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Speaking of Murder: Directed by Gilles Grangier. With Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Albert Dinan. A garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Gilles Grangier
- 1957-04-12
Running time. 85 minutes. Country. France. Language. French. Speaking of Murder is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin. The original French title is Le rouge est mis, which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton.
Le rouge est mis est un film français réalisé par Gilles Grangier et sorti en 1957. Synopsis [ modifier | modifier le code ] Louis Bertain, dit « le Blond », sous son apparence de paisible garagiste, est le chef d'une bande de truands composée de Pépito, dit « le Gitan », Fredo et Raymond.
Overview. Louis Bertain is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night.
Director Gilles Grangier, writer Michel Audiard, and Jean Gabin collaborated regularly, often with Lino Ventura along for the ride. Perhaps as a result, Speaking of Murder very much feels like getting the band back together and playing the old yacht rock hits, with Gabin as an aging gangster facing unwanted challenges both within and without his gang (here, his name is Louis Bertain), Lino ...
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- Gilles Grangier
The robbery goes awry, with two murders, and the police arrest Louis that finds who has denounced them. But Pepito believes Pierre did and is hunting him down. "Le rouge est mis" (1957), a.k.a. "Speaking of Murder" is a great French gangster movie.
Gilles Grangier’s Le rouge est mis (US: Speaking of Murder) is a well-crafted tale of two brothers: the cool, domineering criminal gang leader Louis (Jean Gabin) and the decent, loyal and conflicted Pierre (Marcel Bozzuffi). When Louis and his men shoot two dead and severely injure two police officers during a high-speed chase, they split up ...
