Death Threat (French: Menace de mort) is a 1950 crime drama film directed by Raymond Leboursier and starring Colette Darfeuil, Pierre Renoir and Jean Martinelli.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. It is also known by the alternative title Aventure à Pigalle.

Death Threat
Directed byRaymond Leboursier
Written byRaymond Leboursier
Produced byYves Mounier
StarringColette Darfeuil
Pierre Renoir
Jean Martinelli
CinematographyGeorges Million
Edited byMadeleine Bonin
Music byCharly Bailly
André Varel
Production
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Société Parisienne de l'Industrie Cinématographique
Release date
  • 22 February 1950 (1950-02-22)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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During the German occupation a young pianist André Garnier is denounced to the Gestapo and arrested. Having survived the war he is determined to hunt down the informer. He meets and falls in love with Hélène, the girlfriend of an industrialist Bernier. André comes to suspect that Bernier is the man who informed on him to the authorities. When Bernier is murdered, André is a natural suspect for the revenge killing.

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Bibliography

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  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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