A Certain Monsieur Jo

1958 film
  • 16 April 1958 (1958-04-16)
Running time
105 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

A Certain Monsieur Jo (French: Un certain Monsieur Jo) is a 1958 French crime film directed by René Jolivet and starring Michel Simon, Geneviève Kervine and Jacques Morel.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré.

Synopsis

A former gangster now happily retired and running an inn on the banks of the river Marne, is pulled back into his former life when a pair of kidnappers bring a girl they have taken to his inn and demands he shelter them.

Cast

  • Michel Simon as Joseph 'Jo' Guardini
  • Geneviève Kervine as Simone Couturier
  • Jacques Morel as Inspecteur Loriot
  • Raymond Bussières as Louis
  • Jean Degrave as Alfred Léonard
  • Joëlle Fournier as Yvette Lemarchand
  • Roger Legris as L'aveugle
  • Gabrielle Fontan as Mme. Michel
  • Gina Manès as Lolo
  • Véronique Simon as Mado
  • Henri San Juan as Villequin
  • Jean Daurand as Le cafetier
  • Christian Brocard as Le boulanger livreur
  • Jack Ary as Charlot
  • Michel Salina as Commissaire Leclerc

References

  1. ^ Rège p.541

Bibliography

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

External links

  • A Certain Monsieur Jo at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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