Night Express (film)

Night Express
Directed by	Marcel Blistène
Written by	René Jolivet Jacques Viot
Produced by	Roger Ribadeau-Dumas
Starring	Roger Pigaut Sophie Desmarets Paul Demange
Cinematography	Charles Bauer
Edited by	Raymond Louveau
Music by	Marcel Stern
Production company	Société Française de Cinématographie
Distributed by	La Société des Films Sirius
Release date	19 September 1948 (1948-09-19)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Night Express (French: Rapide de nuit) is a 1948 French crime drama film directed by Marcel Blistène and starring Roger Pigaut, Sophie Desmarets and Paul Demange. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

A woman tricks an apparently naïve young man into carrying a suitcase full of stolen goods into a railway station. The young man substitutes the case for another, however, to avoid being an accomplice.

Cast

• Roger Pigaut as Robert
• Sophie Desmarets as Simone
• Paul Demange as M. Grand
• Jean Brochard as L'inspecteur Verdier
• Jane Marken as Mme Louis
• Maurice Teynac as Georges Sommer
• Michel Ardan as Un des deux complices
• Paul Azaïs as Un inspecteur
• Hélène Dassonville as La caissière
• Louis Florencie as Le garçon
• Gabrielle Fontan as La mère aux chats
• Jean Gaven as Un des deux complices
• Henry Murray as Le directeur

References

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986

External links

• Night Express at IMDb

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