Women Without Hope
1954 film
- 4 August 1954 (1954-08-04)
Running time
Women Without Hope (French: Marchandes d'illusions) is a 1954 French crime drama film directed by Raoul André and starring Gisèle Pascal, Philippe Lemaire and Louise Carletti.[1] [2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Louis Le Barbenchon. It is also known by the alternative title Nights of Shame.
Synopsis
Two prostitutes are in love with men, a painter and his best friend, who do not know about their backgrounds. When a fellow prostitute is murdered, they remain silent for fear that testifying will reveal their real employment to their boyfriends.
Cast
- Gisèle Pascal as Marie-Thérèse Langeac
- Philippe Lemaire as Pierre Larrieu
- Louise Carletti as Marcelle
- Raymond Pellegrin as René
- Nicole Courcel as Maria
- René Blancard as Le commissaire Denys
- Gina Manès as Mathilde Grigou
- Lisette Lebon as Sophie
- Paul Demange as Le marchand de couleurs
- René Havard as Le souteneur
- Jérôme Goulven as L'inspecteur Martial
- Simone Berthier as Monique
- Yette Lucas as La concierge
- Gaetan Panella as Mathilde Grigou
- Michel Ardan as Fernand Cortedani
- Bernard Musson as Le client endormi
- Yôko Tani as L'Eurasienne
References
Bibliography
- Campbell, Russell. Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- Women Without Hope at IMDb
- v
- t
- e
Films directed by Raoul André
- The Village of Wrath (1947)
- Cab Number 13 (1948)
- The Killer is Listening (1948)
- Good Enough to Eat (1951)
- Une nuit à Megève (1953)
- Women Without Hope (1954)
- Vice Dolls (1954)
- The Babes Make the Law (1955)
- Look for the Woman (1955)
- A Splendid Girl (1955)
- The Indiscreet (1956)
- The Babes in the Secret Service (1956)
- Man and Child (1956)
- The Handcuffs Polka (1957)
- Clara and the Villains (1958)
- Secret professionnel (1959)
- The Hideout (1961)
- Ladies First (1963)
- Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (1963)
- Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965)
- Mission to Caracas (1965)
- The Great Gadget (1967)
- Ces messieurs de la famille (1968)
- Le Bourgeois gentil mec (1969)
- Ces messieurs de la gâchette (1970)
- La dernière bourrée à Paris (1973)
- There's a Bone in the Mill (1974)
- The Sex Clinic (1974)
 | This article related to a French film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
