The Wages of Sin (1956)
Le Salaire du Péché
Bourgeois melodrama about the family of a wealthy businessman in La Rochelle, who dismisses the marriage of his only daughter with a journalist.
- Date of release
- 1956-04-20
- TMDB
- 4.5 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Denys de La Patellière
Casting
- Danielle Darrieux — Isabelle Lindstrom
- Jean-Claude Pascal — Jean de Charvin
- Jeanne Moreau — Angèle Ribot
- Jean Debucourt — Frank Lindstrom
- Marcel Bozzuffi
- Michel Etcheverry — Doctor Maroual
- Jean Lanier — Pastor
- Christian Lude — Benoît
- Pierre Morin
- Julien Verdier — Bookseller
- Georges Chamarat — Doctor
- Antonin Baryel — (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Wages of Sin is a 1956 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal and Jeanne Moreau. A film noir, it was adapted from the 1949 novel Emily Will Know by the American crime writer Nancy Rutledge It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié.
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