1950

Country

France

Cast

Ginette Leclerc

Ginette Leclerc

Madeleine

Jean-Pierre Kérien

Jean-Pierre Kérien

Jean Sauviot

Yves Deniaud

Yves Deniaud

Albert

Dora Doll

Dora Doll

La fille

Grégoire Aslan

Grégoire Aslan

Ambilares

André Valmy

André Valmy

Le commissaire

Fréhel

Fréhel

La femme de Buck

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Sylvie Deniau

Sylvie Deniau

Christiane Lénier

Christiane Lénier

Maryse Paillet

Maryse Paillet

Fabien Loris

Fabien Loris

Pierre Léaud

Pierre Léaud

Grégoire Gromoff

Grégoire Gromoff

Jérôme Goulven

Jérôme Goulven

Joé Davray

Joé Davray

René Pascal

René Pascal

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