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Murders (film)

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Murders
Directed byRichard Pottier
Written byCharles Plisnier
Maurice Barry
Henri Jeanson
Based onMurders by Charles Plisnier
Produced byJacques Bar
Walter Rupp
StarringFernandel
Mireille Perrey
Jacques Varennes
CinematographyAndré Germain
Edited byHélène Battini
Music byRaymond Legrand
Production
companies
Cité Films
Fidès
Distributed byVictory Films
Release date
  • 10 October 1950 (1950-10-10)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Murders (French: Meurtres) is a 1950 French drama film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Fernandel, Mireille Perrey and Jacques Varennes.[1] [2] The film is adapted from a series of five novels by Belgian writer Charles Plisnier, published between 1939 and 1941. It marked a rare dramatic role for the comedian Fernandel. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. The title is also written as Murders? (French: Meurtres?).

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References

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  1. ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.163
  2. ^ Crisp p.208

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema–A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958. Indiana University Press, 2015.
  • Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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