''Maid in Paris'' (French: ''Paris canaille'') is a 1956 French
comedy film
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directed by
Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring
Dany Robin,
Daniel Gélin, and
Tilda Thamar.
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/ref> The screenplay concerns a young woman from the countryside who visits Paris and falls in love with a police officer there.
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 ...
Robert Hubert.
Cast
* Dany Robin as Penny Benson
* Daniel Gélin as Antoine du Merlet
* Tilda Thamar as Gloria Benson
* Mary Marquet as Mme. Bernemal
* Marie Daëms as Claude
* Maryse Martin as Germaine
* François Guérin as Jean-Pierre
* Robert Murzeau as Le monsieur fauché
* Micheline Gary as Une pensionnaire
* Michel Etcheverry as Le commissaire des mineurs
* Roger Pierre as Gérard Destremeaux, le gigolo
* Darry Cowl as Daniel, le casseur d'assiettes
* Yoko Tani as Une élève
* Sophie Daumier as Une élève
* Renée Passeur as La dame au gigolo
* Roger Dumas as Un jeune dragueur au jardin
* Jackie Sardou
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe . ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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A still from the film appeared in the ''New York Times'' on July 7, 1957
1956 films
1956 romantic comedy films
Films directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Films set in Paris
French romantic comedy films
1950s English-language films
1950s French films
French black-and-white films
Films scored by Georges Van Parys
English-language romantic comedy films
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