Girls in bad company

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Movie
German title Girls in bad company
Original title Le crâneur
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1955
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Dimitri Kirsanoff
script Jacques Companéez
Louis Martin (Author)
Claude Desailly
music Marc Lanjean
camera Roger Fellous
cut Monique Kirsanoff
occupation

Girls in Bad Company ( Le crâneur , TV title The Accomplice ) is a French crime film from 1955.

action

Unhappy living conditions drive young Philippe into a criminal environment. He works as a driver for a drug trafficking ring run by Georges. Georges owns a nightspot where singers Betty, his fiancée, and Juliette perform. Philippe falls in love with Juliette and wants to get out and start a normal life with her.

Georges tries to prevent this by killing Betty and blaming Philippe for the murder. As the main suspect, Philippe hides with Juliette, who believes him. When he is in danger again, she notifies the police. There is a chase, Georges is killed, Philippe goes to prison. Juliette waits for him until he is released from prison.

reviews

In 1955, the Catholic film service accused the film of depicting life in a more vile way than it is and, without any distancing irony, only showing morally ambivalent characters, none of whom any longer represent the good. “Unfortunately, this film takes itself seriously, at least too seriously not to be taken as a possible reflection of life by German film visitors. So you have to warn many about it, even though, unlike others of its genre, it suppresses all erotic special effects. ”In 2005, Collin said in the guide of the film that the crime thriller was skilfully done, but never really took off because of conventional plot situations.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ film-dienst No. 32/1955, drawn by "ZB"
  2. ↑ Daniel Collin: Le crâneur in: jean tulard (ed.): Guide des films , Volume 1 A-E, Laffont, Paris 2005, p 805