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The title is a line of Matinée d'ivresse [1] - part of Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud. The film was released as Deadlier Than the Male in the United States and as Twelve Hours to Live in the UK. [2] It is a dark tale of a young and pretty femme fatale who ruins the life of a man and kills his best friend.
Deadlier Than the Male: Directed by Julien Duvivier. With Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme, Robert Arnoux, Liliane Bert. André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Julien Duvivier
- 1956-04-13
Deadlier Than the Male is a 1967 British crime and mystery film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Johnson and Elke Sommer. It is one of the many take-offs of James Bond produced during the 1960s, but is based on an already established detective fiction hero, Bulldog Drummond .
Cast. In Les Halles, in the heart of Paris, the restaurateur André Chatelin, leads an uneventful life until the arrival from Marseille of Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle. She tells him her mother is dead and that she is without resources.
- (675)
- Julien Duvivier
An easygoing restauranteur gets a visit from a girl who claims to be the daughter of his ex-wife. She tells him that her mother has died leaving her alone and helpless. After he takes her in, it is revealed that the girl is a conniving lier and that her mother is alive and strung out on drugs.
- Julien Duvivier
- Daniele Delorme
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The film updates a popular 1920s British mystery series for the swinging '60s. When two oil company executives are found dead, insurance company investigator Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond (Richard ...
- Crime, Drama
Summaries. André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André left more than twenty years before. As Gabrielle has just died, André accepts to accommodate Catherine first, then gives her a job in his ...
