| Night Express | |
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| Directed by | Marcel Blistène | 
| Written by | René Jolivet  Jacques Viot  | 
| Produced by | Roger Ribadeau-Dumas | 
| Starring | Roger Pigaut  Sophie Desmarets Paul Demange  | 
| Cinematography | Charles Bauer | 
| Edited by | Raymond Louveau | 
| Music by | Marcel Stern | 
Production company  | Société Française de Cinématographie  | 
| Distributed by | La Société des Films Sirius | 
Release date  | 19 September 1948 | 
Running time  | 80 minutes | 
| Country | France | 
| Language | French | 
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.[1] 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.[2]
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
- ↑ Bessy & Chirat p.463
 - ↑ "Rapide de nuit". Unifrance. Unifrance.
 
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
 
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