Les Dents longues (1953)
A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to achieve his ends...
- Date of release
- 1953-03-15
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Daniel Gélin
Casting
- Daniel Gélin — Louis Commandeur
- Louis de Funès — l'employé du laboratoire photo
- Danièle Delorme — Eva Commandeur
- Jean Chevrier — Walter
- Jean Debucourt — Goudal
- Robert Rollis — Bob, le barman de la discothèque
- Louis Seigner — Antoine Josserand, le directeur de l'hebdomadaire Lyonnais « Le Canut »
- Olivier Hussenot — André Maurienne
- Colette Mars — Lina-Zina
- Christian Argentin — Bronnier
- René Hiéronimus — Renoir
- Joëlle Bernard — Raymonde Josserand
Interesting facts
The Long Teeth is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Daniel Gélin, written by Michel Audiard. It features Danièle Delorme, Louis de Funès, Roger Vadim and Brigitte Bardot. The story is based on Jacques Robert's novel "Les dents longues".
Production
Danièle Delorme said in an interview that filming would begin in July 1952, though filming only began in mid September 1952 in Lyon. The film was in pre-production for six months, with five continuity scripts written, and it was predicted that filming would last eight weeks.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Red Soil 2021 · ★ 6.6
- The Passengers of the Night 2022 · ★ 6.9
- Kompromat 2022 · ★ 6.3
- Grand Expectations 2023 · ★ 6.1
- The Young One 1960 · ★ 7.0
- Chaos 2001 · ★ 6.4
- Love Me No More 2008 · ★ 7.1
- A Single Girl 1995 · ★ 5.9
- Élisa 1995 · ★ 6.4
- L'Argent 1928 · ★ 7.1
- At Work 2026 · ★ 6.5
- Haute Couture 2021 · ★ 6.1