Wolves Hunt at Night
{{short description|1952 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Wolves Hunt at Night
| image = Les loups chassent la nuit.jpg
| caption =
| director = Bernard Borderie
| producer = Raymond Borderie
|based_on = Le Lieutenant de Gibraltar by Pierre Frondaie
| writer = {{ubl|Bernard Borderie|Francis Thuret}}
| starring = {{ubl|Jean-Pierre Aumont|Carla Del Poggio|Fernand Ledoux}}
| music = Joseph Kosma
| cinematography = Jacques Lemare
| editing = Henri Taverna
| studio = {{ubl|CICC|Fono Roma}}
| distributor = Pathé Consortium Cinéma
| released ={{Film date|1952|02|06|df=yes}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = {{ubl|France|Italy}}
| language = French
| budget =
}}
Wolves Hunt at Night (French: Les Loups chassent la nuit, Italian: La ragazza di Trieste) is a 1952 French-Italian spy thriller film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Carla Del Poggio and Fernand Ledoux.Marie p.23Gili & Tassone p.246 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Trieste and Venice. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
Synopsis
A French secret agent is summoned by his superior, the head of a counterespionage organisation, to Trieste where he is takes with trying to unmask a potential enemy operating in Venice. His attempts are obstructed by an attractive cabaret singer who may be working with the opposition.
Cast
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Cyril Dormoy, an agent of Mollert
- Carla Del Poggio as Catherine, the friend of Cyril, singer of cabaret
- Fernand Ledoux as Thomas Mollert, journalist and leader of a spy ring of counterespionage
- Marcel Herrand as Pedro, the director of cabaret
- John Kitzmiller as the black servant of Miguel
- Roldano Lupi as Miguel, spy and salable falsehood of pictures
- Nicolas Vogel as Jim, the driver of Mollert
- Attilio Dottesio as Baum, alias: "Horner", a spy
- Gianni Rizzo as the Italian commissioner
- Sophie Sel as an employee of the hotel
- Louis de Funès as the barman servant
- Tancrédi as the driver
References
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Bibliography
- Gili, Jean A. & Tassone, Aldo. Parigi-Roma: 50 anni di coproduzioni italo-francesi (1945-1995). Editrice Il castoro, 1995.
- Marie, Michel. The French New Wave: An Artistic School. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0043956}}
- [http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Les_Loups_chassent_la_nuit_1952_rev.html Les Loups chassent la nuit (1952)] at the Films de France
Category:1950s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Bernard Borderie
Category:Films produced by Raymond Borderie
Category:Films based on French novels
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Billancourt Studios
Category:Films scored by Joseph Kosma
Category:French-language Italian films
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