Desperate Decision

{{short description|1952 film}}

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| name = Desperate Decision

| image =File:Desperate Decision.jpg

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| director =Yves Allégret

| producer = Ray Ventura

| based_on =

| writer = Catherine Beauchamp
Jacques Sigurd

| narrator =

| starring = Danièle Delorme
Henri Vidal
Jean Debucourt

| music = Paul Misraki

| cinematography = Roger Hubert

| editing =Claude Nicole

| studio = Hoche Productions

| distributor = Cocinor

| released = {{Film date|1952|10|01|df=yes}}

| runtime = 84 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

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| gross =

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Desperate Decision (French: La jeune folle) is a 1952 French drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Danièle Delorme, Henri Vidal and Jean Debucourt.Bessy & Chirat p.186https://www.unifrance.org/film/2306/la-jeune-folleRège p.186 It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Trauner.

Synopsis

In 1922 during the Irish Civil War, a young woman Catherine heads to Dublin seeking vengeance on the man who killed her brother. She meets a man Steve who wishes to protect her as she is teetering on the edge of madness. However, when she discovers that he is the murderer she takes her revenge.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951–1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.