Back Streets of Paris is a 1946 French drama film directed by Marcel Blistène

Marcel Blistène

Marcel Blistène, born Marcel Blitstein , was a French film director.Marcel Blistène joined Paramount in 1930 as an assistant, after studying literature...

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Plot

This story involves Madame Rose, a hotelkeeper in a Paris suburb who will stop at nothing, including murder. Other characters include one of her former accomplices who carries a suitcase full of cash, a kindhearted street vendor, the gangster’s mistress, and the landlady’s daughter, Simone, who dreams of a better life.

Cast

• Françoise Rosay
  Françoise Rosay
  Françoise Rosay was a French opera singer, diseuse, and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema...
  
  : Ms. Rose, the owner of the hotel Bijou
• Paul Meurisse
  Paul Meurisse
  Paul Meurisse was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles...
  
  : Victor Menard, former accomplice of Madame Rose
• Simone Signoret
  Simone Signoret
  Simone Signoret was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest movie stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in Room at the Top...
  
  : Gisèle
• André Roanne
  André Roanne
  André Roanne was a French actor. He began his career playing in short films, and acted in 91 films in total, most notably those of Fernandel. Most of his films were French; he did, however, also appear in German and Italian works, especially co-productions with French companies...
  
  : Marvejoul
• Andrée Clement: Simone, Madame Rose’s daughter
• Jacques Dacqmine: Francois, the kindhearted street vendor
• Paul Demange
  Paul Demange
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  : Marcel the hairdresser
• Jeannette Batti: Mona
• Marcelle Rexiane: The bar owner
• Liliane Lesaffre: A tattler
• Yvonne Yma: An inmate's wife
• Georges Bever: Armand
• Félix Oudart: Leon
• André Nicard: The sheets thief
• François Joux: An inspector
• Richard Francœur: The butler
• Jean Berton: Gazon
• Roger Vincent: The gentleman from Le Mans
• Franck Maurice: An agent
• Félix Clément
• Max Simone: The laundress
• Jacqueline Fontaine
• Marcel Rouze
• Paul Barge
• Maurice Cartier
• Pierre Juvenet
• Charles Deschamps
• Georges Dietrich