The Hotshot

1955 film
  • 10 May 1955 (1955-05-10)
Running time
92 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

The Hotshot or The Show-Off (French: Le crâneur) is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff and starring Marina Vlady, Raymond Pellegrin and Dora Doll.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert.

Cast

  • Marina Vlady as Juliette
  • Raymond Pellegrin as Philippe
  • Dora Doll as Betty Bell
  • Hélène Vallier as Paule
  • Paul Demange as Le concierge
  • Géo Dorlis as L'animateur du Toboggan
  • Georges Lannes as Le commissaire Godet
  • Jacques Muller as Bébert
  • Robert Le Béal as L'anglais
  • Marcel Portier as Le client qui a sommeil
  • Simone Logeart as Une employée du Toboggan
  • Alain Nobis as Tonio
  • Paul Frankeur as Georges
  • Luc Andrieux as Willy - le barman du Toboggan
  • France Asselin as L'amie du client qui a sommeil
  • René Bergeron as Le patron de l'hôtel du Midi
  • Jo Charrier as Le truand à la recherche d'un alibi
  • Edmond Chemi as Un invité au banquet
  • Lucien Desagneaux as Le patron de l'hôtel du Midi
  • René Hell as Le chanteur au banquet
  • Franck Maurice as L'agent en faction
  • Louis Saintève as Un client du Toboggan
  • Nicky Voillard as Une invitée au banquet

References

  1. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/5068/le-craneur
  2. ^ Rège p.567
  3. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.288

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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Films directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff
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  • The Hotshot (1955)
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