Danger of Death
{{short description|1947 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Danger of Death
| image =File:Danger of Death film poster.jpg
| caption =
| director =Gilles Grangier
| producer = Paul Devriès
Ferdinand Liffran
Adrien Remaugé
| based_on =
| writer = Charles Exbrayat
René Wheeler
| narrator =
| starring = Fernand Ledoux
Georges Lannes
Micheline Francey
| music = Raymond Gallois-Montbrun
| cinematography = Raymond Clunie
| editing =Andrée Danis
| studio = Les Prisonniers Associés
Pathé
| distributor = Pathé
| released = {{Film date|1947|12|17|df=yes}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Danger of Death (French: Danger de mort) is a 1947 French thriller film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Fernand Ledoux, Georges Lannes and Micheline Francey.Rège p.462 Kermabon p.304 {{cite web | url=https://www.unifrance.org/film/5093/danger-de-mort | title=Danger de mort de Gilles Grangier (1947) - Unifrance }} It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location around Sens. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roger Simon.
Synopsis
Distracted the night after his wife give births, a pharmacist in provincial France accidentally puts a dose of cyanide in a batch of medicine he is making up. Realising what he has done he goes out to prevent the five customers from taking the lethal concoction.
Cast
- Fernand Ledoux as Le pharmacien Adrien Loiseau
- Georges Lannes as Ceccaldi
- Micheline Francey as Flora
- Colette Richard as La jeune mariée
- Christine Hayrel as L'écuyère
- Mona Dol as Une commère
- Maurice Schutz as Le beau-père de Loiseau
- Jacky Pasquero as Ceccaldi fils
- Jean-Marc Lambert as Le jeune marié
- René Blancard as Philippe Chauvieux
- Charles Lavialle as Le receveur
- François Joux as Alfred Bouchard
- Jacques Emmanuel as Le mari de Flora
- Michel Rob as Jean-Baptiste Chauvieux
- Yvonne Yma as La marchande de journaux
References
Bibliography
- Kermabon, Jacques. Pathé: premier empire du cinéma. Centre Georges Pompidou, 1994.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0238147}}
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Category:French thriller films
Category:1940s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Gilles Grangier
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Joinville Studios
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