Shot in the Night

Shot in the Night
Directed byRobert Péguy
Written byRobert Coulom
Based onL’Avocat by Eugène Brieux
Produced byFernand Rivers
StarringHenri Rollan
Jean Debucourt
Raymond Aimos
CinematographyGeorges Million
Edited byMadeleine Gug
Music byHenri Verdun
Production
company
Les Films Fernand Rivers
Distributed byCiné Sélection
Release date
  • 3 March 1943 (1943-03-03)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Shot in the Night (French: Coup de feu dans la nuit) is a 1943 French crime drama film directed by Robert Péguy and starring Mary Morgan, Henri Rollan, Jean Debucourt and Raymond Aimos.[1] It is based on the 1922 play L’Avocat by Eugène Brieux.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Mary.

Synopsis

An attractive young wife, unhappily married to a domineering husband is suspected of his murder when he discovered shot dead one night outside his country house. She is defended in court by an old friend who she has secretly loved for many years.

Cast

References

  1. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/38410/coup-de-feu-dans-la-nuit
  2. ^ Goble p.722

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Burch, Noël & Sellier, Geneviève. The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956. Duke University Press, 2013.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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