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Les jeux dangereux

Les jeux dangereux

1958Movie⏱️ 1h 35m
CrimeDrama
5.9
IMDB Rating
56 votes

A poor girl in Paris's Menilmontant neighborhood needs to get a lawyer for her brother, accused of killing a cop.She and her cronies kidnap a spoiled youth, the only son of a bourgeois couple, he's gone to the area to study violin.

Director
Pierre Chenal
Writers
René Masson, Paul Andréota, Pierre Chenal
Stars
Jean Servais, Pascale Audret, Joël Flateau
Release Date
December 19, 1958
Language
French
Country
Italy, France
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Jean Servais
Jean Servais
as Fournier, le détective privé
Pascale Audret
Pascale Audret
as Fleur
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Joël Flateau
as La Puce
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Fabrice Bessy
as Alain Leroy-Gomez
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Jimmy Urbain
as Le mécano
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Jacques Moulières
as Couscous
Claude Berri
Claude Berri
as Un jeune
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Jacques Faburel
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Olivier Henry
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Renzo Poldi
as Pierrot

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Belleville, Paris, France
Production
Films Metzger et Woog, Zodiaque Productions, Cino del Duca

🏷️ Keywords

povertysonbased on novel

🎯 Categories

FrenchCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Forbidden games
by dbdumonteil2005-05-17
7/10

"Pierre Chenal was a minor but interesting director who in the late thirties was the first to transfer to the screen "the postman always rings twice".His masterpiece was "la foire aux chimères" (all Erich Von Stroheim's fans MUST see that work)where he introduced an extraordinary dreamlike atmosphere which we also find in inferior efforts such as " la maison du maltais" or "l'alibi". "Les jeux dangereux" seems realistic at first sight.Actually ,it's almost as offbeat ,as unusual as the aforementioned films."Game" is the..."

📖 Synopsis

A poor girl in Paris's Menilmontant neighborhood needs to get a lawyer for her brother, accused of killing a cop.She and her cronies kidnap a spoiled youth, the only son of a bourgeois couple, he's gone to the area to study violin.