A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
1958 film
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A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (French: Une balle dans le canon) is a 1958 French crime film directed by Michel Deville and Charles Gérard.[1]
Directed byMichel Deville
Charles Gérard
Charles Gérard
Written byAlbert Simonin
Charles Gérard
Michel Deville
Charles Gérard
Michel Deville
StarringPierre Vaneck
Release date
- 19 November 1958
| A Bullet in the Gun Barrel | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michel Deville Charles Gérard |
| Written by | Albert Simonin Charles Gérard Michel Deville |
| Starring | Pierre Vaneck |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
Two young paratroopers returning from Indochina, Tony and Dick, invest the 25 million entrusted to them by a man known as "the Maltese" in a Pigalle club called the Tip Tap, but he reappears and demands his money. Forced to sell, the two young men are double-crossed by Pépère, the former owner of the club, who is killed along with Dick while Tony is arrested for a murder he did not commit.
Cast
- Pierre Vaneck as Tony
- Mijanou Bardot as Brigitte Geoffrain
- Paul Frankeur as Pépère
- Roger Hanin as Dick
- Hazel Scott as herself (nightclub singer)
- Gérard Buhr as Alberto
- Michael Lonsdale as Mr Doory (champagne salesman)
- Mario David as the ousted protector
- Don Ziegler as the Maltese
