Burning Fuse

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| name = Burning Fuse

| image = Burning Fuse.jpg

| caption =

| director = Henri Decoin

| producer = François Rigaud
Jean Tachard

| writer = {{ubl|Henri Decoin|Jacques Robert|Albert Simonin}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Raymond Pellegrin|Charles Vanel|Peter van Eyck}}

| music = {{ubl|Louis Gasté |Maurice Jarre|Philippe-Gérard}}

| cinematography = Pierre Montazel

| editing = Claude Durand

| studio = Galliera Films
Gallus Films

| distributor = Sofradis

| released = {{Film date|1957|02|27|df=yes}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = France
Italy

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

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Burning Fuse (French: Le feu aux poudres) is a 1957 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Charles Vanel and Peter van Eyck.Davidson & Hake p.48{{Cite web|url=https://www.unifrance.org/film/3997/le-feu-aux-poudres#|title=Le Feu aux poudres (1957)|website=www.unifrance.org|accessdate=26 March 2023}} It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The films sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.

Synopsis

Lola, the wife of a notorious arms dealer Pédro Wassevitch is attracted to a young painter Ludovic. Unknown to her he has been sent to infiltrate Wassevitch's operation which both a rival and the police are interested in.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.