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They Were Five (1952)

ALL 01/23/1952 (fr) Drama 89 Min
  • Release
    01/23/1952
  • Production
    Jeannic Films, Sud Film Produzione Cinematografica
  • Rotten tomato
    52%
  • Original title
    Ils étaient cinq
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.

  1. Jack Pinoteau

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Robert Jallès

    Producer



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  1. Jean Carmet

    Jean - le postier

  2. Jean Gaven

    Marcel - le boxeur

  3. Michel Jourdan

    Roger Courtois - l'acteur

  4. Jean-Claude Pascal

    Philippe

  5. Arlette Merry

    Valérie - La soeur de Roger, chanteuse de cabaret

  6. Louis de Funès

    Albert, le régisseur

  7. François Martin

    André Lamberay

  8. Nicole Besnard

    Simone - l'amie de Jean

  9. Irène Hilda

    Fabienne Dorée

  10. Marcel André

    Le commissaire

  11. Robert Dalban

    Dufau - le manager

  12. Paul Mesnier

  13. Jean Ozenne

  14. Charles Fawcett

  15. André Versini

    Serge - l'imprésario de Roger

  16. Jean Marchat

    Fredo - un patron de cabaret louche

  17. Georgette Anys

    (uncredited)

  18. Roland Carey

    (uncredited)

  19. René Hell

    (uncredited)

  20. Guy Henry

    (uncredited)

  21. Hilda Bernard

    (uncredited)

  22. René Pascal

    (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 22 , Crews : 8

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They Were Five (1952) 89 Min

ALL 01/23/1952 (fr)
Drama
  • Release 01/23/1952
  • Production
    Jeannic Films, Sud Film Produzione Cinematografica
  • Original title Ils étaient cinq
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.

  1. Jack Pinoteau

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Marguerite Beaugé

    Editor

  4. Robert Jallès

    Producer



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