''A Friend Will Come Tonight'' (French: ''Un ami viendra ce soir'') is a 1946 French
drama film
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Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. Madeleine Sologne and Paul Bernard.Rège p.620 The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. Madeleine Sologne as Hélène Asselin
* Paul Bernard as Le docteur Maurice Tiller
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Louis Salou
Louis Vincent Goulven Salou (23 April 1902 – 12 October 1948) was a French stage and film actor.
Louis was born in Oissel and died in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Paris.
Selected filmography
* '' White Nights in Saint Petersburg'' (1938)
* ''Firs ...
as Le commissaire Louis Martin
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Saturnin Fabre
Saturnin Fabre (; 4 April 1884 – 4 October 1961) was a French film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''La rafale'' (1920) - comte de Bréchebel
* ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' (1921)
* '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le professeur Pique
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as Philippe Prunier
* Marcel André as Le docteur Lestrade
* Lily Mounet as Alexandrine Jeanne Constance Létitia, baronne de Pontignac
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Yvette Andréyor
Yvette Andréyor (born Yvette Louise Pauline Royé, 6 August 1891 – 30 October 1962) was a French actress most popular in the era of silent film. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1962.
Biography
Yvette Louise Pauline R ...
as Mademoiselle Béatrice
* Jacques Clancy as Jacques Leroy, le pianiste
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Daniel Gélin
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French film and television actor.
Early life
Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin.
When he was ten, ...
Pierre Sergeol
Pierre Sergeol (November 22, 1902 – June 18, 1975) was a French film actor.https://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/127325/pierre-sergeol He appeared in numerous films as a character actor in supporting roles. He often played professional fi ...
Darling Légitimus
Mathilda Marie Berthilde Paruta (21 November 1907 – 7 December 1999), better known by her stage name Darling Légitimus, was a French actress. In 1983, she received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Sugar Cane Al ...
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Maria Mauban
Maria Mauban (10 May 1924 – 26 August 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in around fifty films and television series during her career. in 1950 she starred in the British Egyptian-set crime film '' Cairo Road''. The same year she appeared ...