''Back Streets of Paris'' (French: ''Macadam'') is a 1946 French

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by Marcel Blistène.

Jacques Feyder Jacques Feyder (; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter and actor who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 193 ...

also contributed to the film in the role of artistic director.

Plot

This story involves Madame Rose, a hotelkeeper in a Paris suburb who will stop at nothing, including murder. Other characters include one of her former accomplices who carries a suitcase full of cash, a kindhearted street vendor, the gangster's mistress, and the landlady's daughter, Simone, who dreams of a better life.

Cast

* Françoise Rosay as Mme. Rose * Paul Meurisse as Victor Menard *

Andrée Clément Andrée Clément (7 August 1918 – 31 May 1954) was a French film actress.Hayward p.461 Her husband was killed in 1940 during the Battle of France. She herself died from tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "whi ...

as Simone *

Simone Signoret Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and ...

as Gisele * André Roanne as Marvejouis * Paul Demange as Marcel, le coiffeur *

Georges Bever Georges Bever (1884–1973) was a French film and television actor.Goble p.38 Selected filmography * '' The Crystal Submarine '' (1927) * '' Chérie'' (1930) * ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931) * '' I'll Be Alone After Midnight'' (1931) * '' ...

as Armand (as Bever) * Jeannette Batti as Mona *

François Joux François Joux (born 11 July 1912, date of death unknown) was a French stage and film actor.Paietta p.15 Selected filmography * ''The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * ''The Duchess of Langeais (1942 film), The Duchess of Langeais'' (1942) * ''The Trump ...

as Un inspecteur * Félix Clément as Himself * Richard Francoeur as Le maître d'hotel * Jacqueline Fontaine as Himself * Simone Max as Himself * André Nicard as Le voleur de draps *

Félix Oudart Félix Charles Oudart (8 June 1881 – 10 August 1956) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.452 Selected filmography * '' Crainquebille'' (1922) * '' Abduct Me'' (1932) * '' Toto'' (1933) * '' Theodore and Company'' (1933) * '' George and G ...

as L'Hertier *

Jacques Dacqmine Jacques Dacqmine (1923–2010) was a French stage, film and television actor.Hayward p.242 He was married four times, including to the actress Odile Versois. Partial filmography * '' Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Un élève du collège (uncre ...

as Fraçois (as Jacques Dacqmine de la Comédie Française)

Production

Filming took place between June and August 1946 at the Studios de Saint-Maurice, with exterior scenes filmed at the Zoo de Vincennes. Jean d'Eaubonne was the set designer.

is credited as artistic director ("''direction artistique''"). Although Feyder was ill at the time, according to Françoise Rosay (his wife) he was asked to supervise filming because various members of the crew had no confidence in the young and inexperienced director, Marcel Blistène. Relations on the set between Blistène and Feyder were hostile, and once filming was finished it was Feyder who oversaw the editing.Françoise Rosay, ''La Traversée d'une vie''. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1974. pp. 293–296.

References

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''Macadam''
at ''Ciné-Ressources''. 1946 films 1946 crime drama films 1940s French-language films French black-and-white films Films set in Paris Films directed by Marcel Blistène French crime drama films 1940s French films Films scored by Jean Wiener {{crime-drama-film-stub