''Midnight Tradition'' (French: ''La tradition de minuit'') is a 1939 French
mystery thriller film
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directed by
Roger Richebé and starring
Viviane Romance,
Georges Flamant and
Marcel Dalio.
[Rège p.540] Based on the 1930 novel of the same title by
Pierre Mac Orlan, the film was shot at the
Neuilly Studios in
Paris
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, and the sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
s
René Renoux
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Selected filmography
* ''The Pure Truth'' (1931)
* ''Topaze (1933 French film), Topaze'' (1933)
* ''Prince Jean (1934 film), Prince Jean'' (1934)
* ''The Lady of the Camellias (193 ...
and
Roland Quignon.
Cast
*
Viviane Romance as Clara Véry
*
Georges Flamant as Claude Thierry
*
Marcel Dalio as Édouard Mutter, l'antiquaire
*
Marcel Pérès as Louis Fraipont, le boucher
*
Mauricette Mercereau as Chéri-Bibi
*
Alexandre Rignault as Hortilopitz
*
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''P ...
as Béatrix
*
Léonce Corne as M. Poivre, le patron de Béatrix
*
Yves Deniaud as Le bonimenteur
*
Georges Malkine as Un gangster
*
Jean Brochard as Le commissaire
*
Henri Vilbert as Un agent de police
References
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986.
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
* Spicer, Andrew & Hanson, Helen. ''A Companion to Film Noir''. John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
External links
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1939 films
French mystery films
1939 mystery films
French crime films
1939 crime films
French thriller films
1930s thriller films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Roger Richebé
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
Films based on French novels
Films shot in Paris
Films set in Paris
Films based on works by Pierre Mac Orlan
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