Back Streets of Paris (1946)

Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, one of her former accomplices hounded by the police, finds sanctuary with her. During a drinking spree, he has the bad idea to entrust to her a suitcase filled with bank notes, a loot with which Victor hopes to rebuild his life in South America. But Rose, lured by temptation, betrays Victor, who is arrested by the police. However, he manages to escape with only one thing in mind, to take revenge on Rose...
- Released
- 1946-11-27
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Marcel Blistène, Jacques Feyder
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Françoise Rosay as Mrs. Rose, hotel landlady
- Paul Meurisse as Victor Ménard, Mrs. Rose's former accomplice
- Andrée Clément as Simone, Mrs. Rose's daughter
- Simone Signoret as Gisèle
- Paul Demange as Marcel, hairdresser
- Jeannette Batti as Mona
- Jacques Dacqmine as François, friendly street vendor
- André Roanne as Marvejouis
- Georges Bever as Armand
- François Joux as Inspector
- Félix Clément
- Richard Francœur as Maître d'hotel