The Man from London (1943 film)

The Man from London or The London Man (French: L'homme de Londres) is a 1943 French thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Fernand Ledoux, Suzy Prim and Jules Berry. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, which was later turned into the 1947 British film Temptation Harbour.[1] It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.

The Man from London
Directed byHenri Decoin
Written byCharles Exbrayat
Henri Decoin
Based onThe Man from London by Georges Simenon
Produced byFrançois Chavane
StarringFernand Ledoux
Suzy Prim
Jules Berry
CinematographyPaul Cotteret
Edited bySuzanne de Troeye
Music byGeorges Van Parys
Marcel Landowski
Production
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S.P.D.F.
Distributed byÉclair-Journal
Release date
  • 20 October 1943 (1943-10-20)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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A railway worker at a ferry port discovers a suitcase containing a large sum of money, the proceeds of a crime recently committed in London. He chooses to keep it rather than turn it over to the police, but it ends up luring him into a downwards spiral that eventually ends in murder.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.800

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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