The Brighton Twins
Directed by	Claude Heymann
Written by	Robert Bresson Georges Friedland Jean Alley
Based on	The Brighton Twins by Tristan Bernard
Starring	Raimu Michel Simon Suzy Prim
Cinematography	Paul Cotteret Louis Née Armand Thirard
Edited by	Georges Friedland Therese Sautereau
Music by	Roland Manuel
Production company	Productions Corniglion-Molinier
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date	30 October 1936 (1936-10-30)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Brighton Twins (French: Les jumeaux de Brighton) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Raimu, Michel Simon and Suzy Prim.^[1] It is based on the 1908 play of the same title by Tristan Bernard and Robert Bresson worked on the screen adaptation.

Twins are separated at birth in 1890, with one being raised in the United States and the other in France. More than forty years later they encounter each other for the first time.

• Raimu as Alfred Beaugérard et les deux fils Achille
• Michel Simon as Labrosse
• Suzy Prim as Clémentine Beaugérard
• Charlotte Lysès as Madame Tupin - La belle-mère
• Pierre Finaly as L'avocat
• Marcel Maupi as Le garde du corps
• Jacques Bousquet as L'oncle d'Amérique
• Georges Paulais as Le docteur Paulard
• Mila Parély as Antoinette - La bonne de Nancy
• Pierre Piérade as Le président du tribunal
• Mansuelle as L'huissier
• Lucienne Masset as La nourrice
• Madeleine Milhaud as Madame Achille Beaugérard
• Paul Velsa as Le contrôleur des passeports
• Geneviève Sorya as La poule du garde du corps
• Three Notes Singers as Trio chantant à Brighton
• Jean Tissier as Roberdet
• René Génin as L'encaustiqueur
• Germaine Aussey as Nancy Le Bail
• Émile Genevois as Le gamin
• Albert Malbert as Le barman
• Jane Pierson as La directrice du bureau de placement
• Yvonne Yma as Une dame au tribunal

• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.

• The Brighton Twins at IMDb

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