The Crowned Fish Tavern
{{short description|1947 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Crowned Fish Tavern
| image =File:The Crowned Fish Tavern.jpg
| caption =
| director =René Chanas
| producer =René Chanas
Robert Chabert
| based_on =
| writer = René Chanas
Nino Frank
Henri Jeanson
| narrator =
| starring = Michel Simon
Jules Berry
Blanchette Brunoy
| music = Jean Martinon
| cinematography = Nikolai Toporkoff
| editing =Claude Nicole
| studio =Les Acteurs et Techniciens Français
| distributor = Francinex
| released = {{Film date|1947|12|10|df=yes}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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The Crowned Fish Tavern (French: La taverne du poisson couronné) is a 1947 French drama film directed by René Chanas and starring Michel Simon, Jules Berry and Blanchette Brunoy.Rège p.204 Loubier p.406 It was shot at the Epinay Studios outside Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Marquet.
Synopsis
In a port town captain Palmer returns to discovers that his daughter Maria's husband Leo has abandoned her to take up with another woman Sylvia. Palmer's attempts to confront him and fix the situation leads to the latter's murder in the Crowned Fish tavern of the title for which the wrong man is accused.
Cast
- Michel Simon as Le capitaine Palmer
- Jules Berry as Fléo
- Blanchette Brunoy as Maria
- Raymond Bussières as Monseigneur
- Michèle Martin as Sylvia Corail
- Yves Vincent as Pierre Astor
- Robert Dalban as Cigare
- Léon Larive as L'armateur
- Grégoire Gromoff as Le Bosco
- Émile Riandreys as Clovis
- Henri Arius as Un cafetier
- Harry-Max as Un mécanicien du bateau
References
Bibliography
- Loubier, Jean-Marc. Michel Simon: Ou Le roman d'un jouisseur. Ramsay, 1989.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0200201}}
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Category:1940s French-language films
Category:Films directed by René Chanas
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Epinay Studios
Category:Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson
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