Francis Carco

Francis Carco

Profile

Francis Carco

Movies

Women's Prison
Writer
Alice Rémon, a pharmacist, is a prostitute who managed to leave the streets by getting married. Her husband dies one day, poisoned. Her mother-in-law, who hates her, accuses her of murder.
M'sieur la Caille
Writer
Pépé la Vache, who coveted Fernande's love, denounced her protector: Dominique le Corse, who was arrested. But Fernande was attracted by Jesus the Quail, a guy of dubious manners. Intimidated by Pépé, the Quail moved away.
L'Ombre
Novel
Suspected of murder, a man disappears under mysterious conditions, which only increases the charges against him.
Two Women
Story
"Two Women" - Cecilia is in hospital after being subjected to an attempt on her life. Her husband is called to the hospital. Cecilia deliriously mentions a mutual friend. The husband seeks out the friend.
L'homme traqué
Novel
A Parisian baker boy, tired of his monotonous and hopeless life, kills the owner of a hotel to rob him. A woman of questionable morals noticed his absence. To buy his silence, he makes her his friend. Rivaled by their secret and not really loving each other, they indulge in imprudences which throw them into the hands of the police.
Prisons de femmes
Novel
Juliette, an innocent woman, is wrongly sentenced to prison for attempted murder. After her release, she married an industrialist to whom she did not speak of her tumultuous past. But, victim of a rampant blackmail, she cannot continue to hide her prison past and the scandal breaks out.
The Darling of Paris
Writer
In order not to compromise the great music hall star with whom he spent the night, a man is accused of a murder he did not commit.
Paris by night
Screenplay
The young Countess Rita wishes to visit the slums of Paris. A matchmaker decides to arrange for her a little staging that allows the young dazed to believe that she has really spent an evening among the men in the middle. Things go wrong through the fault of a genuine apache.
Apaches of Paris
Novel
Shadows of Paris
Theatre Play
A young woman rises from an apache dancer to become a wealthy woman in post-WW1 Paris.