The Knife to the Throat

Nov 29, 1955

1h 30m

★ 4.5

Overview

Pacos Le Maltais, leader of a gang, lays down the law on the quay of Marseille. He fires one of his henchmen, Le Chinois, who killed a woman during the last bank stickup.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Edition et Diffusion Cinématographique (E.D.I.C.)

Les Films Artistiques Français

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Cast

Marc Hourtin

Jean Servais

Mado

Madeleine Robinson

Pacos le Maltais

Jean Chevrier

Le commissaire Lussac

Yves Deniaud

Nora

Michèle Cordoue

Rolf Holzer dit 'Le chinois'

Henri San Juan

Machecoul

Claude Bertrand

L'inspecteur Aubier

Yves Brainville

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