Série noire (1955)
Directed by Pierre Foucaud

Crime / Thriller
aka: Black Edition

Film Synopsis

A policeman, Léo Fardier, manages to infiltrate the gang of the mobster boss Mariani, by posing as an a former inmate of the prison where the gang leader is currently serving a sentence.  Eliane, Mariani's wife, leads the gang in her husband's absence.   When she falls in love with Fardier, Jo, one of her killers, becomes madly jealous and starts feeding information to Menard, the boss of a rival gang.  When Menard fails to act, Jo kills his wife and pins the murder on Fardier...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pierre Foucaud
  • Script: Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Michel Audiard (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Paul Cotteret
  • Cast: Henri Vidal (Léo Fardier), Monique van Vooren (Elaine), Erich von Stroheim (Sacha Zavaroff), Robert Hossein (Jo), Albert Dinan (Mariani), Louis Arbessier (Le commissaire Lefranc), Louis Bugette (Bastia), Roger Hanin (Ménard), René Havard (Rinaldo), Henri San Juan (Gauvin), Paul Azaïs (Dominique - le 'Corse'), Jack Ary (Un inspecteur), Gérard Barray (Un homme du 'Corse'), Christiane Chambord (Solange), Paul Crauchet (Le portier du garage), Jean Favre-Bertin (Le barman du tripot), Michel Flamme (Michel), Jacqueline Pierreux (Mado), Lucien Guervil (Un trafiquant), Benoîte Labb (La mère Nave)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 88 min
  • Aka: Black Edition ; The Infiltrator

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