Le Crime ne paie pas
1962 Crime / Drama   

 

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  Director: Gérard Oury
Starring: Lucienne Bogaert, Pierre Brasseur, Gino Cervi, Jean Clarens, Danielle Darrieux

Synopsis
Segment one: Lucrezia kills her unfaithful lover but she doesn’t expect that his other mistress will take revenge on her... Segment two: In 1878, Clovis Hughes kills one his many political rivals in a duel. Intent on revenge, his wife Jeanne murders a man and a trial is inevitable... Segment three: In 1913, because the manipulative Gabrielle Fenayrou wants her husband Martin dead she asks her lover to kill him, but things are not what they seem... Segment four: In 1960, Pierre Marsais and his mistress plan to murder the former’s wife Lucienne, but when Pierre is accidentally killed the plan still goes ahead...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

Credits
  • Director: Gérard Oury
  • Script: 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"
  • Photo: Christian Matras
  • Music: Georges Delerue
  • Cast: Lucienne Bogaert (Mme. Lenormand), Pierre Brasseur (Martin Fenayrou), Gino Cervi (The Inquisitor), Jean Clarens, Danielle Darrieux (Mme. Marsais), Hélène Dieudonné (Mme Corbiou), Laura Efrikian (Antonella), Gabriele Ferzetti (Giraldi), Edwige Feuillère (Dona Lucrezia), Annie Girardot (Gabrielle Fenayrou), Raymond Loyer (Pierre Marsais), Christian Marquand (Louis Aubert), Renaud Mary (Mon. Lenormand), Pierre Mondy (Clerget), Rina Morelli, Michèle Morgan (Jeanne Hugues), Laurence Morizot (Mireille Hugues), Philippe Noiret (Mon. Hugues), Marie Piere (Thérése), Perrette Pradier (Helene), Patricia Renaud (Marianne Hugues), Pierre Roussel (Dreyfus), Rosanna Schiaffino (Francesca), Jean Servais (Vaughan), Richard Todd (Col. Roberts)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 159 min
  • Aka: Crime Does Not Pay; Gentle Art of Murder



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