''Speaking of Murder'' is a 1957 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

Gilles Grangier Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film ''Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin Inter ...

and starring

Jean Gabin Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including '' Pépé le ...

. The original French title is ''Le rouge est mis'', which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton.''Speaking of Murder'' at ''Cinema-francais''
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Plot

Louis Bertain (Gabin) is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer.

Cast

as Louis Bertain / Louis le Blond *

Paul Frankeur Paul Frankeur (29 June 1905 – 27 October 1974) was a French actor who had a successful Hollywood career and appeared in films by Jacques Tati'','' such as ''Jour de fête'' and Luis Buñuel, including ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' ...

as Frédo *

Marcel Bozzuffi Marcel Bozzuffi (28 October 19291 February 1988) was a French film actor. Internationally, he appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film '' The French Connection''. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian. According to ...

as Pierre (as Marcel Bozzufi) * Albert Dinan as L'inspecteur Pluvier (as Dinan) *

Antonin Berval Antonin Berval (1891–1966) was a French film actor.Goble p.4 He is sometimes credited simply as Berval. Selected filmography * ''Notre Dame d'amour'' (1923) * ''Arthur'' (1931) - Hubert de Fondragon * ''Le costaud des PTT'' (1931) * '' To the ...

as Zé (as Berval) *

Thomy Bourdelle Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor. Bourdelle was born in Paris and died in Toulon, Var, France. Selected filmography *'' Roger la Honte'' (1922) * '' The Red Inn'' (1923) * '' Surcouf'' (1925) * '' ...

as Le catcheur * Serge Lecointe as Bébert *

Jean-Pierre Mocky Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Early life and education Mocky was born on 6 July 1929 in Nice, France, to Polish immigra ...

as Pierre *

Jo Peignot Jo Peignot (9 January 1901 - 10 March 1969) was a French actor. He was born in Paris and died in Argentan in France. Biography Jo Peignot have his first role in 1955 with Jean Gabin in ''Razzia sur la chnouf''. Filmography Cinema * 19 ...

as Mimile (as Georges Peignot) *

Lucien Raimbourg Lucien Raimbourg (1903–1973) was a French film, stage and television actor. He appeared in the original performance of Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot''.Blair p.421 Selected filmography * '' L'affaire est dans le sac'' (1932) - Le client m ...

as Jo * Gabriel Gobin as L'inspecteur Bouvard * Jean Bérard as Raymond, le matelot *

Gaby Basset Gaby Basset (29 March 1902 – 7 October 2001) was a French film actress.Goble p.37 Selected filmography * '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) – Simone * ''The Malay Dagger'' (1931) – Maggy * '' Departure'' (1931) – Carmen * ''Par habitude'' (1932 ...

as Hortense * Gina Nicloz as Mme Bertain (as Gina Niclos) * Lucienne Legrand as La dame du garage * Josselin as Antoine *

Claude Nicot Claude Nicot (12 February 1925 – 17 November 2003) was a French film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditiona ...

as L'effeminé *

Lino Ventura Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men ...

as Pepito *

Annie Girardot Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women un ...

as Hélène (as Annie Girardot de la Comédie Française)

References

External links

*
''Speaking of Murder'' at “Cinema-francais“
(French)
''Speaking of Murder'' movie review at The New York Times
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