Shot in the Night
{{short description|1943 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Shot in the Night
| image =File:Shot in the Night.jpg
| caption =
| director = Robert Péguy
| producer =Fernand Rivers
| based_on = L’Avocat by Eugène Brieux
| writer = Robert Coulom
| narrator =
| starring =Henri Rollan
Jean Debucourt
Raymond Aimos
| music = Henri Verdun
| cinematography = Georges Million
| editing = Madeleine Gug
| studio = Les Films Fernand Rivers
| distributor = Ciné Sélection
| released = {{Film date|1943|03|03|df=yes}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Shot in the Night (French: Coup de feu dans la nuit) is a 1943 French crime drama film directed by Robert Péguy and starring Mary Morgan, Henri Rollan, Jean Debucourt and Raymond Aimos.https://www.unifrance.org/film/38410/coup-de-feu-dans-la-nuit It is based on the 1922 play L’Avocat by Eugène Brieux.Goble p.722 The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Mary.
Synopsis
An attractive young wife, unhappily married to a domineering husband is suspected of his murder when he discovered shot dead one night outside his country house. She is defended in court by an old friend who she has secretly loved for many years.
Cast
- Mary Morgan as Lise du Coudrais
- Henri Rollan as Maître Martigny
- Jean Debucourt as Le juge d'instruction
- Raymond Aimos as Fortin - Le greffier
- Nane Germon as Pauline
- Charles Lemontier as Arnaud
- Monette Dinay as Toinette
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent as Madame Martigny mère
- Coutan-Lambert as Madame du Coudrais
- Solange Varenne as Marton
- Jeanne Stora as Mademoiselle du Coudrais
- Lise Donat as La cabaretière
- Jacques Grétillat as Monsieur du Coudrais
- Jean Meyer as Le baron
- Guy Parzy as Claude Lemercier
- Robert Allard as Billaud
- Jean-Louis Allibert as Un avocat
- Maurice Dorléac as Fronsac
- Marcel Vibert as L'avocat général
- André Carnège as Le président des Assises
- Marcel Pérès as Un contrebandier
- Rivers Cadet as Un contrebandier
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
- Burch, Noël & Sellier, Geneviève. The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956. Duke University Press, 2013.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0191052}}
{{Robert Péguy}}
Category:1940s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Robert Péguy
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:French films based on plays
Category:Films scored by Henri Verdun
Category:Films based on works by Eugène Brieux
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