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Manon (1949)

12/25/1950 (US) Drama, Adventure, Thriller 1h 41m

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Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Director, Screenplay
Abbé Prévost

Novel
Jean Ferry

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Serge Reggiani

Léon Lescaut
Michel Auclair

Robert Dégrieux
Cécile Aubry

Manon Lescaut
Andrex

Smuggler
Raymond Souplex

M. Paul
André Valmy

Lt. Besnard
Henri Vilbert

Ship Captain
Héléna Manson

Gossipy Woman
Simone Valère

Isé
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on September 28, 2019

I need fun and sparkle - I hate poverty!

Manon is directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Clouzot co-adapts the screenplay with Jean Ferry from the novel "Manon Lescaut" written by Abbe Prevost. It stars Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry, Andrex and Raymond Souplex. Music is by Paul Misraki and cinematography by Armand Thirard.

Clouzot, still smarting from the hysterical fall out from his brilliant "Le Corbeau", realigns the Prevost novel to post war France right after the liberation from Nazi occupancy. With his muse set alight, Clouzot set about putting on film the dark venalit... read the rest.

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