The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947 film
- 10 December 1947 (1947-12-10)
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The Crowned Fish Tavern (French: La taverne du poisson couronné) is a 1947 French drama film directed by René Chanas and starring Michel Simon, Jules Berry and Blanchette Brunoy.[1] [2] It was shot at the Epinay Studios outside Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Marquet.
Synopsis
In a port town captain Palmer returns to discovers that his daughter Maria's husband Leo has abandoned her to take up with another woman Sylvia. Palmer's attempts to confront him and fix the situation leads to the latter's murder in the Crowned Fish tavern of the title for which the wrong man is accused.
Cast
- Michel Simon as Le capitaine Palmer
- Jules Berry as Fléo
- Blanchette Brunoy as Maria
- Raymond Bussières as Monseigneur
- Michèle Martin as Sylvia Corail
- Yves Vincent as Pierre Astor
- Robert Dalban as Cigare
- Léon Larive as L'armateur
- Grégoire Gromoff as Le Bosco
- Émile Riandreys as Clovis
- Henri Arius as Un cafetier
- Harry-Max as Un mécanicien du bateau
References
Bibliography
- Loubier, Jean-Marc. Michel Simon: Ou Le roman d'un jouisseur. Ramsay, 1989.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Crowned Fish Tavern at IMDb
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