A Man Walks in the City (1950)
1h 35m
Running Time
March 22, 1950Release Date
A Man Walks in the City (1950)
1h 35m
Running Time
March 22, 1950Release Date
Plot.
Le Havre, France, in 1949. In a town that still shows the scars of war, several friends meet up in Albert's café. One of them, Laurent, has lost his job on the docks and his marriage to Madeleine is falling apart. He knows that his wife wants to start an affair with friend, Jean Sauviot. Jean is a lonely man who is attracted to Madeleine but doesn't want to commit himself to the wife of a friend. On the day that Madeleine tells her husband that she is seeing Jean, Laurent goes looking for Jean to find an explanation. Arriving on the docks in the evening, he attacks an American sailor who looks like Jean, but the man fights back and runs away after killing Laurent accidentally. Madeleine thinks that Laurent was killed by Jean and believes that she can start a new life with her lover. The police have other ideas.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Jean Sauviot
Yves Deniaud
Albert
Ginette Leclerc
Madeleine
Dora Doll
La fille
Robert Dalban
Laurent
Grégoire Aslan
Ambilarès
André Valmy
Le commissaire
Marcello Pagliero
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 22, 1950
Original NameUn homme marche dans la ville
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Genres
Wiki.
A Man Walks in the City (French: Un homme marche dans la ville) is a 1950 French drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero, and starring Jean-Pierre Kérien, Ginette Leclerc and Robert Dalban. Location shooting took place around Le Havre in Normandy. The film's sets were designed by art director Maurice Colasson.