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Lovers' Net (1955)

Genre : Romance, Drama

Runtime : 2H 3M

Director : Henri Verneuil

Synopsis

Daniel Gelin plays a soldier who is acquitted after committing a crime of passion. Relocating to Lisbon, and still feeling remorse over his impulsive killing of his faithless wife, Gelin manages to find love in the form of gorgeous widow Francoise Arnoul. Alas, it turns out that Arnoul has a sordid past of her own, leaving our hero sadder but wiser.

Actors

Daniel Gélin
Daniel Gélin
Pierre Roubier
Françoise Arnoul
Françoise Arnoul
Kathleen Dinver
Trevor Howard
Trevor Howard
Inspector Lewis
Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio
Porfirio (as Dalio)
Amália Rodrigues
Amália Rodrigues
Amália
Betty Stockfeld
Betty Stockfeld
Maisie

Crews

Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil
Director
Joseph Kessel
Joseph Kessel
Novel
Jacques Companéez
Jacques Companéez
Writer
Marcel Rivet
Marcel Rivet
Writer
Lucien Legrand
Lucien Legrand
Music
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Music
Roger Hubert
Roger Hubert
Director of Photography

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