''Les Impures'' en, The Impure Ones, is a French

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film from 1954, directed by Pierre Chevalier, written by Juliette Saint-Giniez, starring

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and

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. The film is known under the titles "Human Cargo" (USA), "The Impure Ones" (international English title).

Cast

: Michèle,

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: the conductor *

Raymond Pellegrin Raymond Pellegrin (1 January 1925 – 14 October 2007) was a French actor. Born in Nice, Pellegrin made his screen debut in the 1945 French feature '' Naïs''. He was also famous in France for dubbing Jean Marais for the voice of Fantômas ...

: Jean-Marie Leclerc aka Mario, "the man coming out of prison" * William Marshall: Charlie, the procurer *

Dora Doll Dora Doll (born Dorothea Hermina Feinberg; 19 May 1922 – 15 November 2015) was a French actress. Career One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Manon'' (1949). She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's ...

: Lili, * Guy Mairesse: Mario's friend Bob *

Jacques Duby Jacques Duby (7 May 1922 – 15 February 2012) was a French stage, film and television actor. He was born in Toulouse. Jacques Duby as narrator Some of his works include '' 101 Dalmatians'' (1961), ''Pinocchio'' (1968), and ''The Jungle ...

: pianist Fernand *

Colette Castel Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...

: Michèle's sister Danièle *

Daniel Cauchy Daniel Cauchy (13 March 1930 – 8 May 2020) was a French film actor and film producer, producer. He was known for his role in Jean-Pierre Melville's 1956 crime film ''Bob le flambeur''. He died from COVID-19 pandemic in France, COVID-19. His s ...

: barkeeper Dédé *

René Sarvil René Sarvil (18 January 1901 – 31 March 1975) was a French actor. Sarvil was born in Toulon, France, and died in 1975 in Marseille. Partial filmography * '' Notre-Dame de la Mouise'' (1941) * ''Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de B ...

: Mr Dominique, the pimp from Marseille * Jacqueline Noëlle: a friend of Alger *

Lila Kedrova Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October 1909 – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian-born French actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actre ...

: the building's concierge * Laurence Badie : a housewife

References

External links

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Les Impures (1954)
at the ''Films de France'' 1954 films French drama films 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films Films directed by Pierre Chevalier 1954 drama films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub