Femmes de Paris

Femmes de Paris

1953 · 85 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Mystery

Professor Charles Buisson, astronomer and Nobel Prize winner, has just discovered a nova. He informs the other observatories by telephone. Just as he thinks one of them is calling back, he finds himself on the line with a young woman threatening suicide at the Ruban Bleu cabaret, if her lover hasn't joined her by midnight. Intrigued, the professor decides to go and prevent the unfortunate woman from committing suicide. One of his students, who earns her living as an understudy in a knife act, helps him in his investigation, while the school principal and a policeman suspect him of being a prankster or even of selling drugs. For the scientist, it's an opportunity to discover a world of music-hall that he'd never known before: "I thought I knew the sky chart by heart, but there's one planet that was totally unknown to me: Earth. I'll be back!

Directed by Jean Boyer

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Michel Simon Professor Charles Buisson
Brigitte Auber Gisèle, student of Buisson
Henri Génès Lucien Mosca, boss of Ruban Bleu
Germaine Kerjean Mrs. Rédéri
Anne Campion The determined trafficker
Philippe Mareuil Pierre-Dominique, aka 'Pépé'
Robert Lombard Maurice, Buisson's assistant
Georges Galley Patrice
Suzanne Norbert Mrs. Buisson
Gaby Basset Henriette, washroom attendant
Micheline Dax The indecisive snob
Leila Lampi Russian Princess

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