Desperate Decision
{{short description|1952 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Desperate Decision
| image =File:Desperate Decision.jpg
| caption =
| 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
| budget =
| 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
- Danièle Delorme as Catherine
- Henri Vidal as Steve
- Jean Debucourt as Le messager / A Mysterious Man
- Jacqueline Porel as Mother Superior
- Georges Chamarat as Le chef de gare
- Olivier Hussenot as Le colleur d'affiches
- Jacques Dynam as Le consommateur
- Michel Etcheverry as Le prêtre
- Gabrielle Fontan as Soeur Patricia
- Joëlle Bernard as La femme ivre
- Maurice Ronet as Jim
- Nicolas Vogel as Tom
- Marcel Journet as Le chef de police Donovan
- Madeleine Gérôme as Madame Donovan
- Gabriel Gobin as L'employé de la gare
- Madeleine Barbulée as La voyageuse
- Lolita De Silva as Soeur Ruth
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.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0044768}}
{{Yves Allégret}}
Category:1950s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Yves Allégret
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Joinville Studios
Category:Films set in Dublin (city)
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