''Eighteen Hour Stopover'' (French: ''Dix-huit heures d'escale'') is a 1955 French

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combi ...

directed by René Jolivet and starring

Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French actor, and holder of the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his World War II military service. Early life Aumont was born Jea ...

Geneviève Kervine Geneviève Kervine (1931–1989) was a French film actress. Born in Dakar in French Senegal, she emerged as a star in the 1950s and was awarded with the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti for the most promising actress in 1955. She was married to the sin ...

and

Georges Marchal Georges Marchal (10 January 1920 – 28 November 1997) was a French actor. Born Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, the strikingly handsome Marchal was discovered in the early-1940s by director Jean Grémillon. By the earl ...

.Rège p.54 The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Cast

as Robert Vitrac *

as Nicole Dumaine *

as L'inspecteur Bério *

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 ...

as Manuela Cortez * Georges Poujouly as Le gamin avec le capitaine * Jean-Jacques Lécot as Mario *

Henri San Juan Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the ' List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Mont ...

as Pablo Gonzales * Jany Vallières as Lolita *

Luc Andrieux Luc Andrieux (1917–1977) was a French actor and assistant director. Partial filmography * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1946) - Un geôlier (uncredited) * ''Le Bataillon du ciel'' (1947) * '' Les aventures des pieds nickeles'' (1948) - Hector * ...

as Le barman *

Jacques Muller Jacques Muller may refer to: * Jacques Muller (politician) (born 1954), member of the Senate of France * Jacques Muller (animator) (1956–2018), French animator * Jacques Léonard Muller Jacques Léonard Muller (11 December 1749 – 1 October 182 ...

as Aurélien *

Guy Moulinet Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...

as Zamba *

Paul Faivre Paul Faivre (3 March 1886 – 5 March 1973) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' The House Opposite'' (1937) * '' Behind the Facade'' (1939) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * ''The Count of Monte Cris ...

as Le docteur *

Noëlle Norman Noëlle Norman (January 7, 1921 – January 11, 1985) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films including '' On demande un assassin'' (1949).Goble p.452 Selected filmography * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''Grandfather'' ( ...

as Mme. Bério *

Gaston Rey Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name * Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) *Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) * Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) *Gaston ...

as Berger

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 crime films French crime films 1950s French-language films Films directed by René Jolivet French black-and-white films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub