Night Express (French: Rapide de nuit) is a 1948 French crime drama film directed by Marcel Blistène and starring Roger Pigaut, Sophie Desmarets and Paul Demange. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis
A woman tricks an apparently naïve young man into carrying a suitcase full of stolen goods into a railway station. The young man substitutes the case for another, however, to avoid being an accomplice.
Cast
Roger Pigaut as Robert
Sophie Desmarets as Simone
Paul Demange as M. Grand
Jean Brochard as L'inspecteur Verdier
Jane Marken as Mme Louis
Maurice Teynac as Georges Sommer
Michel Ardan as Un des deux complices
Paul Azaïs as Un inspecteur
Hélène Dassonville as La caissière
Louis Florencie as Le garçon
Gabrielle Fontan as La mère aux chats
Jean Gaven as Un des deux complices
Henry Murray as Le directeur
References
Bibliography
Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986