Savage Triangle
{{short description|1951 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Savage Triangle
| image =File:Savage Triangle.jpg
| caption =
| director = Jean Delannoy
| producer = Joseph Bercholz
Edouard Gide
| writer = Edouard Peisson (novel)
Jean Delannoy
Henri Jeanson
| narrator =
| starring = Madeleine Robinson
Frank Villard
Henri Vilbert
| music = Paul Misraki
| cinematography = Robert Lefebvre
| editing = James Cuenet
| studio = Les Films Gibé
| distributor =Pathé Consortium Cinéma
| released = {{Film date|1951|09|26|df=yes}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Savage Triangle (French: Le garçon sauvage) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Madeleine Robinson, Frank Villard and Henri Vilbert.Goble p.363 The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. It was shot partly on location in Marseille where the film is set.
Synopsis
Simon, the twelve-year-old son of Marie, a prostitute, has been brought up in rural Provence in ignorance of his mother's life but now comes to live with her in Marseille. His initial idolisation of her is disillusioned when he discovers the truth, and he hates her lover Paul. Simon comes to dream of going away to sea, and spending time with the sympathetic Captain François.
Cast
- Madeleine Robinson as Marie
- Frank Villard as Paul
- Henri Vilbert as Capitaine François
- Pierre-Michel Beck as Simon - le garcon sauvage
- Nicolas Amato as Le complice
- Henri Arius as Victor - le patron du café
- Edmond Beauchamp as Gilles
- Dora Doll as La blonde amie de Paul
- Georges Douking as Le paysan
- Albert Duvaleix as Le monsieur du taxi
- Fransined asLe coiffeur
- René Génin as Le premier client de Marie
- Janine Miller as Anny Flynn
- Raphaël Patorni as Luccioni
- Fernand Sardou as L'inspecteur
References
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Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0045122}}
{{Jean Delannoy}}
Category:1950s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Jean Delannoy
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films set in Marseille
Category:Films shot in Marseille
Category:Films based on French novels
Category:Films scored by Paul Misraki
Category:Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson
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